Covestro Elastomers New Plant in Shanghai Starts Production

Covestro’s Shanghai Integrated Base also welcomed new members. The factory started construction in Covestro’s Shanghai Integrated Base last year. This is one of the company’s series of elastomer raw material investment projects around the world in recent years. Previously, Covestro had expanded relevant production capacity in Thailand and Spain.

The new Shanghai plant is designed to meet the growing demand for elastomeric materials in the Asia-Pacific market, especially in the field of renewable energy. For example, the material can be used in submarine cable protection, and cutting equipment for photovoltaic silicon wafers.

Elastomer materials produced in the Shanghai factory can be widely used in various end products. For example, in the offshore wind power industry, submarine cable protection is an important application area for elastomer materials. In addition, elastomers are used in the manufacturing process of photovoltaic panels or as screening materials in the mining industry. Elastomer materials developed in close cooperation with customers have excellent abrasion and tear resistance and can withstand the harsh environmental conditions of these applications.

The Shanghai integrated base is the largest comprehensive production base of Covestro in the world, and it is also one of the first production bases in the Asia-Pacific region to pass the ISCC PLUS mass balance certification, which means that it has the ability to supply mass balance materials containing renewable raw materials. ability. By using mass balance products, customers in downstream industries can reduce their carbon footprint without having to modify their production processes. At the same time, in order to make circular solutions in the product portfolio more visible to customers, Covestro has launched a brand concept called “CQ” (Circular Intelligence), which is used to identify products with at least 25% of alternative raw materials.