Japanese firm builds US TPU plant.(US newsbriefs)(thermoplastic polyurethane)(Brief article)

Pasadena, Texas -- Sanyo Chemical Texas, Inc., US subsidiary of Sanam Corp. of Japan, is investing about $17 million in building a plant to make thermoplastic polyurethane beads (TUB) for use in slush moulding of automotive components.

Isamu Onuma, a spokesman for the firm, says the plant should come on stream by July and will be able to make about 4000 tonnes a year of the spherical beads which, the firm cl