The Material Effect

At K 2025 in Düsseldorf Covestro will showcase innovative material solutions to address some of the greatest challenges of our time. The company will highlight under the guiding idea "The Material Effect" how transformative, sustainable solutions are made possible through materials. The more than 20 innovation stories that Covestro will present are closely linked to this guiding idea and the company's long-term vision of becoming fully circular.

Covestro will place special emphasis on progress and innovations in the areas of sustainable future, automotive, electronics, healthcare, sports and leisure. Among the highlights at the booth will be a new concept vehicle for public transportation: the SUE People Mover features full polycarbonate glazing, polycarbonate for LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensors, as well as the lightweight and highly durable mono-material Arfinio and TPU. Also among the exhibits is the digital sampling tool Imagio, which enables realistic digital visualization of product designs, thereby replacing physical samples with digital material twins in early development phases.

With these and many other stories and exhibits, Covestro will demonstrates under the guiding idea "The Material Effect" what role high-performance materials play in a sustainable world. "The Material Effect" combines best in class materials with process and innovation expertise, enabling the leap from laboratory to industry. Covestro pursues a clear strategic vision: to become fully circular and make the circular economy a global guiding principle. This includes the use of alternative raw materials, switching to green energy, and developing advanced recycling technologies. The company has set a goal to become climate-neutral in its own operations (Scope 1 and 2) by 2035 and to achieve complete climate neutrality along the entire value chain (Scope 1-3) by 2050.

Furthermore, Covestro is consistently expanding the use of alternative raw materials – with the goal of largely avoiding the use of fossil primary raw materials in the long term. The company is to that end currently developing and testing novel recycling technologies for polyurethanes, polycarbonates, and elastomers.