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From productive solutions to achieving more with less

Together, efficiency and effectiveness will always be a winning combination. By understanding the processes in your value chain, we implement materials and technologies that help boost productivity and reduce costs. Now, we’re pushing this to the next stage by helping you save even more energy and production steps, for faster and long-lasting solutions that mean you can achieve more with less.

Challenge: Boosting productivity in times of uncertainty

Volatile markets, disrupted supply chains, rising inflation: we are aware of the many – and growing – challenges for fast-moving business sectors and fast-evolving industries. But no matter the circumstances, our aim is to push for high-performing materials and efficient solutions that you can trust and that help you make a smooth transition, whatever the fluctuations and challenges in the market. That’s why we focus on multifunctional, flexible, and easy-to-use solutions.

Status: Increasing productivity wherever possible

Already today, customers can enjoy solutions designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness from our fast-curing Pasquick® coating systems, to increasingly digitalized processes. Whether it’s by cutting down on process steps, implementing smart drop-in solutions, or saving energy, time, and costs, these technologies are all aimed at making the production process as streamlined as possible.

Revolutionizing production with digitalization

Digitalization has been helping us and our customers set new productivity standards in our labs for many years.

By enabling optimized standards, greater levels of transparency, and increased efficiency and agility, our digital technologies don’t just simplify ways of working – they also revolutionize entire production processes.

Stepping up precision

Productivity isn’t just about speed – it’s also about accuracy.

2D printing solutions enable the precise digital application of coatings with no overspray or masking, whilst still maintaining durable properties.

DirectCoating technology uses reaction injection molding to increase precision in automotive part manufacturing – delivering little to no rework, no separate drying, and no overspray.

Streamlining the production process

Streamlined processes help reduce bottlenecks in complex large-scale projects where time is money – as well as freeing time to focus on the final look and feel.

Our Pasquick® coating technology systems cure up to eight times faster than other systems. By reducing the number of coating layers needed, extending pot life, and enabling faster drying at lower temperatures, they help customers reduce both downtime and costs, and deliver a faster return to service for their own customers.

The Dockit® capsule provides the right mix of coating and hardener for automotive finishes at the click of a button – allowing professionals to focus on achieving a glossy finish.

Adapting to new regulations with drop-in solutions

For some players, productivity is about moving with the times, as more and more legislation necessitates product updates for sustainability or safety purposes.

Our Desmodur® ultra-line drop-in solutions help customers upgrade their refinish portfolios to bring residual monomer content below 0.1% – for quicker, more cost-effective EU REACH compliance.

Saving energy

Energy costs are becoming increasingly critical for almost all industries. Many of our solutions permanently reduce your energy consumption, or even help generate more.

Our low-VOC Bayhydur® quix technology dries as quickly as aromatic solventborne hardeners, while providing an easy drop-in solution that speeds up the production process.

Our Anti-Reflective Coatings improve solar parks’ energy-conversion efficiency with a power boost of up to 3% – and can be retrofitted fast and cost-efficiently.

Key drivers for the Status Next of Productivity

  • Increasing sustainability demands

    Increasing sustainability demands

    More sustainable solutions are becoming a must. The right materials and technologies should enable customers to make that transition without compromising on productivity.

  • Digitalization benefits

    Digitalization benefits

    The real winners are those who harness digitalization as an integral part of production processes so as to cut production steps and reduce waste whilst achieving more precision than ever before.

  • Support with application technology

    Support with application technology

    The market needs more than raw materials themselves – customers also need solid technical support on how to best implement these materials into their production processes.

Next: Pushing productivity to an all-time high

The next step is to consider new and evolving industry trends like digitalization or waste reduction with every step of the production process. This includes working to fully digitize our core business and ensure all new sources of income come through digital business models. In this way, we strive to smooth over frictions in the value chain and provide synchronized, customized production systems. The goal? To raise productivity to an all-time high with our future-proof Next solutions – plus the autonomous supply chains that are key for sustainable growth.

Webinars

  • Webinar on-demand

    Pasquick® technology: Performance benefits and proof points

    Discover how Pasquick® technology helps reduce downtime in corrosion-protection and flooring jobs, thanks to faster curing characteristics – all combined with great long-term performance and low to near-zero VOC.

  • Webinar on-demand

    Digital coatings: How to apply PU raw materials digitally

    Digital printing is increasingly developing into an alternative application technology for coatings. Get an overview of our latest developments regarding the digital application of coating materials in the field of automotive and textiles.

  • Webinar on-demand

    Hardeners for high-performance refinish coatings

    Get an overview of our range of hardeners for efficient state-of-the-art and future refinish paints for automotive refinish body shops.

Stories and case studies

  • Story

    Pasquick® for auto refinish clearcoats

    Fast-curing 2K technology for auto refinish coatings: Ambient curing with no need for additional oven time and improved industrial hygiene.

  • Story

    Sustainable solutions

    Discovering the potential of more sustainable automotive coating solutions for enhanced productivity and a circular economy

  • Story

    Planning straightforward by cross-linking. Why not?

    A new standard for industrial hygiene – without any compromise

  • Story

    2K clear coat capsule Dockit® – time to shine

    Easy paint preparation with the Dockit® 2K clear coat capsule Dockit® – for more efficiency and glossy paint results.

  • Story

    Pasquick® for high-productivity protective coatings

    Faster curing, fewer coating layers, ultra-high solid formulations.

  • Story

    Henssen Fraam case study

    Discover how Covestro's Uralac® Ultra team worked with Dutch designer Jan Willem Henssen on no-maintenance wood outdoor furniture.

  • Case study

    Low VOC water-based coatings with reduced carbon footprint

    Bayhydur® quix ultra hardener enabled Hesse to develop a high performance, fast curing, low VOC water-based coating with up to 60% less CO₂ emissions than standard solvent-based coatings.

  • Story

    Pasquick® for construction coating projects

    Pasquick® floor coatings reduce downtime to save time and money

  • Story

    Decorative resin solutions

    Our innovative resins change how your coatings perform, supporting countless applications and substrates.

  • Case study

    Facade insulation bracket

    Desmocomp® resin-based ThermoBracket made by FISCO® delivers durability, insulation and fire safety for rear-ventilated facades.

  • Story

    2D printed hot melt adhesives in footwear production

    Covestro enables aliphatic hot melt adhesives to be applied in footwear production via 2D digital printing with Desmomelt® U.

Products, brands and technologies

  • Brand

    ImFuse

    Discover how Covestro’s ImFuse™ powder-coating solution enables extra-fast curing for flat heat-sensitive substrates.

    Read more
  • Brand

    Skins

    Skins® give your branding ideas character.

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  • Connections

    Productivity meets mobility

    Learn more about how Covestro milestones such as Pasquick®, Dockit®, and 2D printing boost productivity in the mobility sector!

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