Facts and figures: Details of Covestro Germany

Letting the facts speak for themselves

We have found the winning formula for a successful spirit of collaboration – among employees, potential applicants, the entire Covestro team in fact. In order to make this formula more tangible and give you better insights of Covestro, let’s take a closer look at our locations in Germany.

Rooted in Germany

More than 80 years ago, we chose to call Leverkusen, a city on the Rhine, the home of Covestro. We remain headquartered in the city to this day and are proud to be one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-tech polymers. The business location of Germany plays a vital role within the company’s global direction – around 7,200 people (41 percent of our global workforce) work at seven production sites and in areas such as research, logistics, and back office.

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Close cooperation – from north to south

With our site in Leverkusen, we liked North Rhine–Westphalia so much that we set up two other production sites in the state: one in Dormagen and one in Krefeld-Uerdingen. The two locations are no more than 70 kilometers apart and employ roughly 6,350 people. By the way, it doesn’t matter if you come from elsewhere and haven’t heard of any of these places. Come and visit us to discover them for yourself.

We also operate other sites in the far north of the country. In Brunsbüttel, in the north, Covestro performs two separate activities, managing its own production sites and operating Covestro`s industrial park in Brunsbüttel. Covestro manufactures high-quality synthetic resins at its site in Meppen, while the Covestro subsidiary in Bomlitz produces technical specialty films of the highest quality. And at its Buxtehude site, Pontacol GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Covestro, develops and produces high-quality thermoplastic adhesive films for industrial applications.

“Young” facts and figures – Apprenticeships at Covestro Germany

Talented young people are the ones who take Covestro to the next level and point us toward new approaches and opportunities. That’s why it is so important to us that we foster the potential of entry-level candidates with a range of programs at our German sites.

Year after year, hundreds of our colleagues start their career at Covestro in Germany. At the sites in North Rhine–Westphalia and Brunsbüttel, we also offer a starter program, which helps young talents to explore different career options, make their choice, and prepare to get started.

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What we are already proud of

History of Covestro in Germany

2026

Largest energy efficiency project

With a new steam compressor in its TDI production facility, Covestro is investing in its largest energy efficiency project to date in Germany, located in Dormagen. The plant is scheduled to go into operation in 2027 and is expected to reduce the company’s energy consumption in Germany by approximately two percent. At the same time, it will save more than 40,000 tons of CO₂ annually.
2024

Climate neutrality target for Scope 3 emissions

Covestro aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions upstream and downstream in the value chain (Scope 3) by ten million tons by 2035. In the long term, Covestro aims to achieve climate neutrality for Scope 3 emissions by 2050.
2022

Pioneer in the supply of renewable* TDI

Covestro produces the renewable* TDI on the basis of the mass balance method. This involves adding raw materials from biomass or waste at an early stage of raw material extraction and attributing them mathematically to the finished products. Offering mass-balanced TDI is another milestone in making this important chemical raw material even more sustainable.
Chemical recycling in Leverkusen

Since 2022, Covestro has been operating a pilot plant for the chemical recycling of flexible polyurethane foams at its Leverkusen site. It runs under the Evocycle® CQ Mattress initiative. The "CQ" label is used to identify products that consist of at least 25 percent alternative raw materials.
Covestro becomes climate-neutral

Covestro's goal since March 2022 is to achieve climate neutrality by 2035 for its own emissions (scope 1) as well as external energy sources (scope 2).
2021

First climate-neutral** products from Germany

Covestro launches range of climate-neutral** products - including various polycarbonate and MDI grades. They are climate-neutral** from the cradle to Covestro's factory gate. The products are based on alternative raw materials that are assigned to the products using certified mass balancing according to ISCC PLUS.
2020

AdiP pilot plant in Brunsbüttel

A milestone for greater resource efficiency: Covestro will commission an industrial pilot plant based on the novel AdiP technology in Brunsbüttel in November 2020. This can save up to 40 percent water steam and 25 percent electricity in energy input per ton of MDI produced in an MDI plant – reducing CO₂ emissions by up to 35 percent.
New MDI plant in Brunsbüttel

A highly efficient methylene diphenyl isocyanate (MDI) plant has been in operation in Brunsbüttel since February 2020. With a production capacity of around 400,000 tons per year, Brunsbüttel has since become one of the three largest MDI production sites in Europe.
2019

Sucheta Govil to join the Covestro Board of Management

Sucheta Govil assumed her position as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) in August 2019, and is to join the Board of Management of Covestro AG. Govil’s responsibilities include the three business units Polyurethanes, Polycarbonates and Coatings Adhesives, Specialties.
2016

Pilot plant for saline water treatment in Krefeld-Uerdingen

In Krefeld-Uerdingen, an innovative process is used to recycle saline process wastewater.
2015

Foundation of Covestro

Bayer MaterialScience AG becomes the legally independent company Covestro on September 1, 2015. Headquarters of Covestro AG remains in Leverkusen.
2014

World-scale plant in Dormagen

Covestro expands TDI Production at its site in Dormagen. The new state-of-the-art large-scale plant comprises a production capacity of 300,000 tons per year.
2011

Revolution in chlorine production Krefeld-Uerdingen

An innovative process for the production of chlorine is used in Krefeld-Uerdingen. Thanks to the oxygen depolarized cathode (ODC), Covestro can reduce energy consumption at the site by around 25 percent.
2010-2014

Production expansion in Bomlitz

Commissioning of a new technical center and another multilayer film production line. Among other things, the site produces a film composite for forgery-proof documents and certificates.
2005

Bayer MaterialScience becomes Industrial Park Operator in Brunsbüttel

The subgroup takes over operation of the industrial park in Brunsbüttel.
2004

Spin-off of Bayer MaterialScience AG

As part of a company-wide restructuring, Bayer AG divests its chemicals and plastics segment. Bayer MaterialScience AG operates henceforth on the market as a legally independent company.
1953-1965

Innovations from Krefeld-Uerdingen

Hermann Schnell invents polycarbonate in the company’s central laboratory. The first chlorine production plant goes into operation. The company gives the go-ahead for MDI production.
1912-1937

Research breakthrough in Leverkusen

Bayer chooses Leverkusen as its headquarters. A team led by chemist Otto Bayer synthesizes polyurethanes for the first time. The benefits of polyurethanes are initially unclear. This is another reason why industrial production does not begin until years later.
1877

Plant founded in Krefeld-Uerdingen

Edmund ter Meer founds the “Dr. Edmund ter Meer & Cie” chemical company in Krefeld-Uerdingen to manufacture aniline or azo dyes. This enables the Krefeld-based silk industry to supply its customers with colored fabrics cost-effectively.