{"id":40513,"date":"2017-02-13T07:41:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T06:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rss.nova-institut.net\/public.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plasticsnews.com%2Farticle%2F20170208%2FNEWS%2F170209902%2Fcovestro-tackling-carbon-fiber-reinforced-pc-pu-from-co2"},"modified":"2021-09-09T21:38:48","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T19:38:48","slug":"covestro-tackling-carbon-fiber-reinforced-pc-pu-from-co2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/covestro-tackling-carbon-fiber-reinforced-pc-pu-from-co2\/","title":{"rendered":"Covestro tackling carbon-fiber-reinforced PC, PU from CO2<\/sub>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Global materials firm Covestro AG is making progress with new projects in both carbon-fiber-reinforced polycarbonate and in polyurethane feedstocks based on carbon dioxide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese two things are in the early phases, but we\u2019re very excited about them,\u201d board member Klaus Schaefer said in a recent interview from Covestro\u2019s Baytown, Texas, location.<\/p>\n

The Leverkusen, Germany-based firm\u2019s work on carbon fiber PC has increased since it acquired Thermoplast Composite GmbH of Langenfeld, Germany, in early 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe bought a technology firm with production capabilities, and that\u2019s helped us bring these materials into IT, telecommunications, next-generation phones, laptops and tablets,\u201d said Schaefer, who also serves as Covestro\u2019s production and technology head.<\/p>\n

In automotive, he added that carbon fiber PC has advanced mechanical properties that can allow for the replacement of metal in exterior parts.<\/p>\n

Covestro in June opened its first commercial-scale plant to produce PU feedstock polyols from CO2 at its Dormagen, Germany, site. The 11 million pound-per-year capacity plant can make polyols that contain up to 20 percent CO2, according to Schaefer.<\/p>\n

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The Dormagen site was chosen because it had access to CO2 through a nearby ammonia plant. CO2 is a by-product of the ammonia process.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll see how it goes for a year or two, to get material to test market and process on machines,\u201d Schaefer explained.<\/p>\n

He added that Covestro has benefited from being an independent company since being spun off from Bayer AG in September 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cHuge developments have been made since becoming independent from Bayer,\u201d Schaefer said. \u201cThere\u2019s one less layer of management. Less cooks in the kitchen improves the quality of the meal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Covestro employs 14,200 worldwide and posted sales of 12.1 billion euros ($13.6 billion) in 2015, up almost 3 percent vs. 2014. The firm generates 47 percent of its sales from Europe\/Middle East\/Africa\/Latin America; 26 percent from North America; and 15 percent from China.<\/p>\n

Automotive is Covestro\u2019s largest end market with a 22 percent share. Its next two largest end markets are construction at 19 percent and furniture at 18 percent.<\/p>\n

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Global materials firm Covestro AG is making progress with new projects in both carbon-fiber-reinforced polycarbonate and in polyurethane feedstocks based on carbon dioxide. \u201cThese two things are in the early phases, but we\u2019re very excited about them,\u201d board member Klaus Schaefer said in a recent interview from Covestro\u2019s Baytown, Texas, location. The Leverkusen, Germany-based firm\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572,5571],"tags":[10744,10743],"supplier":[10858],"class_list":["post-40513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","category-co2-based","tag-carboncapture","tag-useco2","supplier-covestro-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40513"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=40513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}