On 16-17 September, Jörg Palmersheim, ISOPA Secretary General, attended the 6th PU Elastomers Trading Conference in Brühl, Germany. The conference, which takes place every two years, aimed at bringing together a multitude of actors across the polyurethane elastomers value chain in order to discuss the current economic climate, regulatory framework governing the sector and latest developments in the industry.
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Participants emphasised the need to foster initiatives in order to promote new technologies that can be used by customers in a multitude of products. To that end, ISOPA took opportunity to focus on the material’s sustainability potential in contributing to the industry’s innovation and gave a presentation on “Polyurethane, the sustainable material”.