Polyurethane
Learn how polyurethane is made and discover the myriad products and services that polyurethane chemistry provides.

Polyurethane Applications
Polyurethanes are one of the most versatile materials today. Their many uses range from flexible foam in upholstered furniture to rigid foam as insulation in walls and roofs to thermoplastic polyurethane used in medical devices and footwear to coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers used on floors and automotive interiors.

Did You Know?
What do you know about polyurethane? Read about fascinating facts and figures that will astound you.

Polyurethane Hall of Fame
Learn about the individuals who have helped shape the polyurethane industry since its birth in 1937, when Otto Bayer and his colleagues applied for a patent on a process for the production of polyurethanes and polyureas.

Polyurethane Innovation Award
Discover new and brilliant products and technologies that have made history in the past, as well as those that will continue to aid in the advancement of polyurethanes well into the future.

Polyurethane Professional Development Program
Since the initial patent in 1937, polyurethane technology has proven itself to be incredibly versatile leading to a large and shell and horns, as well as tree saps that produce amber and latex.

Plastics: The Basics of Polymer Chemistry
This website explores the nature of plastics and polymers. Natural polymers include such things as tar and shellac, tortoise shell and horns, as well as tree saps that produce amber and latex.

Web Elements
Created by Mark Winter, a professor at the University of Sheffield in England, Web Elements features an interactive periodic table that allows users to learn more about the elements.

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CPI maintains a database of buyers and sellers of recycled polyurethane and polyurethane raw materials in the United States and Canada.

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