Products and investments

Products, customers and applications

Operating division

 

Products

Customer industries and applications

Catalysts

 

Automotive and process catalysts

Battery materials

Precious and base metal services

Automotive and chemical industries, refineries, battery manufacturers

Solutions for the protection of air quality as well as the production of fuels, chemicals, plastics and battery materials

Construction Chemicals

 

Concrete admixtures, cement additives, underground construction solutions, flooring systems, sealants, solutions for the protection and repair of concrete, high-performance mortars and grouts, tile-laying systems, exterior insulation and finishing systems, expansion joints, wood protection

Cement and concrete producers, construction companies, craftspeople, builders’ merchants

Solutions for new building construction, maintenance, repair and refurbishment of commercial and residential buildings as well as infrastructure

Coatings

 

Coatings solutions for automotive and industrial applications

Decorative paints

Automotive industry, body shops, steel industry, painting businesses and private consumers, wind power industry

Performance Materials

 

Engineering plastics, biodegradable plastics, standard foams, foam specialties, polyurethane, epoxy systems for fiber-reinforced composites

Automotive manufacture, electrical engineering, packaging, games, sports and leisure, household, mechanical engineering, construction, medical technology, sanitation and water industry, solar thermal energy and photovoltaics, wind energy

Capital expenditures

Location

 

Project

Startup

Bangpoo, Thailand

 

Coatings technical competence center

2015

Caojing, China

 

Construction: chemical catalysts

2016

 

 

Construction: automotive coatings

2017

Chennai, India

 

Construction: mobile emissions catalysts plant

2016

Geismar, Louisiana

 

Construction: polyurethane systems

2015

Kolkata, India

 

Construction: concrete admixtures

2016

Lagos, Nigeria

 

Construction: concrete admixtures

2015

Lemförde, Germany

 

Slentite® pilot plant

2015

Münster, Germany

 

Expansion: coating resins

2015

Rayong, Thailand

 

Construction: mobile emissions catalysts plant

2017

Shanghai, China

 

Expansion: mobile emissions catalysts plant

2015

 

 

Construction: coating resins

2015

 

 

Capacity expansion: Cellasto®

2016

Schwarzheide, Germany

 

Capacity expansion: compounding plant for Ultramid® and Ultradur®

2017

Totsuka, Japan

 

Optimization: coating production

2016

Trostberg, Germany

 

Capacity expansion: dry mortars

2015

Wyandotte, Michigan

 

Capacity expansion: thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU)

2015

Yesan, South Korea

 

Construction: compounding plant for Ultramid® and Ultradur®

2015