BASF Polyurethanes Basic Products has opened a new state-of-the-art Woodbinder Applications and Testing facility in Wyandotte, Michigan staffed by a team of wood experts and containing the latest equipment for preparing and testing engineered wood products.
“To maintain our success and grow MDI resin applications in the wood industry, we have expanded our application and testing capabilities, which help our customers,” said Kevin Kilkenny, commercial manager Rigid Products for BASF.
The Polyurethanes Basic Products business supplies Lupranate M20 Series Isocyanate binder resins to the wood industry. These premium, non-formaldehyde containing, MDI resins are used successfully in the OSB industry. Recently, the business decided to expand the application of Lupranate? to non-structural composite wood products, MDF and particleboard.