Extrusion International 4-2017

17 Extrusion International 4/2017 Real flexibility in engineering is building extruders according to requirement. CONEXTRU GmbH engineers extruders ‡ in any shape ‡ for any polymer ‡ for high output or general purpose office@conextru.eu www.conextru.eu Covestro launches expanded film production After a construction period of a year and a half, Covestro is ready to commence op- erations in a newproduction facility for high-quality, multilayered flat films at the Dor- magen site. The total investment of around EUR 20 million also includes the associated infrastructure and logistics. The films are used in security cards, automotive interiors, medical devices and displays. Some 15 new jobs will be created to operate the coextru- sion plant. In 2014, Covestro commissioned a new large-scale facility for TDI foam components there. Last year, a pilot plant was opened that for the first time uses carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) as a raw material for high-grade plastics precursors, thus replacing some of the petroleum. Nina Schmarander, global head of the Specialty Films business at Covestro, welcomes the new facility as an opportunity to respond more quickly and flexibly to customer requirements in future: “This enables us tomeet the growing demand for high-quality flat films and align ourselves even better with market trends. At the same time, it ex- pands our range of tailored products, which create added value along the entire value chain.” Covestro offers a diverse range of polycarbonate and thermoplastic elastomer films for a wide variety of applications, as well as a range of premium specialty films. The new facility is a further developmental step for multilayer film structures. These play a key role in ID cards because security features can be embedded, thus providing the best possible protection from counterfeiting. Specializing in polycarbonate flat films, the competence center inDormagen is home to production, a technical center for film processing, a showroom and two freshly renovated research laboratories. The other two centers are in Leverkusen and Bom- litz, and focus on film coatings and thermoplastic elastomer films. www.covestro.com Symbolic start of the new production facility (from left to right): Site manager Dr. Klaus Jaeger, Chief Technology Officer Dr. Klaus Schäfer, Nina Schmarander (Head of Specialty Films), Project Manager Rene Ahlers und Thorsten Dreier (Head of Production and Technology Business Unit CAS)