Keyword: Engineering Plastics

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Covestro Develops CO2-based Elastomers Process

14.03.2016 - German engineering plastics producer Covestro is expanding its work on using carbon dioxide (CO2) as a feedstock and is developing a new manufacturing process for elastomers. The...

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Covestro and Nanodax to Develop Glass Wool-PC Composites

09.03.2016 - German engineering plastics producer Covestro, the former Bayer MaterialScience has signed an agreement with Japan’s Nanodax to develop glass wool-reinforced polycarbonate...

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Celanese Plans to Compound Nylon

29.01.2016 - US chemicals and plastics producer Celanese continues to expand its plastics portfolio through compounding of in-sourced polymer. In its latest move, the company said it will add...

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Lanxess Starts US Plastics Compounding Line

11.01.2016 - Germany’s Lanxess has started up its second compounding line for the high-performance plastics PA and PBT at its Gastonia, North Carolina, site in the US. The investment of around...

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BASF to Expand European Engineering Plastics Compounding

01.12.2015 - BASF plans to expand its compounding capacities for engineering plastics in Europe from 2017, adding production lines for as much as 70,000 t/y to its Ultramid polyamide and...

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Covestro and Reverdia to Develop Bio-based TPU Foam

09.10.2015 - Covestro, the formerly Bayer MaterialScience, and green chemistry specialist Reverdia, the Dutch-based biomaterials joint venture of DSM and Roquette Frères, have agreed to jointly...

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Moody’s Gives Covestro Baa2 Rating

08.10.2015 - In its first rating for the newly launched shares of engineering plastics producer Covestro, ratings agency Moody’s has given the former Bayer MaterialScience a Baa2 investment...

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Covestro Share Launch Successful

07.10.2015 - German engineering plastics producer Covestro and its parent company Bayer successfully placed 62.5 million shares of the former Bayer MaterialScience in the Prime Standard of the...