Covestro showcases PC and TPU material solutions to meet the application requirements of various artificial intelligence (AI) products.
2025-10-13
With the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, the performance of materials is constantly breaking through limits to cope with complex application environments. Whether in intelligent terminal devices, energy storage systems or network infrastructure, efficient heat dissipation, precise radio frequency transmission and reliable protection have become key requirements, while user experience and sustainability are also highly valued.
In response to the global technology event COMPUTEX 2025, leading materials producer Covestro will showcase its advanced polycarbonate and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) solutions at its Taipei headquarters from May 20th to 21st. These innovative technologies will continue to support the upgrade of AI applications in the consumer electronics, automotive electronics, and new energy industries, and promote sustainable development.
Wang Li, the global president of Covestro's Engineering Plastics Division, said: "As intelligent hardware gradually becomes the core of various industries, our advanced material solutions play a dual role of promoting and accelerating. Our innovations in materials science, ranging from molecular-level design to the practice of circular economy, will transform the boundless potential of AI into tangible sustainable progress in all industries."
He Junhui, Head of Sales and Market Development for the Thermoplastic Polyurethane Business Unit of Covestro in the Asia-Pacific region, said: "As intelligent technologies continue to integrate deeply into various industries, Covestro's innovative material solutions play a key role in enhancing product performance and user experience, ensuring that equipment maintains stable performance under harsh usage conditions."
With its customized services and technical expertise, Covestro is helping to accelerate innovation throughout the entire AI industry ecosystem. As a pioneer in sustainable development, Covestro not only assists customers in developing materials that comply with the principles of a circular economy, but also offers polycarbonate and TPU solutions that meet international PFAS regulations.
Break through the bottleneck of heat dissipation in AI computing
To integrate high-performance computing capabilities into slim and lightweight devices, such as gaming laptops and AI laptops, the heat dissipation capacity of the devices faces severe challenges. Covestro has introduced innovative Makrolon® thermally conductive polycarbonate materials, which effectively replace traditional metal heat dissipation components while supporting complex and high-precision product designs. For these high-end laptops, Covestro's Desmopan® XHR series TPU, with its excellent heat resistance, enhances the heat resistance of components such as feet. These technologies can also be extended to other high-performance computing devices.
Strengthen 5G infrastructure and smart home hubs
Today, digital life relies on the deployment of high-speed network environments. In the field of network communication, Covestro has developed Makrolon® polycarbonate that is resistant to low-temperature impact, enabling outdoor communication infrastructure such as 5G base stations and satellite terminals to maintain stable signals in extreme temperature fluctuations (-40°C to 85°C) and high-salt environments. Covestro also offers customized RF design guidance to optimize signal transmission through polycarbonate materials.
In the field of smart home network devices, the integration of Covestro's Desmopan® IT series TPU and PC/ABS materials has created an outstanding tactile experience for the shells and base plates of smart Wi-Fi routers, while enhancing shock absorption performance and ensuring long-term stability through UV resistance and low migration properties.
Innovative materials enhance the experience of smart devices.
To comply with the trend of lightweight design, Covestro has taken the lead in adopting a single-material design approach, replacing the traditional PC/ABS in the bottom cover of laptops with high-hardness TPU and seamlessly integrating it with TPU foam feet. This innovative technology enhances component integration while improving the lightweight and recyclability of the product. Additionally, Covestro's Bayfol® LR 5902 film, with its low-temperature rapid curing, chemical resistance and aging resistance, can bond composite materials such as leather, carbon fiber and metal excellently. It not only enhances product reliability but also enables a thinner design compared to single-material products.
For wearable devices that are in close contact with the skin, such as smartwatches, Covestro's soft TPU offers a comfortable touch experience and features chemical resistance and antibacterial properties, ensuring long-term safe wear.
As transparency and lighting effects have become indispensable design elements in e-sports electronic products, Covestro's unique glass fiber reinforced high-transparency polycarbonate solution offers outstanding design flexibility. It not only creates an ideal visual aesthetic but also provides high rigidity and flame retardant safety certification, delivering dual advantages in both sensory experience and performance.
Strategically focus on key components for smart home appliances and robots.
In the rapidly growing market of smart home appliances and robots, Covestro has fully demonstrated the advantages of its polycarbonate and TPU materials. Covestro's polycarbonate materials ensure stable signal transmission for sensor housings, while TPU materials enhance the durability of commonly used components such as wheels and cleaning brushes in vacuum cleaners. Additionally, in the trend of human-machine interaction, Covestro's in-mold structured electronics (IMSE®) technology integrates lighting, touch, display, and electronic circuits into a seamless molded surface, reducing the weight of devices by 50-70% through a single manufacturing step. This technology has already shown outstanding advantages in fields such as smart cars.
Enhance the protection of energy equipment
Under the global trend of energy transition, the stable operation of facilities such as energy storage systems and charging stations is of vital importance. With its excellent weather resistance and low-temperature impact resistance, Covestro's Makrolon® polycarbonate can support the stable operation of outdoor equipment such as charging piles and power conversion systems. For home energy storage devices, it also supports lightweight design and a wide range of color options, meeting the aesthetic design requirements of household appliances.
March into the air traffic industry chain
Electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) will revolutionize urban air mobility. Covestro's Makrolon® AG polycarbonate enables autonomous flight of eVTOLs by seamlessly integrating lidar and automatic flight sensors, and it features high signal penetration. This material combines glass-like transparency, mechanical strength and weather resistance, ensuring reliable performance of sensors under various environmental conditions. Additionally, Covestro's carbon fiber reinforced polycarbonate offers ultimate lightness, high stiffness and durability, helping manufacturers achieve an excellent balance between weight and performance.
