Bayer First Stage of Major Polycarbonate Project Inaugurated

On June 30, 2005 Bayer first stage of major polycarbonate and polycarbonate blend project was inaugurated at Caojing, Shanghai with the capacity of 40 000 t/a. The compounding plant is part of the polycarbonate production facility which is still under construction and is scheduled to go on stream in the first half of 2006.    For the Bayer MaterialScience subgroup, the commissioning of the compounding plant represents the starting signal for the manufacturing and processing of polycarbonates and polycarbonate blends in China. Compounding involves the continuous processing of plastics into molding material that can be readily worked. The new Bayer MaterialScience plant with its annual capacity of 40 000 tons will, for example, process the company’s Makrolon? polycarbonate to produce Bayblend? PC/ABS copolymer, whose applications include the manufacture of high-quality housings for monitors and television sets.