Bayer MaterialScience AG, is currently founding its first integrated system house on the Indian subcontinent near New Delhi. Major customers for the polyurethane systems developed in the new system house will be the automotive, domestic appliance and footwear industries. The system house is scheduled to go live at the start of 2006.

Polyurethane system houses provide ready-to-use polyurethane raw material systems for use in the manufacture of heat-insulating foams, cooling unit and hot water sectors and many special applications in the automotive, footwear and sports equipment industries.

"The main aim of our system house strategy is to tap new markets," says Peter Vanacker, Head of the Polyurethanes Business Unit at Bayer MaterialScience. "Our system houses combine the strengths of our technology and raw materials with opportunities for regional production and technical service expertise. This enables us to offer our customers high-quality products and services."

In addition, Bayer Jinling Polyurethane Co., Ltd., a joint venture between Bayer AG and Sinopec Jinling Petrochemical Corp. of Nanjing, China, is set to double its annual production capacity by the end of 2005. The products manufactured there are utilised in countless applications for the Chinese automotive industry. The foam technology used and production expertise was developed in the Bayer MaterialScience Polymers R&D Centre in Shanghai.

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