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Covestro in Australia & New Zealand

Supplying innovative materials, business excellence & technical support for Australian & NZ manufacturers.

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Thinking about the future of plastics

What is the future of plastics in Australia? And how can Australian plastics manufacturers and engineers best navigate the issues of responsible waste management and environmental sustainability?

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Covestro and Soft Landing

Soft Landing and members of the bedding industry (including Covestro) have a product stewardship initiative in place which seeks to achieve zero mattresses in Australian landfill over the next five years.

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Enabling innovation in Australia and New Zealand

Covestro is a world-leading supplier of high-tech polymer materials: innovative, sustainable and diverse.

Thanks to our global presence and close proximity to our customers, Covestro Australia are the partner of choice for a wide variety of industries across Australasia. Our products and application solutions are used in many areas of modern life.

In line with our vision “To make the world a brighter place,” we work on solutions to the challenges of our time – to push the boundaries of what is possible.

Latest News from Covestro Australia

All the latest news from Covestro Australia and from Covestro worldwide - click through to read the stories in full.

  • Employees

    Industry Clean Up Day – May 2023

    The team of Covestro Australia participated in an Industry Clean Up Day in May, the first time for a number of years that the Chemical Industry has come together to run this event.

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  • CO2 technology

    Covestro to deploy innovative heat battery from Rondo Energy

    Heat Battery generates heat and steam for industrial productionBill Gates Foundation “Breakthrough Energy Catalyst” and European Investment Bank sponsor the projectThe battery will generate ten percent of the steam needed at the Covestro site in Brun…

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  • Corporate News

    Ensuring competitiveness in a challenging environment

    Transformation program STRONG launched By 2028: EUR 400 million annual savings globally, EUR 190 million of which will be in Germany Increased efficiency through digitalization and Artificial Intelligence

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  • Mergers & Acquisitions

    Covestro AG enters into concrete negotiations with Adnoc regarding a potential transaction

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  • Coatings

    Covestro teams up with Alibaba Cloud to advance sustainable plastics traceability

    Joint solutions to enhance supply chain transparency of sustainable plasticsCarbon accounting and tracing platform empowered by digital technologyProven use case in the consumer goods sector

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  • Automotive

    Polycarbonate-based Roof Sensor Module for Automated Driving

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  • Foams

    From old tires to new car parts: Covestro, Neste and Borealis aim at closing loop for automotive industry

    Partners signed agreementDiscarded tires liquified via chemical recycling, then processed into base chemicals and further into polycarbonates of high purityRecycled share attributed via the mass balance approachFirst products available already

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  • Start-ups

    Covestro becomes a shareholder in company BioBTX

    Demonstration plant planned for new chemical recycling methodBioBTX recovers raw materials by recycling plastic wasteCovestro invests mid-single-digit million Euro amount

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  • Wood & furniture

    Consortium develops evolutionary concept for recycling of end-of-life polyurethane mattress foams

    Foam Recycling Ecosystem Evolution (FREE) project kicked offCovestro coordinates the research & development activitiesCombination of chemical and mechanical processesEfficient sorting of used foams at dismantlers is crucial

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  • Wood & furniture

    Covestro and Arcesso's Arfinio® Technology is “Winner” in "German Innovation Award 2024"

    The Innovation Award honors products, projects, and pioneering achievements that sustainably improve lifeArfinio® earns “Winner”-prize in the category "Excellence in B2B: Materials and Surfaces"This technological breakthrough enables the rapid produc…

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  • Electronics/electrical/appliances

    Deutsche Telekom uses Makrolon® RE for its premium TV box

    MagentaTV One bears #GreenMagenta Deutsche Telekom labelContains ISCC PLUS-certified polycarbonate with mass-balanced renewable raw materialsPremiere for Infrared-transparent Makrolon® RE

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  • Corporate News

    Press Kit for IFAT 2024

    At IFAT Munich 2024, the world's leading trade fair for the waste and waste management industry, Covestro invites customers as well as upstream and downstream partners to make contacts and explore new collaborations for waste management and recycling…

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  • Plastics

    More circular integration with chemistry

    Focus on recycling technologies and cooperation with waste managementCovestro authorized as waste traderChemical recycling as an integral part of the circular economy

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  • Corporate News

    Covestro gets off to a solid start in fiscal year 2024

    Group sales of EUR 3.5 billion (–6.2%)EBITDA of EUR 273 million (–4.5%) Net income of EUR –35 million (previous year: EUR –26 million) FOCF of EUR –129 million (previous year: EUR –139 million)Guidance for full-year 2024 confirmed Q2 2024: EBITDA bet…

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  • Energy

    Design Innovation in Plastics 2024 finalists announced

    Exceptional quality of entries on the theme of Living Off-Grid – Independently Powered ProductsFinalists to present in London on May 24 before a panel of industry judges

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Product Center

Whether the high-performance plastic polycarbonate, the components for the versatile foam polyurethane or the numerous raw materials for coatings and adhesives: The Product Center is your source for information on more than 2,000 products from Covestro.

Sustainability Australia and New Zealand

At Covestro Australia, we believe that acting and thinking sustainably is essential if we are to preserve our planet for future generations. By thinking global and acting local, we take great care to make sure that our local impacts and initiatives meet world-class environmental, ethical and social standards.

Our purpose, “to make the world a brighter place” reflects our commitment to ensuring that our interactions with local communities, partners and stakeholders upholds our global values of People, Planet, and Profit. We also ensure that our entire supply chain meets strict environmental, ethical and social standards.

For us, sustainability involves viewing each decision, action and consequence in a holistic way. We believe that we have a responsibility to interact carefully with the Australia’s natural resources, and we’re committed to leading the way in sustainable materials research, production and end of life product stewardship.

By integrating sustainability into our strategy, we create and support a range of socially and environmentally sound initiatives that meet strict environmental, ethical and social standards. Find out more about these initiatives below.

World Solar Car Challenge 2019

Mark Williams (MD of Covestro Australia) and Rod Fitchett travelled in October to greet the Covestro Sonnenwagen team as they finished the World Solar Car Challenge on Saturday 19th October. Despite being blown off the road at one point, the team finished 6th and won the Safety award at the end of challenge.

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Case Studies

  • Case Studies

    Pasquick technology Era Polymers

    When Era Polymers needed a durable, skid resistant, and rapid drying flooring system for their production site, they knew that Pasquick technology provided the perfect solution.

  • Case Studies

    Pasquick technology ensures rapid return to service for 24-hour police station

    A busy, 24-hour police station in Darwin has had a rapid return to service thanks to the fast-drying properties of Covestro’s Pasquick technology.

  • Case Studies

    Guardian Tactile: Using Covestro's Desmopan®

    Guardian Tactile Ground Surface Indicators are made from hard wearing Desmopan – for building, construction, civil engineering, shopping hospital, and government projects. Covestro supplies these thermoplastic polyurethane raw materials in Australia and New Zealand.

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