Furniture

It's the second recent expansion for the firm. It said in late 2020 it would invest $42.8 million in a new manufacturing and recycling facility at its headquarters in Syracuse, Ind.

The distinctive smell of new, flexible polyurethane could make it an unacceptable material in furniture, warns an Ikea engineer.

Chinese mattresses exported to the U.S. could face 1,731.75 percent provisional tariffs following a U.S. Department of Commerce May 29 announcement, following an antidumping duty investigation on imports from China.

U.S. flexible foam makers FXI and Innocor Inc. will merge to create a polyurethane company that can supply customers in the transportation, bedding, furniture, medical and other sectors.

Demand for polyurethane across NAFTA grew by about 4.4 percent per year between 2014 and 2016. Growth between 2016 and 2018 is continuing at that level or higher. Compounded annual growth in the US was closer to 4.6 percent.

Latexco US, a producer of latex and polyurethane products, is investing in eastern and western U.S. to shore up its presence within the region.

Plastic furniture maker Poly-Wood LLC is investing $35.3 million in a new factory in North Carolina, the most recent in a series of investments that have seen the company add substantial manufacturing capacity and take on outside investors.

Plastic furniture maker Poly-Wood LLC is investing $35.3 million in a new factory in North Carolina that expands its manufacturing and recycling operations.