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Amir Pourirani from BASF Performance Materials: the industry is moving to a system-design mindset

Jun 23, 2026 Singapore

In today’s interview, we spoke to Amir Pourirani, Marketing Director of TPU for Asia Pacific at BASF Performance Materials division. We talked about how early-stage collaboration between material suppliers can unlock multiple benefits, among other topics

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Marius Wirtz named CEO of OrthoLite

Jun 26, 2026 Hong Kong

The leadership change will see Glenn Barrett move to a senior advisory role at Coats, while Marius Wirtz takes charge from Hong Kong, bringing materials and speciality chemicals experience