Covestro

Covestro AG is a German company which produces specialty chemicals for heat insulation foams and transparent polycarbonate plastics. It is a Bayer spin off formed in the fall of 2015 and was formerly called Bayer MaterialScience, Bayer‘s $12.3 billion materials science division.

Covestro AG manufactures and supplies polymers. It operates through the following segments: Polyurethanes; Polycarbonates; and Coatings, Adhesives, and Specialties. The Polyurethanes segment refers to the development, manufacture, and sale of precursors for polyurethanes which are isocyanates and polyether polyols used primarily in the furniture and automotive industries. The Polycarbonates segment develops, produces and markets plastic polycarbonate in the form of granules and semifinished products for automotive industry. The Coatings, Adhesives, and Specialties segment is responsible for the development and production of coatings, adhesives, sealants as well as specialties primarily for polyurethane systems. The company was founded on August 20, 2015 and is headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany.