Covestro: From flexible polyurethane foam mattresses to high-tech products

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"The difference between today's mattresses and the first polyurethane flexible foam mattresses in the early 1960s is astonishi.

Polyurethane developers have done a lot to gradually evolve the first generation of flexible polyurethane foam into the high-end products we are tod.

New raw materials for changing market demands

"Milestones" of Covestro's development in the flexible foam industry include optimized raw materials, production procedures for high-resilience cold foam mattresses and the introduction of polyols for the production of viscoelastic foams, which further improve the distribution of pressure on the body during sle.

"Our other developments may be less dramatic, but they are just as important," Brassat sa.

Other innovations have succeeded in extending the life of polyurethane mattresses and keeping them in good quality for longer periods of ti.

"Development is far from over"

Recent highlights in the manufacture of superior smart flexible foam mattresses include a "digital product finder," and cardyon® polyols (partially based on carbon dioxid.

Polyurethane raw materials and manufacturing processes are also in the spotlight, solving some of the technical challenges of popular viscoelastic mattress.

"All of these improvements have been implemented in small but important steps over the years to transform what started out as short-lived flexible foam mattresses into today's high-performance polyol-containing products (such as Softel® VE-180