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Fernando Resende Covestro
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M.Sc. Eng. Fernando Resende

Marketing Manager MDI /Construction
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About Fernando Resende

Fernando Resende is a civil engineer with a master in sustainable construction and holds an MBA degree with thesis in circular economy.

Born in São Paulo, Brazil, he has been in the construction/polymers industry for more than 20 years in various technical and management positions across different countries, including the USA, Brazil, and Germany.

In 2011, he joined Bayer Material Science - now Covestro – to lead a program for development of sustainable solutions based on Polyurethanes and Polycarbonates in Latin America.

Since 2016, he has been responsible for the Building & Construction segment in the Performance Materials unit from Covestro in EMEA and LATAM, with strong focus on polymers solutions and circular economy.
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Videointerview mit Fernando Resende auf der BAU Messe in München (2025).

Articles by Fernando

  • Polyurethane insulation boards enable lightweight roof renovation
    Story

    Polyurethane insulation boards enable lightweight roof renovation

    Discover how bio-attributed PU insulation enabled the energy-efficient renovation of a DIY store roof in Bonn despite limited load capacity.

  • Laboratory setup with researcher holding a flask.
    Story

    Smart Pyrolysis: Chemical Recycling for PU Rigid Foam

    Covestro and Fraunhofer UMSICHT breakthrough: Smart pyrolysis transforms PU rigid foam waste (PUR/PIR) into high-purity re-aniline, enabling circular MDI production. Learn more.

  • Bio-circular construction
    Case study

    Bio-circular construction

    The circularity potential of raw materials: See how bio-circular MDI supports low-carbon buildings

  • Building  Construction Workshop
    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.

  • A more sustainable high-rise building that integrates gardens into its façade.
    Story

    Embodied carbon reduction I Building the next stage of sustainability

    Reduce embodied carbon in the life cycle of buildings with PU/PIR insulation materials. Learn more now!

  • Construction worker on a building site holding a thick, rigid panel of PU insulation.
    Story

    Climate neutral MDI 

    Climate neutral MDI based on attributed bio waste offers lower embodied carbon for PU insulation with no loss in thermal performance.

  • Story

    From cradle to gate: Climate neutral MDI

    We are consistently pursuing our path to a circular economy and offer you a climate neutral MDI (methylene diphenyl diisocyanate).

  • Energy-efficient and climate-neutral construction with PU insulation materials
    Case study

    PU insulation from puren

    PU insulation materials allow for the energy efficient and climate-neutral construction and renovation of buildings. Read the case study now!

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