Bayer : Science For A Better Life Japan

Providing Optimal Materials and Solutions to Customers

Bayer—the world’s leading supplier of polyurethane materials—strives to enhance its competitive advantage in the Japanese market by consistently providing innovative solutions. Serving as the core of Bayer’s development work in Japan, the Innovation Center has gained almost 40 years of experience in the creation of innovative materials and application development. The Center is the MaterialScience subgroup’s largest polyurethane innovation facility in the Asia Pacific region.

Bayer provides customized polyurethane to the Japanese market through its BaySystems brand, also developed in Amagasaki. With more than 30 locations worldwide, BaySystems boasts a truly global network engaged in the production of high-value-added polyurethane systems, allowing us to promptly and accurately respond to the diverse needs of customers around the world. Operations in Japan are highly integrated into the global BaySystems network through such activities as knowledge sharing and personnel exchanges. In this way, the network not only supports Japanese customers locally, but also contributes to expanding their business in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

The Niihama Plant is another major pillar that supports growth in the Group’s polyurethane business in Japan. At present, the Plant has accumulated more than 2.5 million working hours of incident-free operations and continues to extend this record. Utilizing the latest in production techniques and technology, the Niihama Plant is delivering high-quality products to customers. Building on these efforts, the Plant maintains an unwavering commitment to further enhance reliability and its competitive advantage.

Taking the Lead through Highly Functional, Environmentally Friendly Products

Catering to a wide variety of fields including the automobile, construction, general industry, home electronic appliance and IT sectors, Bayer focuses on the development of advanced, environmentally friendly products. In plastic coating materials, we continue to develop environmentally friendly products utilizing waterborne polyurethanes and enhance sales of these products. This mainly reflects the steady decline in organic solvent use, which began in the 1990s. Also in the area of adhesives, the range of applications is getting broader following the promotion of environmental and health concerns in the construction industry.

Providing Comprehensive Services from Know-How to Innovative Materials, Solutions and Application

Bayer’s polycarbonate business is driven by our commitment to provide differentiated solutions for a multitude of applications as a leading development and technology partner to our customers. We build on our comprehensive global network of production facilities located throughout Europe, the United States and Asia. Targeting such key growth markets as automobiles and transportation, electrical/electronics, information technology and construction, we continue to develop a consistent stream of high-performance mainstay products including Makrolon, a high impact resistant, high strength polycarbonate resin or Bayblend, a versatile polycarbonate blend for a string of innovative applications. Looking ahead, we are committed to the development of innovative markets and applications and to making a solid contribution to climate protection.

Developing New Applications to Create Added Value

In Japan, DIC Bayer Polymer Ltd. provides the market with products developed and manufactured locally as well as with imported goods from Germany and the United States. Leveraging both our knowledge of market needs and our collaboration with Bayer MaterialScience, we have become the leading domestic supplier of TPU.

As we continue to offer products for well-established applications, we are currently aiming to expand our sales in the automotive and industrial sectors as well as in the sanitary-product and IT markets. Through these endeavors, we not only seek to find alternative solutions for many of today’s problems, but also strive to develop new applications to further expand the possibilities offered by a material as versatile as TPU.

Also under challenging economic circumstances, we continue to invest not only in our technical capabilities, but also in the training and advancement of our employees. Ready to take advantage of possibilities offered by the future, DIC Bayer Polymer will pursue its determined efforts to bring added value to customers and society as a whole.