Momentive Performance Materials to Increase Production Capacity of PU Additives by Moving HQ to China

WATERFORD, N.Y. -- Momentive Performance Materials Inc. ("MPM" or the "Company") announced recently that it has made investments to support its polyurethane additives product line. With increasing demand in the wide variety of industries it serves, the Company has added manufacturing capacity, technology resources and personnel to several sites across the globe.

"Investments continue to be made in almost every part of the world, allowing the company to have an integrated global network to aid in capacity, speed and service, as well as build close relationships with local customers to serve their specific needs," said Tony Lanchak, Vice President of the Urethane Additives (UA) division at MPM.

Fully committed to its legacy 50-year Niax* line of products, MPM moved its polyurethane additives headquarters to Pudong Shanghai. The new headquarters location in Pudong Shanghai is an integrated site that includes the business units sales, marketing, and technology for China. Other similar sites are located around the world and collectively form the UA global business unit, which continues to stretch the bounds of innovation, leading the way in polyurethane foam additive technological advances.

Further, the company continues to increase manufacturing capacity and expand the types of urethane additives manufactured at Nantong, all of which facilitates greater speed and supply to customers, specifically those in the Pacific and Europe.