North American Polyurethane Industry Achieves Milestone Breakthrough

The North American polyurethane industry produced more than 9 billion pounds (four million tons) in 2018, and the market is growing at an annual rate of

Mike McCurrie is in the spotlight for his assistance with the CPI Polyurethanes Annual Conferen.

McCurrie, vice president of polymers Americas at Stepan Chemicals, has been previewing the data with AMI consultan.

He went on to praise the industry for its circular economy efforts and encouraged the industry to do mo.

"Our world is at a turning point and we must act," he told delegat.

"People want sustainable produc.

"The industry needs a big push into a circular econo.

"It's a challenge, and we have to rethink the usefulness of the final produ.

Reuse could be through physical reprocessing or chemical pathways such as glycolysis, he sa.

"More than a billion pounds of waste polyurethane foam is recycled into carpet underlays every ye.

"This is a great sta.