Bayer MaterialScience increases capacity in China for aliphatic coatings raw materials

Bayer MaterialScience, one of the world's leading producers of high-performance plastics has announced a capacity expansion of Desmodur® N aliphatic coatings raw materials at the Bayer integrated site in Caojing, near Shanghai in China.

The plant has increased the capacity of Desmodur® N to 27,000 tpa to meet the growing demand in Asia, particularly China, in the automotive, general industrial and plastics market. The company has been producing Desmodur® N coatings raw materials at Caojing since April 2003 at a facility which had an initial capacity of 11,500 tpa.

Desmodur® N is part of the Desmodur® polyisocyanates range of raw materials for the formulation of a variety of polyurethane coatings, adhesives and sealants. Desmodur® N is a solvent-free aliphatic polyisocyanate resin based on hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI).