Automotive

Next-gen black panels

With sophisticated films, we offer our customers advanced light management applications for next-gen instrument clusters.

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Partly bio-based hot melt film

Partly bio-based Platilon® H2 CQ EC hot melt adhesive film matches standard grades in processability and heat resistance.

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TPU Films Selector Tool

Streamlined product selection: A web-based TPU films selector tool utilizing questionnaire and filters to match user needs

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More sustainable PU foam

Mass balance and sustainable raw materials are key to achieving climate goals and the transition to a circular economy.

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Automotive seat cushion

Polyurethane foams using renewable feedstocks are enabling more sustainable automotive seats with much lower emissions.

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More sustainable textiles

We supply the textiles industry with more sustainable textile coatings materials for a carbon-neutral fabric future!

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More sustainable films for circularity

Our films portfolio with partly bio-based, recycled, and ISCC PLUS-certified mass balanced materials contribute to circular economy.

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Holography gains traction for future automotive applications

Holography is poised to reshape the automotive industry, adding a new dimension to exterior lights and AR head-up displays.

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Polycarbonates: a designer’s dream for future car displays

PC materials and films from Covestro give automotive interior designers and engineers the freedom to follow their inspiration

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TPU synthetic leather

Desmopan® TPU synthetic leather comes in a range of textures, with leather-like haptics in a recyclable, non-animal material.

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Future-forward frontend gives designers multiple options

Covestro works with auto designers who want to unleash their creativity with proven materials, technologies and expertise

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Empowering the electrification ecosystem at K 2022

Covestro polycarbonates enable the electrification of mobility, starting at the EV heart: the electric battery pack.

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A look at our latest prototype grille panel assembly

Our new grille panel assembly is where functional electronics meet seamless aesthetics and surfaces

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Innovation shines brightly in slim, modular headlamp module

Lightweighting, modularity and functional integration of LED headlamp designs enable innovation, inspire awe

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A look at our low-beam 2K reflector heatsink module prototype

Designers and engineers make the cars. Covestro gives them the options needed for maximum freedom and the ultimate edge.

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Smart Pole Solution for Smart Cities Sustainable Development

Ensuring that multi-functional devices installed on smart poles in complex outdoor environments operate stably, while meeting the aesthetic requirements of urban infrastructure and the sustainable development trend

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Makrofol® TF: Ultrathin polycarbonate films I Covestro

Our new extrusion process enables polycarbonate films as thin as 15μm for use in membranes for filtration and electronics. Learn more!

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Reusing Baynat® scrap

How can you transform a problem into a viable business model?

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Sustainable solutions

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

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Bringing fantastic form and functionality to car interiors

Specially engineered polycarbonates make it easy to create multi-material car interior surfaces with light and functional components

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Designing cars from the inside out

Inspired by advanced materials and technologies, designers now have all they need to challenge the status quo in ambient lighting

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Makrolon® RE for a more circular and sustainable future

More sustainable and circular polycarbonates reducing the CO₂ footprint

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Digital speedometers

Makrofol® LM films unite an anti-glare surface with black panel technology and vivid display lighting that appears only when activated.

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NeoAdd® PAX

Across the coatings industry, crosslinkers are utilized to deliver high levels of strength, resistance, and durability required for the toughest applications.

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TPU car paint protection

Paint protection film (PPF) with a core of transparent Desmopan® UP TPU provides 5-10 years of car surface protection.

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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).

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On our way to climate neutrality

We want to offer all of our products in a climate neutral version in the future. All our efforts are focused on achieving this goal.

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Choosing the right engineering plastics for prismatic battery packs

Covestro offers PC+ABS materials for prismatic battery packaging, with tailored formulations balancing flame retardancy, dimensional stability and impact resistance.

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Choosing the right engineering plastics for pouch battery packs

Covestro offers high-performance differentiated engineering plastics for pouch battery packaging

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Making TPU more circular

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

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TPU film for efficient textile bonding

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

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Translucent PU foams

From sandwich panels to dashboard covers, Desmodur® clear translucent PU foams provide light-driven design opportunities.

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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.

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Low-VOC Desmopan® TPU

Desmopan® ether-based TPU grades enable high-performance, low-VOC, hard-soft bonding with thermoplastics.

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Clearcoat benchmarking

In tests for scratching and chemical exposure, silane- and nano-modified 2K PU auto clearcoats outshone rival technologies.

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Digital printing for automotive coatings with Desmodur®

Covestro offers Desmodur® based materials for automotive coatings optimized for maskless painting via 2D digital printing.

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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