Order and disorder of bubbles in a surface foam. Image by Kempf EK – Own work, CC BY 4.0. By using ‘green catalysts’, Northwestern University researchers have succeeded in breaking down and rebuilding ...

Matt's take: Polystyrene supplier Styron introduced its CO2RE foaming technology to great fanfare last fall. The process uses carbon dioxide as a physical foaming agent during extrusion of rigid PS ...

Researchers have just developed an innovative process for producing isocyanate-free, recyclable and biobased polyurethane (PU) foams by using a rapid foaming technology from room-temperature ...

Once discarded, spongy polyurethane foam typically just ends up in landfills, where it takes up a lot of space. Thanks to a newly-developed process, however, it could soon be recycled into ...

The company is ‘committed to the development of innovative solutions that go beyond its already established foam solutions portfolio’. More specifically, this means an expansion of the portfolio ...