DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "The European Market for Thermal Insulation Products - Eleventh Edition: Polyurethane Foam" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
Produced from a mixture of polyols, isocyanates, process additives and blowing agents, polyurethane foams can provide very high performance insulating products, despite the change from CFC to CFC-free blowing agents.
The foam can be produced in a number of ways depending upon its ultimate use:
(i) Continuous production of slabstock, which can be cut into flat sheets or shapes
(ii) Continuous lamination between two rigid substrates, suitable for structural building applications
(iii) Lamination between two flexible substrates
(iv) In-situ moulding for refrigerators, pipe sections and cavity walls
(v) Surface spraying for flat roofing and storage tanks
Polyisocyanurate foams, which offer improved fire resistance, have become popular due to new building regulations. Polyisocyanurate foams are used in both rigid- and flexible-faced panels.
Polyurethane foams are not as widely used as some other materials due to their relatively high cost. However, the excellent low thermal conductivity and wide operating temperature mean that polyurethane can, if specified, be used in virtually all areas of the construction sector.
Polyurethane is most widely used for the following applications:
- Dry lining plasterboard for internal solid wall insulation where space is limited
- External/cavity wall insulation
- Suspended/floating floors
- Pitched roofing for residential, agricultural and commercial buildings
- Cold stores and food process plant
- Refrigerated transport
- Blown in-situ for flat roofs, storage tanks, windows and pipe work
- Domestic and commercial refrigerators
- Rigid pipe insulation
- Armacell
- BASF
- Dow Chemical
- Kingspan
- Knauf Insulation
- Recticel
- Rockwool
- Saint-Gobain Isover
- URSA
Key Topics Covered
2. Market Influences - PU/PIR
3. Market Summary & Spot Forecasts - PU/PIR
4. EU Market Review - PU/PIR
5. Profiles of Key European Suppliers
6. Directory of Key PU/PIR Suppliers
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