Covestro

Covestro is a world-leading manufacturer of high-tech polymer materials and high-performance plastics, employing approximately 18,000 people worldwide. The company has operated as an independent business since 2015, with roots in the Bayer Group and decades of materials-science expertise behind it. Its materials serve demanding applications across the automotive, construction, healthcare, electronics and chemicals sectors.

The company's work spans polymer materials science, high-performance plastics and materials reuse and recycling. Its advanced polymers are designed to make products lighter, more durable and more sustainable, while its high-performance plastic materials are engineered for demanding applications in automotive, construction, healthcare and electronics. Alongside these, Covestro develops sustainable and circular material solutions intended to keep resources in use rather than consigned as waste.

Covestro describes its purpose as solving large-scale challenges through material innovation, self-identifying as "material innovators" rather than simply a chemical company. It has stated an aim of becoming fully circular, with an emphasis on rethinking how materials are made, used and reused, and on supporting a circular transformation across its industries. The company has a global presence.