Covestro to Unveil Sustainable Materials at Germany's 'K 2025'

Exhibiting Over 20 Innovative Cases Including Polycarbonate-Based Lightweight Materials
Across Five Key Industries
Aiming for Full Operational Carbon Neutrality by 2035

Global advanced materials company Covestro will participate in the world's largest plastics and rubber industry exhibition this October, where it will unveil its sustainable management strategy and future-oriented material solutions.

Covestro will take part in 'K 2025', which will be held in Dusseldorf, Germany from October 8 to 15, and present its innovative material strategy for a sustainable future. The exhibition theme, 'The Material Effect', will highlight Covestro's technological capabilities for the transition to a circular economy and climate neutrality.

Marcus Stellman, CEO of Covestro (center on the podium), is speaking at the pre-press conference of 'K 2025' held in Dusseldorf, Germany. Covestro Korea

At the exhibition, Covestro will showcase more than 20 innovative cases across five key industries: autonomous driving, electronics, medical, sports, and leisure. The main exhibit, the electric autonomous shuttle 'People Mover', features the company's latest high-performance materials applied to automotive windows, sensor protection components, and lightweight, high-durability parts based on single materials. A digital visualization-based design tool will also be unveiled, demonstrating how efficient product design can be achieved without physical samples from the early development stage.

The sustainable product lineup introduced at the exhibition will include products labeled with 'Circular Intelligence Label (CQ)', signifying that they use at least 25% alternative raw materials. The polycarbonate series will be offered as customized solutions through various methods, including renewable energy-based (RE), chemical recycling (RP), and mechanical recycling (R).

Covestro aims to achieve carbon neutrality in global site operations (Scope 1 and 2) by 2035, and complete climate neutrality across the entire value chain (Scope 3)?from raw material extraction to end use?by 2050. To this end, the company has signed a total of 11 renewable energy purchase agreements so far and currently meets approximately 16% of its total electricity demand with renewable energy. At the same time, Covestro is accelerating efforts to expand the use of alternative raw materials to reduce dependence on fossil resources, and to advance recycling technologies for polyurethane and polycarbonate.