Timelines Overview.

2006	"zaZen" – innovative lighting technology for motor vehicles
2005	Baytubes®: Carbon nanotubes manufactured on an industrial scale for the first time
2004	First chlorine production facility based on oxygen depolarized cathode technology at the company's Brunsbüttel site, Germany
2003	Macao introduces the world's first multi-functional chip card
2001	Construction work begins on the polyisocyanate facility in Caojing, China
2000	Green Chemistry Challenge Award for environmentally friendly coatings
1995	Polyurethane for everything! The first car instrument panel made entirely of polyurethane
1994	Opel Omega with Makrolon® headlamp lenses
1989	Bayhydrol®/Desmodur® formulated and applied with water as solvent
1985	The first non-discoloring hydroxyl polyurethane for adhesives is launched on the market
1982	Makrolon® – A number one hit for optical storage media
1972	Desmocoll® 510 bonds (almost) any plastic and rubber
1969	Breakthrough for Bayflex® and Baydur® in the automotive industry – Polyurethane in the electrical industry
1965	The start of the Bayflex® success story: the first polyurethane molded soles for shoes
1962	Desmopan® for the industrial manufacture of latex-bonded non-woven fabrics
1956	Desmodur® L kicks off the success story of polyurethane coatings
1953	Makrolon® polycarbonate is patented
1950	Development of Desmodur® AP stabil – electrical insulating wire enamel
1948	Polyurethane rigid foams are used to insulate all types of containers
1942	Development of casting elastomers and thermoplastic polyurethanes
1937	Otto Bayer awarded patent for the polyisocyanate-polyaddition process
1905	Discovery of the non-flammable coating raw material Cellit®