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Makrolon® RE a clear choice for Kaynemaile Architectural Mesh

When Kaynemaile, a leading global designer and manufacturer of architectural mesh for commercial and residential buildings, aimed to shift production towards sustainability, they partnered with Covestro to explore alternative materials that maintained the existing qualities of their architectural mesh.
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Task

Find a drop-in material offering sustainability

Kaynemaile architectural mesh is a patented, world-leading innovation made with Makrolon® polycarbonate, allowing for excellent design form and functionality. Kaynemaile has conducted extensive laboratory and field tests to ensure durability and strength - -all while being lightweight. 

Kaynemaile’s architectural mesh technology can be seen on large-scale facades of multiple public buildings around the world to beautify exteriors and reduce solar gain. It is also used extensively for interior screening and custom decorative features.  

Kaynemaile takes sustainability seriously. As the team searched for ways to reduce the carbon footprint of its architectural mesh, it was apparent an alternative material solution was needed. While the team was satisfied with the use of Makrolon® in its existing products, a replacement material would need to continue to meet the key properties and benefits offered by Makrolon®. 

Makrolon® RE polycarbonate offers designers more sustainable solutions with RE8 while still maintaining traditional benefits and offering a second life to renewable materials. We look forward to seeing RE8 on spaces around the world.

Eric Saks

Key Account Manager, Covestro LLC

Challenge

Identify a more sustainable drop-in material solution

The use of a new material in production process can often mean retooling, process changes and in turn, significant cost and time losses. Kaynemaile needed a material that was a drop-in solution while offering the sustainability benefits required to meet industry demand.  

Our new RE8 is the most significant initiative by the company since its founding. We are proud to be at the forefront and to offer our customers a product that is sustainable and high performing. Makrolon® RE from Covestro has made our vision possible.

Kayne Horsham

Founder, Kaynemaile

Kaynemaile Hanging Screens gives the ability to create functional separation while maintaining transparency and airflow.
Solution

Makrolon® RE polycarbonate as a more sustainable solution

Kaynemaile selected Makrolon® RE polycarbonate for its multiple benefits, including sustainability performance, durability, form and functionality. 

For over 50 years, manufacturers have relied on polycarbonate materials from Covestro for a wide range of applications, from color and design offerings to architectural solutions.

Key benefits

  • More sustainable than Makrolon® Makrolon® RE has a lower carbon footprint than Makrolon®
  • ISCC PLUS Certified Makrolon® RE is ISCC PLUS certified and, using mass balancing and renewable energy, can have up to 88% sustainable materials.
  • Strong Strong yet lightweight
  • Aesthetics Offers design flexibility

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