Polyurethanes are commerciallyavailable in various forms, ranging from flexible or rigid lightweight foams totough, stiff, and strong elastomers. This enables their use in a wide varietyof consumer and industrial applications such as thermal insulation ofbuildings, refrigerators, household furniture, bedding, automotive seating,shoe soles and appliances.
The Indian polyurethane foammarket is fast-growing for uses such as insulation for construction and refrigeration,as well as for flexible foam for car seats and two-wheeler seats. Theproduction of flexible foam accounts for the largest share of the Indianpolyurethane industry.
The global plastics industry isobserving a continuous shift of production bases to low-cost Asian countries.With increasing foreign investment and rise in the number of new manufacturingestablishments in the region, Asia has become the largest and the fastestgrowing market for plastics in the world.