Bayer Polymers has announced plans to expand its site near Shanghai, China, making it the company’s most important production facility for coating raw materials in the Asia Pacific region, according to Bayer officials. Production plants for aliphatic and aromatic polyisocyanates as well as the monomer hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI) will be constructed in three phases at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park. This project is being managed by Bayer Coatings Systems Shanghai Company Limited (BCSS), a wholly-owned Bayer subsidiary that develops, produces and markets raw materials for coatings and adhesives and also provides associated technical services.
“The demand for raw materials for the manufacture of high performance polyurethane coatings is growing strongly in this region,” said Joachim Wolff, senior vice president of global operations base and modified isocyanates (BMI) at Bayer Polymers. “With this large-scale investment program, we aim to optimally exploit the excellent market opportunities there. We expect our coating raw materials business to continue its outstanding performance because the coatings formulated from these products satisfy highest requirements with respect to appearance, chemical resistance, mechanical strength, lightfastness and weather stability.”