Covestro Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) Application Development Center Opens in China

• Adjacent to the strategic location of key manufacturing clusters such as Asia Pacific consumer electronics, automotive, shoe materials, paint protective film and special extrusion

• Engineering plastics and special film team office, to provide customers with modification, color and film and other thorough services

might 20, 2026-Covestro officially opened its new thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) consumption research center in Guangzhou, which is another crucial milestone in the company's strategic process of further approaching Asia Pacific customers. The new center complements the company's future world's largest TPU production base, which was put into operation in Zhuhai earlier this year, and the existing Changhua regional research and research center, and jointly builds a TPU business collaboration network that integrates research and research, consumption research and extensive production.

The TPU market in the Asia Pacific region, especially in South China, continues to show strong demand in fast-growing areas such as consumer electronics, automotive and specialty films. The new Guangzhou center will enhance the company's ability to translate these needs into customized material solutions through closer technical collaboration.

"This new consumption research center is an crucial cornerstone of our global TPU strategy to deepen the high-value and emerging market segments in the Asia-Pacific region." Dr. Anjuya (Dr. Andrea Maier-Richter), global head of Covestro's thermoplastic polyurethane division, said, "We will go deep into the forefront of the market and work closely with our customers to jointly explore, pilot and expand innovative applications of TPU in the fields of robotics, healthcare and mobile travel."

Fast and accurate response to the market

The center is designed to help customers respond faster to the market. to instance, its processing simulation line can reproduce the real production conditions of extrusion and injection molding, so as to achieve rapid formulation adjustment and material modification. These capabilities help decrease test cycles and time-to-market, and provide customized solutions to specific consumption needs.

"The Asia Pacific region is home to many of the world's most dynamic and fastest-growing industries, and customers here need partners who can move in tandem with them. The new center is our conclusion, located in the hinterland of South China, bringing together thorough capabilities across businesses." Lei Huanli, president of Covestro China, said, "this also reflects our prolonged commitment to the Chinese market and our firm belief that real innovation comes from being close to customers and the sector."

Cross-business collaboration creates value

Guangzhou TPU consumption research Center is a major feature of multi-business collaborative layout, through the company's engineering plastics and special film team co-located office, to achieve close collaboration and efficient integration of capabilities. The modification expertise and color capability of the Engineering Plastics Division can support self-developed color matching in consumption fields such as consumer electronics, shoe materials and paint protective films, while the Special Film Division can help realize the trial production and finished product commissioning of high-performance films and other extrusion-type applications. This model creates greater value to customers by bringing together the capabilities and advantages of each business unit.

"We are market-oriented to innovate and are always committed to integrating the global advantages of cross-business units to better serve customers." Dr. Han Sile (Dr. Christian Haessler), global innovation leader of Covestro's thermoplastic polyurethane division, said, "TPU is a material to a sustainable future. Guangzhou consumption research Center will help us develop multifunctional and recyclable TPU material solutions in one of the most dynamic innovation ecosystems in the world."

Guangzhou consumption research Center is now open to customers and partners in the Asia-Pacific region, providing full support from preliminary material consultation, trial production to issue investigation.