Advanced technological development is integrating with all industries, creating brand-new intelligent services. Covestro's reliable material solutions will continue to innovate and jointly drive the comprehensive upgrade of devices and equipment.
In response to the global technology event COMPUTEX 2025, leading materials producer Covestro will showcase its advanced polycarbonate and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) solutions at its Taipei headquarters from May 20th to 21st. These innovative technologies will continue to support the upgrade of AI applications in the consumer electronics, automotive electronics, and new energy industries, and promote sustainable development.
Wang Li, the global president of Covestro's Engineering Plastics Division, said: "As intelligent hardware gradually becomes the core of various industries, our advanced material solutions play a dual role of promoting and accelerating. Our innovations in materials science, ranging from molecular-level design to the practice of circular economy, will transform the boundless potential of AI into tangible sustainable progress in all industries."
He Junhui, Head of Sales and Market Development for the Thermoplastic Polyurethane Business Unit of Covestro in the Asia-Pacific region, said: "As intelligent technologies continue to integrate deeply into various industries, Covestro's innovative material solutions play a key role in enhancing product performance and user experience, ensuring that equipment maintains stable performance under harsh usage conditions."
With its customized services and technical expertise, Covestro is helping to accelerate innovation throughout the entire AI industry ecosystem. As a pioneer in sustainable development, Covestro not only assists customers in developing materials that comply with the principles of a circular economy, but also offers polycarbonate and TPU solutions that meet international PFAS regulations.
Break through the bottleneck of heat dissipation in AI computing
To integrate high-performance computing capabilities into slim and lightweight devices, such as gaming laptops and AI laptops, the heat dissipation capacity of the devices faces severe challenges. Covestro has introduced innovative Makrolon® thermally conductive polycarbonate materials, which effectively replace traditional metal heat dissipation components while supporting complex and high-precision product designs. For these high-end laptops, Covestro's Desmopan® XHR series TPU, with its excellent heat resistance, enhances the heat resistance of components such as feet. These technologies can also be extended to other high-performance computing devices.
Strengthen 5G infrastructure and smart home hubs
Today, digital life relies on the deployment of high-speed network environments. In the field of network communication, Covestro has developed Makrolon® polycarbonate that is resistant to low-temperature impact, enabling outdoor communication infrastructure such as 5G base stations and satellite terminals to maintain stable signals in extreme temperature fluctuations (-40°C to 85°C) and high-salt environments. Covestro also offers customized RF design guidance to optimize signal transmission through polycarbonate materials.
In the field of smart home network devices, the integration of Covestro's Desmopan® IT series TPU and PC/ABS materials has created an outstanding tactile experience for the shells and base plates of smart Wi-Fi routers, while enhancing shock absorption performance and ensuring long-term stability through UV resistance and low migration properties.
Innovative materials enhance the experience of smart devices.
To comply with the trend of lightweight design, Covestro has taken the lead in adopting a single-material design approach, replacing the traditional PC/ABS in the bottom cover of laptops with high-hardness TPU and seamlessly integrating it with TPU foam feet. This innovative technology enhances component integration while improving the lightweight and recyclability of the product. Additionally, Covestro's Bayfol® LR 5902 film, with its low-temperature rapid curing, chemical resistance and aging resistance, can bond composite materials such as leather, carbon fiber and metal excellently. It not only enhances product reliability but also enables a thinner design compared to single-material products.
For wearable devices that are in close contact with the skin, such as smartwatches, Covestro's soft TPU offers a comfortable touch experience and features chemical resistance and antibacterial properties, ensuring long-term safe wear.
As transparency and lighting effects have become indispensable design elements in e-sports electronic products, Covestro's unique glass fiber reinforced high-transparency polycarbonate solution offers outstanding design flexibility. It not only creates an ideal visual aesthetic but also provides high rigidity and flame retardant safety certification, delivering dual advantages in both sensory experience and performance.
Strategically focus on key components for smart home appliances and robots.
In the rapidly growing market of smart home appliances and robots, Covestro has fully demonstrated the advantages of its polycarbonate and TPU materials. Covestro's polycarbonate materials ensure stable signal transmission for sensor housings, while TPU materials enhance the durability of commonly used components such as wheels and cleaning brushes in vacuum cleaners. Additionally, in the trend of human-machine interaction, Covestro's in-mold structured electronics (IMSE®) technology integrates lighting, touch, display, and electronic circuits into a seamless molded surface, reducing the weight of devices by 50-70% through a single manufacturing step. This technology has already shown outstanding advantages in fields such as smart cars.
Enhance the protection of energy equipment
Under the global trend of energy transition, the stable operation of facilities such as energy storage systems and charging stations is of vital importance. With its excellent weather resistance and low-temperature impact resistance, Covestro's Makrolon® polycarbonate can support the stable operation of outdoor equipment such as charging piles and power conversion systems. For home energy storage devices, it also supports lightweight design and a wide range of color options, meeting the aesthetic design requirements of household appliances.
March into the air traffic industry chain
Electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) will revolutionize urban air mobility. Covestro's Makrolon® AG polycarbonate enables autonomous flight of eVTOLs by seamlessly integrating lidar and automatic flight sensors, and it features high signal penetration. This material combines glass-like transparency, mechanical strength and weather resistance, ensuring reliable performance of sensors under various environmental conditions. Additionally, Covestro's carbon fiber reinforced polycarbonate offers ultimate lightness, high stiffness and durability, helping manufacturers achieve an excellent balance between weight and performance.
Advanced technological development is integrating with all industries, creating brand-new intelligent services. Covestro's reliable material solutions will continue to innovate and jointly drive the comprehensive upgrade of devices and equipment.
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