Momentive moves PU additives HQ to Shanghai

Momentive Performance Materials Inc. (MPM) has added manufacturing capacity, technology resources and personnel to several sites across the globe in support of its polyurethane additives product line. Fully committed to its legacy 50-year Niax* line of products, MPM moved its polyurethane additives headquarters to Pudong Shanghai. The new headquarters location is an integrated site that includes the business unit’s sales, marketing, and technology for China. Other similar sites are located around the world and collectively form the UA global business unit, which continues to stretch the bounds of innovation, leading the way in polyurethane foam additive technological advances. Further, the company continues to increase manufacturing capacity and expand the types of urethane additives manufactured at Nantong, all of which facilitates greater speed and supply to customers, specifically those in the Pacific and Europe. www.momentive.com