Bayer MaterialScience: Further milestone in the manufacture of plastics from CO2

Company intends to replace petroleum with carbon dioxide

02-Jun-2015 - Bayer MaterialScience has taken another major step toward using CO2 for plastic production from 2016. A production line is currently under construction for this purpose at the Dormagen site in Germany. A chemical reactor weighing some 25 metric tons has now been put in place at the heart of this ...

Bayer Pearl establishes new headquarters in Dubai Investments Park

27-Jun-2014 - The polyurethane systems house Bayer Pearl has broken ground for construction of its new headquarters in the Dubai Investments Park, which will be the site of the regional offices and state-of-the-art production facilities. The site will feature research, development, and application laboratories ...

Using CO2: EUR 15 million for new production line

Bayer MaterialScience plans further investment in the Dream Production project at its Dormagen site

16-May-2014 - The greenhouse gas carbon dioxide can be used as a basic building block for plastics. Following a successful test phase and promising market analysis, Bayer MaterialScience plans to invest EUR 15 million in the construction of a production line at its Dormagen site, which will use CO2 to produce ...

Dr. Günter Oertel dies at 81

12-Nov-2013 - The researcher died at the age of 81 in Leverkusen, Germany. “Günter Oertel is considered one of the pioneers of polyurethane chemistry. His research resulted in more than 90 international patents and countless publications,” said Dr. Joachim Wolff, Head of the Polyurethanes Business Unit and ...

Bayer MaterialScience LLC Names Jerry MacCleary President for NAFTA Region

23-Apr-2012 - Bayer MaterialScience LLC named Jerry MacCleary President for the NAFTA region, effective June 1, 2012. MacCleary assumes the leadership of the Company’s operations in the region from Greg Babe, who recently announced his planned retirement from Bayer. In addition, MacCleary will retain his ...

After a good third quarter: Bayer confirms Group outlook

Net income more than doubled to EUR 642 million (plus 125.3 percent)

01-Nov-2011 - The Bayer Group achieved further sales growth and significantly increased earnings in the third quarter of 2011. “It was a good quarter for Bayer,” Management Board Chairman Dr. Marijn Dekkers said Thursday at the presentation of the interim report. He described the continuing growth momentum in ...

Bayer MaterialScience raises prices for polyurethane raw materials in Europe

19-Apr-2011 - Bayer MaterialScience AG is raising the selling prices for all products of its polyurethane segment in the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) region by EUR 0.30 per kilogram, effective May 1, 2011. Substantially higher raw material and utilities costs are forcing Bayer MaterialScience to pass on ...

Kemira to build two new coagulant plants at Bayer sites in Europe

22-Feb-2011 - Kemira will construct two new coagulant plants in Germany and Spain. The investment is EUR 40 million and the plants are expected to be operational during 2012.Kemira has entered a strategic partnership with Bayer MaterialScience through which it will purchase hydrochloric acid (= HCl) - a ...

Bayer MaterialScience increases downstream presence in China

Five new facilities to be completed by 2012

19-Nov-2010 - Bayer MaterialScience has announced plans to invest EUR 110 million to build five new downstream facilities in China by 2012 as part of an ongoing process to serve the booming manufacturing sector in the country. The facilities comprise three polyurethanes systems houses, a new polycarbonate ...

Bayer MaterialScience acquires worldwide marketing and usage rights for the DURFLEX track superstructure system

04-Feb-2010 - Bayer MaterialScience AG has acquired the worldwide marketing and usage rights for the DURFLEX® track superstructure system from Hyperion Verwaltung GmbH, Frankfurt/Main, Germany. The two companies have signed an agreement to this effect. Financial details have not been disclosed. The ...