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In the sports and leisure industry, our dedicated raw materials for coatings and adhesives, TPU, polycarbonates, foams, films, elastomers and more provide solutions for a range of applications including footwear, sports equipment, goggles and wearables, functional textiles and artificial leather.
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Desmopan® TPU synthetic leather comes in a range of textures, with leather-like haptics in a recyclable, non-animal material.

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Case study

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coming from used water barrels. Learn more about our new recycling application!

Read more
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Read more
Story

Desmopan® TPU with bluesign®

Desmopan® TPU grades with bluesign® certification offer a minimized impact on the environment, resources, and people. 

Read more
Case study

INSQIN® and HAPTIC®

Partly bio-based INSQIN® PU is an ink binder in HAPTIC® printing on recycled mesh in sports shoes, cutting the CO₂ footprint.

Read more
Story

Making TPU more circular

We’re making TPU more circular with partially bio-based, recycled and ISCC-certified mass balance materials.

Read more
Story

TPU film for efficient textile bonding

Our hot melt adhesives efficiently bond textiles and other materials for a diverse range of industry applications.

Read more
Case study

VAUDE bio-based midsole

We worked with VAUDE to create a hiking boot midsole using Desmopan® CQ EC 33000 TPU with non-GMO bio-based feedstock.

Read more
Case study

Integrated TPU solution for AirFom Airless Tire Insert

Desmopan® provides a strong material solution for producing airless bike tire inserts.

Read more
Story

INSQIN® textile coatings

INSQIN® waterborne PU technology for textile printing, coating, PU synthetics and technical textile applications

Read more
Story

Certified circular products with (specific) shares of certified renewable raw material content.

By mass balance we can bring the value chain faster in line with our common conservation sustainability goals: Reducing the carbon footprint and use of fossil resources in production and consumption

Read more
Story

Water-borne PU binders

INSQIN® PU textile binders enable water-based inks to be applied digitally, yielding colorfast, soft, and more sustainable fabrics.

Read more
Story

Covestro is your partner for 2D printed coatings & adhesives

Covestro is your partner for polyurethane raw materials for coatings and adhesives optimized for digital application.

Read more
Story

2D printed hot melt adhesives in footwear production

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Read more
Story

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Read more
Story

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Read more
Story

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