Bayer MaterialScience enters into cooperation with GEBA Kunststoffcompounds GmbH

Bayer MaterialScience AG has commissioned GEBA Kunststoffcompounds GmbH to manufacture brightly colored compounds of the new Desmopan® aliphatic thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) for use in high-quality decorative components in automobile interiors. The colored TPU will be used primarily for blow molding and powder slush skins.

These are mainly used on instrument panels, gloveboxes, door trims and post finishers. "Our new types of TPU are lightfast and can thus be produced in bright colors. This enables us to respond to the current trend for colorful automobile interiors. We expect a sizeable increase in demand in this sector in the near future", says Jьrgen Hдttig, Sales Manager in the TPU Business Unit at Bayer MaterialScience.

His optimism is also based on the properties offered by the new types of TPU. Among other things, they provide good resistance to abrasion and scratching, produce soft touch surfaces and do not contain plasticizers or halogens. Thanks to their low-temperature flexibility, they represent an alternative to PVC for the manufacture of molded skins, which are used in the vicinity of airbag flaps.