Call for Papers

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 31st JULY 2026

UTECH Europe’s flagship polyurethane conference returns to Maastricht with renewed focus for 2027

As industries across Europe continue to balance decarbonisation goals, regulatory pressures, resource efficiency and economic competitiveness, polyurethane materials remain central to innovation across construction, mobility, furniture, appliances, coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers. From improving thermal performance and enabling lightweight vehicle design to supporting durability, comfort and energy efficiency, polyurethanes continue to play a critical role in addressing evolving industrial and sustainability challenges. At the same time, the industry is navigating increasing demands for circularity, traceability, safer chemistries, carbon accountability and digital transformation across the value chain.

UTECH Europe 2027 will explore how the polyurethane industry is moving from sustainability ambition to industrial reality. While the 2024 conference focused on circularity, climate neutrality, recycling technologies, safer chemistries and regulatory change, the conversation in 2027 shifts toward implementation, scalability and measurable impact. As the polyurethane industry marks its 90th anniversary, the conference will examine which sustainable technologies and business models are proving commercially viable, how regulatory and reporting frameworks are reshaping product development and supply chains, and where innovation is delivering real-world performance, traceability and profitability.

Across applications including insulation, automotive, furniture, mattresses, appliances, coatings and elastomers, UTECH Europe 2027 will highlight the next stage of polyurethane innovation: scalable circularity, digital transformation, advanced recycling, safer materials and data-driven manufacturing.

Topics of particular interest include:

• Chemical recycling of flexible polyurethane foam
• Depolymerisation, glycolysis and pyrolysis technologies
• Rigid PU and PIR waste as feedstock
• Recycled and bio-based polyols at commercial scale
• Designing polyurethane products for circular recovery
• Mattress recycling and extended producer responsibility schemes
• Mass balance approaches and carbon accounting
• Traceability, sustainability verification and digital product passports
• CSRD reporting and compliance challenges
• Circularity and sustainability in CASE applications
• Safer chemistry and progress toward commercially viable non-isocyanate polyurethane technologies
• Occupational exposure, stewardship and regulatory adaptation
• Low-GWP rigid foam systems and blowing agent transitions
• Polyurethane solutions for EV battery protection and thermal management
• Automotive recycling and closed-loop material systems
• Fire safety and evolving performance requirements
• AI in polyurethane formulation and processing
• Digital twins, foaming simulation and predictive manufacturing
• Process optimisation, defect prediction and quality control
• Digitalisation across flexible foam, rigid insulation and elastomer production
• Competitiveness, investment and the future of polyurethane manufacturing in Europe

Additional topics and emerging innovations are also welcomed, including:

• Bio-based and renewable polyurethane systems
• Flexible foam technologies
• Rigid foam and insulation developments
• CASE technologies (coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomers)
• Polyurethane dispersions (PUDs)
• Thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs)
• TPU 3D printing and additive manufacturing
• Direct polyurethane additive manufacturing
• Composite polyurethane materials
• Nanomaterials and advanced performance additives
• Machinery and process innovation
• Cost-effective processing technologies
• Blowing agents and formulation developments
• Spray polyurethane foam technologies
• Flame retardancy and fire-performance solutions
• Lightweighting and performance enhancement
• Comfort, durability and acoustic applications
• Appliance, construction, furniture and industrial applications
• Automation and smart manufacturing technologies
• Emerging raw materials and feedstocks
• PFAS-related formulation and regulatory impact (if relevant to PU coatings, additives or processing aids)
• End-of-life logistics and collection infrastructure
• Lifecycle assessment and product carbon footprint methodologies

UTECH Europe 2027 welcomes technical papers, case studies, commercial implementation stories and application-led presentations from across the global polyurethane industry. Submissions are invited from organisationss throughout the polyurethane value chain, including raw material suppliers, system houses, foam producers, recyclers, machinery manufacturers, OEMs, technology developers, research organisations and end users of polyurethane materials. International perspectives are encouraged where they provide relevance and value to the European market.

If your company would like to take advantage of the opportunity to present its latest developments to a well-educated audience of your peers at UTECH Europe 2027, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Conference Producer.

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