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Materials

Covestro plunges into 3-D printing

by Alexander H. Tullo
July 4, 2016 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 94, Issue 27

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Researcher Roland Wagner watches component manufacturing in Covestro’s new 3-D printing lab.
A photo of Covestro expert Roland Wagner watching component manufacturing in Covestro’s new 3D printing lab.
Credit: Covestro
Researcher Roland Wagner watches component manufacturing in Covestro’s new 3-D printing lab.

Covestro, the former Bayer MaterialScience, is making a push into three-dimensional printing. The company opened a lab at its headquarters in Leverkusen, Germany, meant to develop polycarbonate and polyurethane materials for fused filament, laser sintering, and stereolithographic 3-D processes. Covestro says a paucity of materials has been an obstacle to widespread adoption of 3-D printing.

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