Water for the world
Bayer MaterialScience protects the earth's most important resources with innovative raw materials and future-oriented developments.

Wiping out graffiti
A new hardener from Bayer MaterialScience makes possible graffiti-resistant waterborne coatings.

Waterborne from the ground up
Bayer MaterialScience has set a course for success with raw materials for environment-friendly, waterborne polyurethane coatings.

Safety initiatives
Safety, environmental protection and quality products and processes are just as important to Bayer MaterialScience as economic efficiency.

Laborious coating a thing of the past
In the cordless telephone Gigaset S445 and S440, the faceplate of the handset and the front part of the base station are made from the colored ABS film Bayfol® DF-A.

Elegant lightweight on hospital duty
Cleverly designed polyurethane components lighten load for treatment trolleys thanks to an intelligent combination of Baydur® 60 PU system and a thermoplastic film.

Plastics from salt
A wide variety of products that enhances our quality of life today originates in part from those tiny crystals we sprinkle on our eggs at breakfast: salt is one of the most important raw materials in the chemical industry.

A furniture packer's dream: Tables made of Baypreg®
Lightweight polyurethane sandwich composite makes tables easier to transport and, thanks to a promising idea from the Dutch company Tinga Research & Development BV, they may soon be encountered in lecture halls, dining halls and cafeterias.

From car seats to fashion shoes
Broad palette of polyurethane raw materials for textile coating and coagulation. In addition to the established applications known throughout the world, the products are increasingly the material of choice for specialty applications.

More than just a lamp
Modern materials extend designers’ expressive repertoire. Is Michelangelo alive and well and working as a product designer? An Italian lamp by the name of “Carrara” with a classically exquisite surface created from modern plastics could certainly create that impression.

Rounded lines for the bathroom
Design-friendly,lightweight and resistant to household chemicals:bathroom furniture made of Baydur® 60 unlike wood does not swell on contact with water.

Tackling corns with rigid foam
An exotic application for polyurethane: synthetic pumice stones made from rigid polyurethane foam adapt to the needs of sensitive skin, and have the ideal hardness for this application.

Make no bones about this material!
How can an orthopedic surgeon practice a new technique, if not on a living specimen?