07-09-2006

Bayer MaterialScience AG celebrated the inauguration of its newly expanded Polymer Research & Development Center (PRDC) facility in Shanghai, China. With the expansion, the PRDC has become Bayer MaterialScience's first facility in Asia Pacific to host technical development and research ...

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Computerized Control for Entire Formulated Systems Production Process to Significantly Improve Efficiency and Flexibility

09-08-2006

Bayer MaterialScience, LLC has approved a significant upgrade project at its New Martinsville, W.Va., integrated polyol and systems production facility. The project, which represents an $8 million investment, provides computerized control for the entire formulated systems production process ...

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Global MDI production capacity exceeds one million tons

03-08-2006

Bayer MaterialScience AG has a global annual capacity of more than one million tons for the production of the polyurethane raw material diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI). The company has now increased its capacity in Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany, by a further 36,000 t/y by introducing a number ...

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Center Underscores Bayer MaterialScience's Leadership in Advancing UV Curing Technology

21-06-2006

Bayer MaterialScience has established the UV Center of Excellence in Pittsburgh. Establishing the center is in line with Bayer MaterialScience's company-wide commitment to helping make customers' visions a reality, according to Dr. Ramesh Subramanian, senior scientist, Advanced, Wood & Vinyl ...

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Focus on customer service in the ASEAN states

23-01-2006

Bayer MaterialScience AG plans to set up an integrated polyurethane systems house in Thailand. It will be incorporated into Bayer MaterialScience's global BaySystems network under the name BaySystems ASEAN. The world market leader for polyurethanes is thus demonstrating its commitment to ...

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12-01-2006

Bayer MaterialScience AG will in future be operating its global network of polyurethane systems houses under the new BaySystems umbrella brand. According to Peter Vanacker, head of the Polyurethanes Business Unit at Bayer MaterialScience, "With BaySystems we are creating a global customer ...

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19-08-2005

Bayer MaterialScience LLC is acquiring Polythane Systems, Inc. (PSI) of Spring, Tex., a leading supplier of spray polyurethane foam roofing systems in the United States, the company announced. The value of the acquisition, expected to be completed by August 31, was not disclosed. Bayer ...

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11-07-2005

Bayer Antwerp N.V. and Shell International Research Maatschappij BV have entered a license agreement under undisclosed terms enabling Shell to implement Double Metal Cyanide (DMC) technology to produce polyether polyols using Shell´s process design under Bayer's existing Impact patents. The ...

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14-06-2005

Bayer MaterialScience AG has concluded a consolidation process started three years ago for toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and its precursors. Production is now concentrated at three integrated world scale plants in Baytown (USA), Brunsbüttel and Dormagen, where the world's largest plant for the ...

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26-05-2005

The toluene diisocyanate (TDI) facility at the Bayer MaterialScience plant in New Martinsville, which produces 110 million pounds of TDI annually, will be closed effective immediately. The 30 employees who will be affected by the closure will be reassigned to other jobs. "This closing ...

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