Bayer AG - Stockholders' Newsletter Second Quarter 2007 - Expands production capacities in Shanghai

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Bayer MaterialScience expands
production capacities in Shanghai

Bayer MaterialScience is further expanding its production facilities at the Shanghai integrated site, with a planned total investment there of euro 1.8 billion through 2012.

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Bayer MaterialScience is further expanding its production facilities at the Shanghai integrated site, with a planned total investment there of euro 1.8 billion through 2012.

Leverkusen. Bayer MaterialScience is expanding its most important production site in the Asia-Pacific region for coating and adhesive raw materials. The company plans to erect a new 20,000 tpa production facility for waterborne polyurethane dispersions. The plant is scheduled to come on stream in the second quarter of 2008. In addition, annual production capacity at the site for the aromatic polyisocyanate Desmodur® L will be increased during the second half of 2007 to 20,500 tons, nearly twice the plant's original 11,000 tpa capacity. Production of Desmodur® L began there in January 2005. In addition, annual capacity for aromatic grades of Desmodur® IL is to be doubled to 5,500 tons, also by the end of 2007. The production of aliphatic polyisocyanates of the Desmodur® N series is scheduled to be increased by the start of 2008, with the existing 11,500 tpa plant being expanded in line with market growth.