PU Tech 2017 to showcase futuristic polyurethanes

IPUA aims to make the industry aware and increase applications using polyurethane in India

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Last Updated : Mar 01 2017 | 4:54 PM IST

PU Tech 2017, organised by Indian Polyurethane Association (IPUA), will showcase futuristic polyurethane (PU) technologies as the industry aims to help companies to solve some of the perennial challenges of food waste, energy efficiency and sustainability.

“Polyurethane is a designers’ polymer unparalleled by any of its kind when it comes to allowing technologists to chemically design and develop specific end products. At PU Tech 2017, our aim is to make the industry aware and increase applications using polyurethane and also make the industry technologically savvy,” said Mukesh Bhuta, chairman, IPUA, and promoter, Expanded Polymer Systems Pvt Ltd.

It is hard to imagine today a world without polyurethanes, which find applications in shoes, automobile, mattress, refrigerator, roof, etc. It plays an important role in minimising food waste through temperature controlled food supply chain, reduction of global warming gases emission through lightweight materials in automobile structure & buildings insulation, high performance materials and coatings in the renewable energy mechanics, conversion from waste to wealth through wood binding, etc.

The theme of this year’s event, to be held from March 8-10, 2017 at Greater Noida, is ‘Futuristic Polyurethanes’. India is still an infant when it comes to the per capita consumption of polyurethanes. While the life history of these materials spans 75 years, Indian industry has taken its benefits for about 40 of them. However, the country’s economic and social environment today is poised for highly positive growth with confidence to a bright and penetrative future which provides gainful employment and sustenance to an enterprising populace.

“The future is laced with uncertainties amidst golden opportunities. Polyurethanes are the silver laces. More and more of the buildings of the future need to be energy-conscious. More and more of cars need to be carrying us longer distances renewably and efficiently. More and more of our footwear and mattresses should use either bio-based or renewable raw materials. More and more polyurethanes need to be sustainable if we have to carry our business responsibly,” said IPUA in a press release.

“The industry is committed in its efforts to penetrate the public conscience with enduring solutions for a sustainable future country. As ‘Make in India’ gains momentum in 2017, it is a very exciting time to explore and review technologies in processes and materials in the wide world of polyurethanes,” added IPUA.