Covestro Automotive Solutions

Covestro AG is creating a pull with its high-tech polymer materials. Prateek Pardeshi draws attention to the diverse automotive applications.

- Prateek Pardeshi

Polymers govern the automotive industry followed by various metals and alloys. Be it the bumper, headlights, mirrors, and so on in the exterior. In the case of the interior, on the dashboard, instrument cluster, and so on and so forth. Covestro AG, a German company, leads the space with its range of high-tech polymers. The company offers a wide range of polyurethane and polycarbonate-based raw materials for the automotive industry among others. Divakar Gokhale, Head of Mobility, Indian Subcontinent at Covestro AG in an exclusive chat with Auto Components India mentions, “The classic automotive industry’s development further will define the future needs of such material technologies for such niche applications,” he opined. Experts in this product stream are always willing to get into a discussion with the industry players, informed Gokhale.

Interior applications

Digitalisation has taken over analog systems in the last decade. Infotainment systems are a testimony to this evolution. For example, the erstwhile transistor units have made room for sophisticated aircraft-like cockpits complete with floating tabs or infotainment systems that today fire up the entire dash sans the dials and levers. Notably, these screens and displays are made of polycarbonate where Covestro AG excels. With entry-level and mid-segment vehicles equipped with such displays, the opportunity to tap the segment is huge according to Gokhale.