Covestro

Board nods off doubling of MDI capacity at German site / Completion expected in late 2018

"Brexit is stupid" / 52% of British population votes to leave the EU / Plastics industry reacts calmly / Important market in Europe / Many corporate headquarters likely to relocate to the continent

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

PIE talks to World Plastics Council chairman Abdulrahman al-Fageeh and PlasticsEurope executive director Karl H. Foerster / WPC as platform for sharing best practices / Localising global solutions / Focus on marine debris / Increasingly global scope

Andrea Firenze appointed head of polymer producer in Iberia

Covestro's “Texin” RxT TPU added to portfolio / Expanding offering to global healthcare sector

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”

PlasticsEurope president Patrick Thomas: Plastics industry needs to be at the forefront of combating problems like marine litter / Lessons from "PolyTalk" to be applied at global level / Europe is the source of the solution

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

Demand for polymeric applications increasing steeply throughout the world / German medical devices providers report record sales / Russian market caves in / Significant potential in ASEAN region

Two-day high-level conference on “Zero Plastics Waste to the Oceans” draws industry, government and private sector together / Need for collaborative efforts across the chain / Design for end of life / Calls for system change

Pollution levels in oceans continue to rise / Need for global action / “PolyTalk” conference spurs intense discussions about marine litter / Research warns that amount of plastic packaging ending up in the oceans should not rise

Glass-wool reinforced thermoplastics developed with Nanodax / Targeting surface appearance and processing in PC compounds / Optimised injection moulding cuts costs

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

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

New study points to ways of “triggering a revolution” in the plastics industrial ecosystem / Strategies for improving material flow, recycling and reuse / Part of “Project Mainstream” / Release at WEF in Davos

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

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

Planning “significant investments” in UK subsidiary / Albis (UK) celebrates 50th anniversary

PlasticsEurope appoints Javier Constante and Daniele Ferrari as vice presidents