Latest Case Studies

VAUDE & Covestro to present a recyclable backpack made from Desmopan® TPU – durable, weatherproof, and more circular.

INSQIN® from Covestro and AGXX from Heraeus help textile manufacturers create safer, more sustainable antibacterial coatings for polyurethane applications.

Imagio® digital material library is integrated into Autodesk VRED, enabling photorealistic visualization of polycarbonate materials for automotive design.

Explore our collaboration on coating solutions featuring Pasquick® technology for the World Solar Challenge 2025.

Explore the more sustainable engineering materials from Covestro: ✔ Renewable-attributed polycarbonates ✔ ISCC PLUS certified ✔ Reduced carbon footprint

Discover how a leading manufacturer of LED drivers and components for lighting systems uses Makrolon® RE.

Explore how Sachsenröder developed biodegradable forestry solutions that support more sustainable reforestation and reduce plastic waste with Covestro materials.

Redefining user interfaces with haptic innovation

Explore innovative solutions in automotive plastic recycling. Achieve sustainability with PCR plastics & circular economy.

Explore biocompatible materials enhancing patient safety in drug and biologics delivery systems, including auto-injectors.

Covestro & H.B. Fuller co-create customizable automotive interior lighting for the EDAG CityBot—an autonomous vehicle redefining the future of urban travel.

Discover eFoil battery tech and hydrofoil performance. Explore thermal management and Makrolon TC for electric watersports.

Learn how Covestro TPU films deliver advanced solutions for stretchable lighting and electroluminescence in safety gear, workwear and mobility applications

Discover how we and Huafeng equip Team Sonnenwagen Aachen with high-quality sportswear made from partly recycled and partly biobased coated textile materials.

Explore Covestro's innovative materials for e-mobility and charging infrastructure. Durable polycarbonate films for automotive solutions.

Discover the Wallbox C44E, developed by CUBOS in collaboration, featuring low carbon, durable materials for sustainable EV charging.

Covestro TPU films deliver invaluable solutions for smart healthcare and monitoring and diagnostic medical devices.

Pikolin Group transforms its Bultex line into a more sustainable foam mattress brand by using Desmodur® CQ T 80 mb of Covestro, made with biomass feedstock.

Unlocking our reliable, cost-effective, and lightweight solutions for residential inverters, driving both sustainability and efficiency.

VEGA Chargers used Arfinio® monomaterial solid-surface technology to create the more recyclable, repairable, intricate ALOHA Gravity wall-mounted EV charging station.

Meet Desmodur® CQ ultra N 7500: a low-viscosity, self-leveling 68-70% bio-based hardener built for floor-coating applications

Thanks to Bayhydur® quix ultra, Sirca and Finver found a low VOC, water-based and fast-drying solution for high quality, durable kitchen cabinets 

Polycarbonate for next-gen remote cardiac monitoring system

Desmopan® CQ MBC for ski boots reduces carbon footprints by up to 30%. High-performance solutions for designers and engineers. Discover more!

Makrofol® films and Makrolon® PC resins enable electroplated plastic parts with metal surfaces to have touch functionality. 

Explore circular CMF design solutions with actionable insights and best practices on color, material and finish design for recycled and recyclable plastics.

Discover how sustainable materials are driving the circular economy forward. Download our white paper by Covestro and GC Insights for innovative solutions.

Vulkollan® based wheels for automated guided vehicles offer long service life, durability, reliability and high performance.

Discover innovative polycarbonate solutions & aesthetic toolkits for industrial designers & CMF experts.

FRESH 32 created replaceable toothbrush heads with Covestro’s recyclable Desmopan® TPU – for a more sustainable, high-performance, long-lasting toothbrush.

Learn more about Covestro's Makrolon® LED2245 EL and its ability to provide efficient, visually appealing edge lighting for rear lamps

Explore Jabra Evolve2 series headsets, featuring post-consumer recycled polycarbonate material from Covestro with a recycled content of 75%, delivering high performance, sustainability, and design.

With innovative films, we offer our customers state-of-the-art security glazing for a wide range of applications.

Advancing mono-material headlamp technology through laser welding technology

Read how Bayblend® RE more sustainable PC blend has revolutionized the Instagrid One portable batterypower station.

Roof Sensor module for seamless sensor integration for self-driving cars

Beyond Leather uses apple waste to make LEAP®, a 100% animal-free leather alternative with added durability from Covestro’s INSQIN® technology.

Our polycarbonate offers form and functionality for architectural mesh. Learn more!

Covestro translucent Makrolon® DQ series enables the luminaire manufacturer Steinel® to create diffusers without hot spots and outstanding energy efficiency.

Makrolon® RE for Vimar’s design series of switches and sockets for a reduced carbon footprint

Explore sustainability in the intelligent robot industry with materials like Desmopan® CQ TPU & Bayblend® R CQ polycarbonate. 

Discover a sustainable shift in switches and sockets with ABB and the use of Makrolon® RE to set new industry standards. Learn more now!

Makrolon® for innovative airway monitoring device that answers an unmet need in the market. Find out more!

Explore how we pioneered a vegan waterborne synthetic coating system with Trans-Textil, to contribute to a more sustainable future for the textile industry.

Makrolon® polycarbonate for durable mobile device protection in healthcare settings. Find out more!

Explore VW Tiguan's new light design with Covestro's Makrolon® Ai Polycarbonate, reshaping automotive interior aesthetics and functionality.

Our climate neutral   Desmodur® CQ MS enabled Recticel Impact, a PU insulation board range with 43% lower CO₂ emissions.

