POLYURETHANE COATINGS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE

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POLYURETHANE COATINGS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE
02 August 2001 - Bayer MaterialScience AG

'Future developments by the coatings industry and its raw materials suppliers will be driven by three factors: quality, efficiency and environmental protection.' That is how Bernd Steinhilber, Head of the Industrial Coatings Business Unit in the Coatings and Colorants Business Group of Bayer AG, characterizes the perspectives of the coatings business worldwide.

For a global raw materials supplier such as Bayer, quality encompasses many different aspects in the development of close customer relations: from global product availability to customer support on a regional or even local level. The aim of all efforts is always to provide fast, reliable and competent support. In pursuing this aim, the use of communications tools such as the Internet and e-business are becoming increasingly important.

Of course, successful operation in the global market is impossible without forward- looking technological perspectives and visions. Polyurethane technology opens new and promising options for the joint coating of metal car bodies and plastic add-on components in automotive OEM finishing. Known as in-line coating, this process is interesting above all in terms of the potential time and cost savings because the primer surfacer, basecoat and topcoat can be applied wet-on-wet-on-wet and then baked together at temperatures below 100 degrees Celsius.

A further example is the curing of paint films by a two-step process combining UV curing and conventional thermal drying (dual-cure). The main benefit is that the known problems of UV mono-cure - such as shrinkage and incomplete curing on objects with complex geometry - are prevented.

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About: Bayer MaterialScience AG
Bayer Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, is part of the worldwide Bayer Group, an international health care, nutrition and innovative materials group based in Leverkusen, Germany. Bayer employs 23,300 in North America with net North American sales of 8.8 billion euros in 2003. Bayer’s three operating business areas – HealthCare, CropScience and MaterialScience, improve people’s lives through a broad range of essential products that help diagnose and treat diseases, protect crops and advance automobile safety and durability.

Bayer MaterialScience AG is one of the world's largest producers of polymers and high-performance plastics. The main customers for Its innovative developments in coatings, adhesives, insulating materials and sealants, polycarbonates and polyurethanes are the automotive and construction industries, the electrical/electronics segment and manufacturers of sports and leisure goods, packaging, and medical devices.

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