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Sparking Collaboration: Inspiring Innovations in Sustainability, Technology, and Design

The impressions we collect personally and as a company encourage us to continuously develop new ideas ourselves, to help overcome the big challenges of our time and to make life more comfortable and often easier for people.

To create such innovations, we need partners. That’s why we want to inspire others to collaborate and join forces. Let us present you with our most fascinating cases and solutions from the areas of sustainability, technology and design. And hopefully we can spark in you the (great!) idea of reaching out to us.

Our 5 areas of inspiration

Discover our newest solutions and cases

Sustainable Living

  • Case study

    Translucent Makrolon® DQ in Steinel® luminaires

    Covestro translucent Makrolon® DQ series enables the luminaire manufacturer Steinel® to create diffusers without hot spots and outstanding energy efficiency.

  • Case study

    Solution for robot vacuum design

    Explore sustainability in the intelligent robot industry with materials like Desmopan® CQ TPU & Bayblend® R CQ polycarbonate. 

  • Case study

    Low carbon PU insulation 

    Our climate neutral   Desmodur® CQ MS enabled Recticel Impact, a PU insulation board range with 43% lower CO2 emissions.

  • Case study

    Low carbon Desmodur® 

    Certified low carbon Desmodur® CQ MB enabled Selena Group  to create its Ultra Fast 70 low emission one component foam.

  • Story

    Sustainability

    Learn how Covestro works to make its powder-coating resins and crosslinkers more sustainable and circular

  • Story

    TPU for textiles

    Desmopan® TPU offers more sustainable and versatile options for woven yarns, tarp, nonwoven fabrics and synthetic leather.

Circular Economy

  • Story

    Path from more sustainable materials to low carbon buildings

    Explore how AI, collaboration, and circular practices can reduce embodied carbon in construction for a more sustainable future.

  • Case study

    Circular CMF Guide for integrating circularity into aesthetic design

    Explore circular CMF design solutions with actionable insights and best practices on color, material and finish design for recycled and recyclable plastics.

  • Case study

    More sustainable materials for a circular economy

    Discover how sustainable materials are driving the circular economy forward. Download our white paper by Covestro and GC Insights for innovative solutions.

  • Case study

    Jabra Headset Enabled by Recycled Plastic 

    Explore Jabra Evolve2 series headsets, featuring post-consumer recycled polycarbonate material from Covestro with a recycled content of 75%, delivering high performance, sustainability, and design.

  • Story

    Partly bio-based isocyanate hardeners for industrial coatings

    Discover Covestro’s partly bio-based isocyanates for the industrial coatings market. Create industrial coatings that support your carbon-footprint targets.

  • Story

    Decovery® CQ 2110: Low-VOC flooring resin

    Discover flooring resin materials with Decovery® CQ 2110: A 36% bio-based binder designed to enable low-VOC wood flooring solutions. Learn more about it!

Smart Designs

  • Case study

    Circular CMF Guide for integrating circularity into aesthetic design

    Explore circular CMF design solutions with actionable insights and best practices on color, material and finish design for recycled and recyclable plastics.

  • Case study

    CMF Design Trends 2025+

    Discover innovative polycarbonate solutions & aesthetic toolkits for industrial designers & CMF experts.

  • Digital Service

    Digital sampling with Imagio®

    Access our material library anywhere.. anytime … with Imagio® and create digital prototypes that bring your designs to life! Learn more now!

  • Story

    TPU Films for textiles

    An inflatable thermal insulation vest showcases how TPU Films are a smart choice for apparel and sports equipment manufacturers.

  • Case study

    Roof Sensor Module

    Roof Sensor module for seamless sensor integration for self-driving cars

  • Case study

    Solution for robot vacuum design

    Explore sustainability in the intelligent robot industry with materials like Desmopan® CQ TPU & Bayblend® R CQ polycarbonate. 

Seamless Mobility

  • Story

    Blockchain traceability for plastics in the auto industry

    Covestro worked with Porsche and Circularise, using digital blockchain technology to trace plastics in the value chain.

  • Case study

    Touch function on metal

    Makrofol® films and Makrolon® PC resins enable electroplated plastic parts with metal surfaces to have touch functionality. 

  • Case study

    PC film for EV chargers

    Our Makrofol® SR906 film enabled Serigraph to create strong, lightweight EV charger parts with a glass-like surface.

  • Case study

    High-tech films in security

    With innovative films, we offer our customers state-of-the-art security glazing for a wide range of applications.

  • Case study

    Film Insert Molding (FIM) for backlit EV logos

    Learn more about CCL Design used Makrofol® films and Makrolon® PC in FIM processing to create an LED car logo with a 3D chrome effect.

  • Case study

    Thermal conductive Makrolon® TC in a solar car

    Our thermal conductive Makrolon® TC enables valuable weight savings as a headlight heat sink in the "Covestro Adelie" solar car.

Electrification

  • Case study

    PC film for EV chargers

    Our Makrofol® SR906 film enabled Serigraph to create strong, lightweight EV charger parts with a glass-like surface.

  • Case study

    Film Insert Molding (FIM) for backlit EV logos

    Learn more about CCL Design used Makrofol® films and Makrolon® PC in FIM processing to create an LED car logo with a 3D chrome effect.

  • Case study

    More Sustainable polycarbonates for Vimar

    Makrolon® RE for Vimar’s design series of switches and sockets for a reduced carbon footprint

  • Story

    Extend Wind Turbine Blade Durability with Leading Edge Protection

    Protecting the leading edge of wind turbine blades is vital to their longevity. Covestro offers advanced Leading Edge Protection (LEP) technologies for customized solutions

  • Case study

    New EV wallbox design demonstrator

    Having an electric vehicle means charging it regularly. Discover Covestro’s more sustainable new wallbox charger design.

  • Story

    Designing polycarbonate Chargers for future charging solutions

    Covestro supports collaborations with partners, customers and start-ups from creative designs to efficient product development.

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