BRAND-NEW
SPECIAL ON AUTOMOTIVE & TRANSPORTATION
Mankiewicz Relies on Coating Hardeners from the Ultra Line of Covestro
F
or its Alexit® coating systems,
meet the requirements of customers
hardeners; only the specification range
the Hamburg-based coatings
and authorities in the future.” The
of the residual monomer content was
manufacturer Mankiewicz Gebr.
improved standard is important for the
reduced,” says Dr. Markus Mechtel,
& Co. KG uses hardeners from Covestro,
entire value chain of the coatings and
expert for automotive coatings at
which are setting new standards in
adhesives industry.
Covestro. The reduction of the residual
occupational safety. The Bayhydur ultra ®
monomer content was made possible
and contain less than 0.1 percent by
Seamless application in coating formulations
weight of residual monomers.
For Mankiewicz, it is particularly
Dr. Felix Niefind, laboratory manager
“Improved, application-oriented
important that the coatings based
at Mankiewicz, confirms: “We were able
occupational safety is a quality attribute
on the Covestro ultra line are not
to fully replace the Covestro hardeners
that enhances our portfolio,” says Dr.
subjected to expensive and tedious
previously used in our formulations
Heinz-Wilhelm Wilde, head of research
technical testing at customers from
with the ultra products.”
and development in the automotive
the automotive industry and other
coatings division at Mankiewicz. “Thanks
industrial sectors.
For further information:
to the new ultra line from Covestro,
“The quality of the ultra products is
www.covestro.com
we are also already well prepared to
at the same high level as previous
and www.mankiewicz.com
products used are part of the ultra line
by continuous process improvements at Covestro.
Mankiewicz Gebr. & Co. KG uses hardeners from the Ultra Line of Covestro to meet the needs of its customers from the automotive industry.
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