Raw Materials for High Performance Adhesives and Sealants
Construction
Transform your construction projects with Covestro's innovative adhesive solutions. Our advanced portfolio delivers superior bonding performance while meeting the highest safety and sustainability standards.
- Dispercoll® product line delivers high-strength bonds and exceptional adhesion across diverse construction applications
- One-Component Foam adhesives provide self-expanding, moisture-curing solutions for window and door installations
- Advanced formulations featuring low isocyanate content and waterborne options that prioritize safety and environmental responsibility
“We’ve recognized that true innovation doesn’t happen in isolation. Our team wants to be more than your raw material suppler, we want to be your innovation partner, especially within the sustainability lens.”
Automotive
Our innovative adhesives solutions for the automotive industry enhance modern vehicle manufacturing: from high-performance structural adhesives that ensure the safety and durability of EV battery assemblies, to premium lamination technologies that create sophisticated instrument panels, to specialized bonding solutions that securely join interior trim components. These advanced adhesive technologies not only improve vehicle aesthetics and durability but also contribute to lightweight construction, helping automotive manufacturers achieve better fuel efficiency and reduced emissions.
- Structural adhesives for EV Batteries
- Premium instrument panel lamination
- Interior trim bonding solutions
- Lightweight solutions for improved fuel efficiency
Furniture
Recent developments in Covestro's polyurethane systems have yielded significant advances in mattress recylability. A key technical breakthrough lies in the adhesive interface between layers. Covestro's new generation of PU-based adhesives maintains strong bonding while allowing for eventual separation during recycling processes. This development represents a significant step toward circular economy goals in the bedding industry, where an estimated 20 million mattresses reach end-of-life annually in North America alone.
- Advanced water-based adhesives like Dispercoll® provide exceptional bonding strength between different foam layers, ensuring the mattress maintains its multi-layer design throughout its lifetime.
- Specialized adhesives enable manufacturers to combine different foam types (high-resilient, viscoelastic, conventional) with precise layer positioning, maximizing comfort and support characteristics.
- Modern adhesive systems offer long open times and excellent spray application properties, allowing efficient production while ensuring strong bonds between diverse materials including foams, textiles, and other mattress components
Industrial
Our innovative solutions power multiple industrial applications. In construction, our advanced polyurethane-based bonding technologies deliver superior structural integrity, dependable weatherproofing systems, and versatile assembly solutions that significantly enhance building longevity. For wood furniture production, we offer specialized product lines that ensure robust wood bonding, efficient lamination processes, and secure mattress foam assembly, resulting in durable and refined finished products.
- Structural bonding, weatherproofing, and assembly
- Wood bonding, cabinet lamination, and foam mattress assembly
- Construction-grade structural sealants
- Heavy-duty industrial adhesives
- Commercial furniture assembly solutions
- Specialized manufacturing adhesives
Sustainable Solutions
Covestro's CQ portfolio demonstrates our leadership in sustainable adhesive solutions through alternative raw materials. Moving beyond traditional fossil-based sources, we offer ISCC PLUS-certified mass-balanced products across our core adhesive components - MDI, TDI, polyols, aliphatics, and silane-terminated prepolymers. This innovative approach maintains identical product performance while significantly reducing carbon footprint, enabling customers to advance their sustainability goals without compromising on technical capabilities.
With customers increasingly focused on achieving climate neutrality, we’re revolutionizing environmental impact tracking through LifeCycle+, our customized digital platform. This integrated solution enables automated life cycle assessments (LCA) including product carbon footprint (PCF) calculations across our portfolio. By providing crade-to-gate environmental impact data for 50,000 products and intermediates, we’re enabling transparent collaboration toward a circular economy while helping customers meet their sustainability objectives.
- CQ portfolio: ISCC PLUS-certified mass-balanced alternatives for key adhesive components
- LifeCycle+: Automated carbon footprint tracking for 50,000 products
Our Ultra product line showcases an improved industrial hygiene standard. Using innovative low-monomer isocyanates and pre-polymers, containing less than 0.1% residual monomer content, this product line represents Covestro’s commitment to innovation, sustainability, and occupational safety while meeting evolving market demands and regulatory requirements.
- Ultra line: Low-monomer isocyanates (<0.1% residual) for enhanced workplace safety
- Processing advantages: Lower viscosity and optimized curing for defect-free applications
- Key application: EV battery pack assembly with thermal conductivity and gap-filling properties
Improved Industrial Hygiene with Excellent Adhesive Properties
Desmodur® Ultra E:
Aromatic and aliphatic prepolymers comprising of <0.1% monomeric diisocyanates.
Key Benefits:
- Can be used in the same way as the Desmodur® and Bayhydur® predecessors in your current formulations so you can continue to focus on your core business
- Makes easy-to-use 2K PU technology available
- State-of-the-art and technically equivalent to our existing products
STPs: The Chemistry Behind Next-Gen EV Battery Pack Solutions
Desmoseal ® S
- Silane-terminated polyurethanes (STP) combine the advantages of a polyurethane backbone and a silane based curing mechanism to provide excellent cohesive strength and adhesive properties.
- STP’s offer exceptional sealing properties, flexibility, and durability, making them ideal for adhering the top plate of the EV battery pack to the bottom compartment.
- Protects the internal components from moisture and contaminants, extending battery life and ensuring safety.
Smart Chemistry: MDI Innovation Simplifies Industrial Handling
Mondur® MA
- Allophanate-modified MDI products provide all of the performance of 4,4’ MDI without the handling and storage challenges
- Low viscosity liquid at room temperature allowing for high filler loading
- Excellent storage stability at room temperature
- Low functionality allowing for a wide formulating latitude
