Patrick Thomas, CEO of Bayer MaterialScience, introducing the new brand of the company.

Patrick Thomas, CEO of Bayer MaterialScience, introducing the new brand of the company.

Bayer MaterialScience business will be called Covestro. It will be effective on September 1, 2015. Bayer intends to float Covestro on the stock market by mid-2016 at the latest. The plan for Bayer MaterialScience to become a separate company was announced in September 2014.

The name Covestro is made from a combination of words that reflect the identity of the new company. The letters C and O come from collaboration, while VEST signifies the company is well invested in state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities. The final letters, STRO, show the company is strong. It is strong in innovation, strong in the market and with a strong workforce.

Covestro represents a bold new direction and bright future for an innovation-driven polymers company, said Patrick Thomas, Chief utive Officer of Bayer MaterialScience and CEO designate of Covestro.

We chose Covestro because it reflects the exciting opportunity we will have to deploy our strengths even more rapidly, effectively and flexibly in the global competitive arena, he added.

In FY 2014, the group employed 118,900 people and had sales of EUR 42.2 billion. Capital expenditures amounted to EUR 2.5 billion, R&D expenses to EUR 3.6 billion.

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