THE WOODLANDS, Texas—Huntsman has put its Icynene-Lapolla and Demiclec businesses together in a new brand: Huntsman Building Solutions.

DUESSELDORF, Germany—Sonderhoff, the machinery company that is part of Henkel, has developed a new dosing cell for a large number of CASE applications.

CLEVELAND—Lubrizol's thermoplastic polyurethane technology is being used by Nike to make PPE for health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. But that's not the only way Lubrizol is making a difference in the fight against COVID-19.

BRUSSELS—Temporary layoffs and a 30 percent cut in management pay are two of Recticel's responses to the coronavirus outbreak at its plants in Europe.

BRUSSELS—Recticel has sold its half of the Eurofoam joint venture to partner Greiner, and also entered a joint venture for its automotive interiors business.

MODENA, Italy—Flexible foam company Pelma has developed a disposable face mask using polyurethane foam that could be useful against exposure to the coronavirus.

NEW DELHI—India's national polyol and diisocyanate producers and India's only listed flexible foam maker are closing facilities following a 21-day, government-ordered lockdown intended to protect Indian citizens from the coronavirus.

Italian plastics, polyurethane and rubber machinery makers are exempt from Italy's coronavirus lockdown that is set to start at the end of the day March 24.

The spread of the coronavirus has disrupted some business in Italy, but the lockdown there does not seem as thorough as the Chinese response.

WILMINGTON, Del.—Chemours' total sales dropped in 2019, while adjusted EBITDA across the business plummeted by 41.4 percent.

SAINT AUGUSTIN, Germany—Frimo and Hennecke have formed a partnership to supply the global automotive industry with polyurethane machinery.

JACKSON, Miss.—Innocor will increase production of polyurethane foam at its two facilities in Baldwyn, Miss., with a $4.1 million investment that also has support from the Mississippi Development Authority, Lee County and the city of Baldwyn.

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Battelle Memorial Institute, a Columbus-based research group, has been awarded a grant by the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a process that eventually would make polyurethane foam from coal.

PITTSBURGH, Pa.—Covestro has entered into a long-term research partnership with the Mattress Recycling Council, a move the company hopes will improve and expand mattress recycling in the U.S.

SHANGHAI—Wanhua Chemical says it still has aspirations for a U.S. methylene diphenyl disocyanate facility, despite putting its Louisiana project on ice earlier this year.