24-02-2012

Bayer MaterialScience can begin construction in Dormagen of a new world-scale plant for a key plastics precursor. The Cologne regional administration has now granted the permit for an early start to construction, clearing the way for the extensive construction work to begin promptly. The ...

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Total investment of roughly EUR 35 million

24-01-2012

Bayer MaterialScience has begun construction of a multipurpose production plant for polyurethane coating raw materials at Chempark Leverkusen. The products hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) and isophorone diisocyanate (IPDI) are used primarily for high-quality and environmentally friendly ...

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Intelligent technologies from Uhde and Bayer improve energy efficiency

09-08-2011

In March 2010 Uhde and Bayer MaterialScience signed a contract for the construction of a new chlorine plant at the Chempark Krefeld-Uerdingen site. This 20,000-tonne chlorine demonstration plant has now come on-stream. The oxygen-depolarised cathode used for this has been incorporated into ...

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Increase of annual capacity of plant in Germany to 400,000 tons

04-05-2011

Bayer MaterialScience is to expand production of polycarbonate at its Krefeld-Uerdingen site in Germany through an investment of about EUR 90 million. The plant's current annual capacity is to gradually reach 400,000 tons over the next four years in stepped increases. The current nameplate ...

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MDI plant Brunsbüttel: rise of production capacity to 420,000 metric tons a year

17-03-2011

Bayer MaterialScience plans to invest roughly €100 million in the expansion of the high-tech production plant for MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate) at the Bayer Brunsbüttel Industrial Park in Germany. The project is part of the phased optimization concept announced previously for ...

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Production of polyurethane raw materials for coatings and adhesives

25-02-2011

Bayer MaterialScience has inaugurated a manufacturing facility for polyisocyanates at Ankleshwar, in the state of Gujarat, India. Polyisocyanates are used as raw materials for the production of polyurethane coatings and adhesives. With the investment of approximately EUR 20 million, the ...

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22-02-2011

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 ...

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Capital expenditures of EUR 1 billion

10-12-2010

Bayer intends to significantly expand its capacities for the production of high-grade materials in China by 2016. Investments of around EUR 1 billion are planned at the Shanghai site. This means Bayer will focus even more intensively on the Asia/Pacific region, where it expects consistent ...

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08-03-2010

Bayer MaterialScience plans to invest roughly EUR 150 million in a new high-tech production plant for TDI (toluene diisocyanate) at Chempark Dormagen. TDI is a precursor for the production of polyurethane flexible foam. The new plant will have a capacity of 300,000 tons per year and will ...

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09-11-2009

Bayer MaterialScience has announced a capacity expansion of Desmodur® N aliphatic coatings raw materials at the Bayer integrated site in Caojing, near Shanghai in China. The plant has increased the capacity of Desmodur® N to 27,000 tpa to meet the growing demand in Asia, particularly China, ...

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