Bayer MaterialScience

Substantial improvement in core volumes and EBITDA in Q2 / Loan from Bayer repaid

Sustainability focus to include the entire chain / CO2 emissions to be halved up to 2025

First customer for Covestro's CO2-derived polyol / Foam for furniture and mattresses

New lab at Leverkusen for 3D printing applications / Need for more dedicated material

New “Dream Production” CO2-to-polyols plant dedicated at Dormagen / Vision for the future is to dispense with petrochemical route

Introducing world's first PU wind blade / Higher energy generation efficiency

“Lucky” timing for first tranche of PC capacity expansion in Shanghai / Q1 growth in People's Republic doubles that of GDP / Innovations from China exported to global facilities / Presentation at “Chinaplas”

Higher volumes boost former Bayer MaterialScience in Q1 / Full-year forecast confirmed

Funds for new CO2-to-plastics project / Production Dreams “redoubles” efforts

Collaboration with carbon-based plastics producer Newlight Technologies / Exclusive rights to convert greenhouse gas to feedstock for home furnishings

Giant's appetite satiated for now / 13th Five-Year Plan calls for more competition, prosperity and environmental protection / State monopoly in petchem sector to be reduced / Investments in Europe skyrocket

US giant pays USD 835m to end PU price fixing case / Uncertainty over Supreme Court

2015 sales exceed EUR 12 bn / Adjusted EBITDA up 41% / Year of many premieres / Former Bayer MaterialScience expects mid-single-digit core volume growth for 2016

Pilot plant for PC wastewater recycling / New process reduces salt burden on the Rhine / German environment ministry provides funding

Stake in Bluestar subsidiaries listed on Beijing equity exchange / Raising money for international acquisitions?

New co-extrusion plant for high-end multi-layer flat films at Dormagen / Start-up in 2017

Former Bayer Material Science manager Michael Koenig named to head Bluestar

Michelle Jou becomes new head of Polycarbonates / Markus Steilemann takes over at helm of Polyurethanes business

Stock listed in Germany's MDAX / “Gratifying performance” after two months of trading

Takeovers, mergers and consolidations: Changes in the plastics production, packaging and automotive industries / No going back to the way things were

MDI line in Tarragona to be shuttered / “Non-competitive production cost”

New TDI plant officially inaugurated at Ludwigshafen / German dignitaries praise chemicals and plastics group's technology, commitment to industry

“Substantial increase in profitability” seen for 2015 / Strong performance for Polycarbonates

Despite overcapacities, plans to lift output in Asia / Global consumption stands at 4m t/y / Decline in optical data storage devices pressures sector / Market unsettled by BPA controversy / Opportunities for lighting technology and automotive applications

PU system developed with automakers for carbon fibre composites / Enhanced safety for vehicle occupants