Bayer MaterialScience expands global production network for polyurethane dispersions
Waterborne coating and adhesive raw materials now also from Shanghai
Bayer MaterialScience has opened a state-of-the-art production plant at the integrated production site in Shanghai to manufacture polyurethane dispersions (PUD). The plant has an annual capacity of 20,000 metric tons. Bayer MaterialScience now therefore has facilities in North America, Europe and Asia for these key raw materials for manufacturing environmentally friendly, waterborne coating systems and adhesives.
“We are looking to safeguard supplies out of Shanghai in the long term for the rapidly growing Asian market in particular, thereby actively benefiting from growth in this region,” explained Dr. Joachim Wolff, head of the Coatings, Adhesives, Specialties (CAS) Business Unit and member of the Executive Committee of Bayer MaterialScience, at the official inauguration. “This sees us underpinning our leading international role on the polyurethane raw materials market and strengthening our long-term presence in Asia. At the same time, we are living up to the responsibility we have set ourselves to maintain sustainable economic development, for example through the Bayer Climate Program,” he added.
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