Covestro & KRONOS: More sustainable textile production with digital inkjet printing. Find out more about their white ink innovation for direct-to-foil printing!

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

Covestro polycarbonate maintains form and functionality for closed loop. Learn more!

Fraunhofer IGCV used lightweight, UV-resistant and weatherable Desmocomp® PU in new FRP composite fences on their campus. 

Innovative materials for user-centric design in medical teenage treatment. Learn more now!

Covestro’s Makrolon Ai and its Direct Coating technology enable the BMW i7 series interaction bar. Find out more!

Covestro and TMT launch their 1000th polyurethane wind turbine blade

Heavy-duty Vulkollan® polyurethane wheels enable 24/7 peak performance and high reliability for a rotating crate tipper.

Having an electric vehicle means charging it regularly. Discover Covestro’s more sustainable new wallbox charger design.

With CNT expert Canatu, we developed a heated cover lens for LiDAR ranging sensors using Makrofol® film and Makrolon® resin. 

Covestro renewable attributed Makrolon® RE solution supports Deutsche Telekom’s GreenMagenta products. Learn more about our RE solution and the application!

Covestro polycarbonate offers form and functionality for Dermadry device that treats excessive sweating. Learn more!

Baydur® GS PU resin and reaction injection molding processing enabled a strong one-piece storage container for a road salt spreader.

Tailoring Makrolon® AG2677 polycarbonate helped WEBASTO to reduce scrap rates in the production of its smart fortwo panoramic roof 

Thermal management for fast-charging USB switches and sockets with thermos-conductive polycarbonate Makrolon® TC

Desmoflex® glass-reinforced TPU compounds are strong, tough materials with chemical resistance for repeat-use applications. 

Makrofol® SR906 7-2 Film enabled DuraTech to bring IME technology to the Watlow PM Plus™ industrial temperature controller. 

Together with Sony, we developed a 360 degree holographic display that showcases high-tech solutions for AR

Aesthetic Toolkit with color, material, and finish inspiration for industrial design in automotive, based on key trends edition 2022–2023.

Our Colibri demonstrator with printed electronics and smart surface technology gives you design flexibility.

Xiaomi relies on Covestro’s material engineers and Desmopan® for wearable applications and biocompatible devices.

EV chargers generate a carbon footprint during manufacturing. This is how EVBox uses polycarbonates to reduce emissions during the production of electric vehicle charging stations.

Desmopan® and Coatyarn bundle know-how to recycle resources for more sustainable fashion and functional textiles.

Makrolon ® DQ5122 meets customer needs to provide energy efficiency at a lower cost

Arfinio® enables non-slip, repairable, recyclable bathroom furniture without the design constraints of traditional solid-surface materials.

Desmopan® CQ EC MB enables a TPU phone case with up to more than 80%* renewable attributed content and up to 50%** less CO₂ emissions.

Arfinio® helps designers create truly seamless furniture without the design constraints of traditional solid-surface materials

Covestro is collaborating with Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art students in an IoT design project to develop

CMF design toolkits for global aesthetic trends in the electronics and electrical, automotive, and healthcare industries: the 2022/2023 edition

Covestro provides TPU solution for Chaei Hsin’s Joniro® athletic footwear brand to contribute to circular economy in footwear production. Learn more!

Covestro is working with Elkamet and Megalight Systems to provide more sustainable materials for lighting appliances

We worked with Loomia on a demo car sunroof roll-up shade with lighting and heating and a Platilon® TPU film bonding layer.

Covestro is strengthening its CMF capabilities to become a reliable, innovative partner for various industries. Learn more now!

Suitcases made with post-consumer recycled (PCR) polycarbonates 
coming from used water barrels. Learn more about our new recycling application!

Covestro and Baicells provide low-temperature impact-resistant Makrolon® solution for newly launched 5G mmWave base station. Learn more!

A thermally conductive Makrolon® TC especially for LED heatsinks

Single-use torque instruments depend on medical grade Makrolon®

Apec® 1745 high-heat polycarbonate for steam sterilization devices

Biocompatible Makrolon® selected for Super Staple™ bone fixation device

Biocompatible Makrolon® houses new device for knee implant surgery

Biocompatible Makrolon® is ideal for clear arthroscopic access cannula

Covestro’s medical grade polycarbonate Makrolon® 2858 meets the demanding requirements of anesthesia nasal masks

MOCA is increasingly subject to restrictions, so we developed the MDI-based Desmodur® to overcome these constraints.

We developed cast elastomer for bearing pads and tensioner track pads to help the offshore industry cut its carbon footprint.

Covestro’s Makrolo® and Desmopan® recycled material solutions support Fairphone 4 module design, reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

PharmaJet’s Needle-free Injection Systems (NFIS) needed a polycarbonate material that could meet the property demands of the syringe and vial adapter while standing up to gamma radiation and ethylene oxide sterilization. Makrolon® was the answer.

For the latest formulation of its SmartGuard® Anti-Snore product, designed to alleviate snoring, SmartGuard® chose Covestro’s Makrolon® 2858 polycarbonate resin for its combination of strength and biocompatibility.

Covestro’s new line of healthcare-grade products — including Medical low friction Makrolon®, Medical glass filled Makrolon®, high flow Makrolon®, and Bayblend® — bring new levels of performance and sustainability to the medical device market with an all-polycarbonate device.

LED technology enables lighting OEMs to design lighting concepts that are sustainable, but there is always room for improvement. The diffusion properties of Makrolon® DQ5162 polycarbonate helps lighting OEMs push the boundaries of design … and sustainability.

Innovative material solution for ASUS high-performance laptops

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