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A Dream Comes True Use of carbon dioxide for the production of plastics covestro.com September 30 th , 2015 Japan Tokyo Dr. Kai Laemmerhold Forward-Looking Statements This presentation may contain forward-looking statements based on

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A Dream Comes True

Use of carbon dioxide for the production

  • f plastics

September 30th, 2015 Japan Tokyo Dr. Kai Laemmerhold

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Forward-Looking Statements

This presentation may contain forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by Covestro Group or subgroup management. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance of the company and the estimates given here. These factors include those discussed in Covestro’s public reports which are available on the Covestro website at www.Covestro.com. The company assumes no liability whatsoever to update these forward- looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments.

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Fossil raw materials

Traditional basis of the chemical industry

~ 40 basic chemicals ~ 400 intermediate products > 40,000 chemical products 4 classic carbon sources

Oil Natural gas Biomass Coal

Q U A N T I T Y U S E D

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Three dreams …

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Society’s dream The researchers’ dream Our industry’s dream

“Find an alternative carbon source!” “Reduce our carbon footprint!” “Make CO2 react …!” (the catalyst quest)

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Three dreams …

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Covestro makes the dream come true

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Scientific breakthrough

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The right catalyst was found after 40 years of research … … thanks to close cooperation be- tween Covestro and the CAT Catalytic Center at Germany’s RWTH Aachen University.

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Sluggish CO2

Catalysis enables efficient reaction

Polymer CO2 Raw material Catalyst Energy content

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Incorporation of CO2 into the polyol leads to polyethercarbonate polyols

Flexible Foams

Isocyanate Polyurethane

+

Polyol

+

CO2

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Covestro starts using CO2

From flue gas to high-performance foams

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Mini-Plant

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State-of-the-art reaction engineering Construction and

  • peration of a mini-

plant

  • Upscaling
  • Sample production for

material trials

  • State-of-the-art

safety and technology

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Environmental factors Environmental effect

Eco-efficiency analysis

Standardized methodology

LTT

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kg CO2-eq / kg polyol

Conventional polyol Raw material replacement:

(process steam, electricity, cooling water, catalyst etc.)

CO2-based polyol

Utilities and others

Epoxide Epoxide CO2 Epoxide CO2

Eco-efficiency analysis

Positive outlook

LTT

Starter

Savings in fossil raw materials as main lever for carbon footprint reduction

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Imagine … resting on CO2

  • With CO2, Covestro will produce

polyols – a basic component of polyurethanes

  • First step: A new kind of poly-

urethane soft foam based on CO2

  • First end-consumer product:

mattresses

  • New polyols and foams have

been intensively tested

  • Properties are at least as good

as those of conventional materials

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Dream Production

  • CO2 content of new polyols at

roughly 20 percent

  • Excellent carbon footprint of new

technology

  • CO2 is chemically integrated and

cannot escape

  • Production of new polyether

polycarbonate polyols planned to start from 2016 at the Covestro site in Dormagen, Germany

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Imagine … speeding up CO2 research

Next step: Extending the range

  • f plastics based on CO2

Typical end-consumer products:

Sporting goods like ski boots, car interiors

With CO2, Covestro is able produce

another new kind of polyol

Polyoxymethylene polycarbonate

polyols (Dream Polymers) are for thermoplastic poly-urethanes, films, casting elastomers and more

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Dream Polymers

A two-pronged approach

  • CO2 is used twice:
  • Directly by incorporating it into

the new polyol

  • Indirectly by transformation into

a methanol-based precursor for the new polyol

  • CO2 or renewable content of new

material already at 40 percent

  • Positive application tests

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The dream goes on…

CO2 Polyols making their way to market

Path ahead

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Commercialization

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Covestro to start industrial production

New production plant

  • Currently being built at Covestro site

Dormagen

  • Startup Q2/2016

Plant Facts

  • Production capacity of 5,000 tons /

year

  • Production start planned in 2016
  • Permission process started
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