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ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Joins EcoCommercial Building Program

02/01/2011 - ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG has joined Bayer MaterialScience's EcoCommercial Building Program, intensifying collaboration between the two companies in the field of highly functional sandwich panels for efficient heat insulation.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG has joined Bayer MaterialScience's EcoCommercial Building Program. Through an interdisciplinary network of partners, this program offers the construction industry a comprehensive range of services and material solutions for building sustainable public and commercial buildings.

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe´s membership in the EcoCommercial Building Program intensifies collaboration between the steel company and Bayer MaterialScience in the field of highly functional sandwich panels for efficient heat insulation. These panels comprise a rigid foam core between two metal facings. ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe offers leading expertise in the use of these sandwich panels to insulate warehouses, cold storage facilities, administrative buildings and other industrial buildings. Bayer MaterialScience develops and produces polyurethane raw materials that provide the rigid foam core with very good insulating properties.

"We want to become more established in the market with our solutions for the construction industry,” said Thomas Polonyi, who is in charge of the Construction elements business at ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe. “To do so, we will be relying more in the future on long-term relationships with existing business partners and customers.
 
"In the future-oriented market of ecologically and economically intelligent construction, the best results are achieved in networks of specialized experts, who together develop custom services and solutions,” added Polonyi. “We are therefore looking forward to working with the other members of the EcoCommercial Building Program to develop and implement innovations for sustainable buildings."

The custom prefabricated panels from ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe, with steel facings and a polyurethane rigid foam core, are suitable for walls, facades, ceilings and roofs. Apart from their load-bearing function, the sandwich panels fulfill the strict requirements imposed on sustainable and user-friendly structures, such as outstanding heat insulation, sound insulation, fire protection and optimum space utilization. In addition, innovative products, such as the Hoesch Matrix facade system from ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe, can be used for sophisticated architectural facade designs while offering comparatively easy assembly.

“The requirements for building materials used in commercial and industrial buildings are very stringent," explained Frank Grunert, head of polyurethanes marketing for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) and LATAM (Latin America) regions of Bayer MaterialScience. “Alliances between manufacturers, particularly as part of an integrated planning process like that used in the EcoCommercial Building Program, create synergies that give building decision-makers easy access to sensibly combined, cost-efficient material innovations.”

Bayer MaterialScience's EcoCommercial Building Program is an integral part of the Bayer Climate Program. It offers decision-makers in the construction industry a unique portfolio of services and material solutions for energy-efficient and cost-effective building. As part of the program, Bayer MaterialScience is working with a network of members from various disciplines to support professionals, such as architects, project managers, building contractors, developers and managers of large companies, in the creation of public and commercial buildings that far surpass previous sustainability standards. Services range from energy efficiency assessments during the planning phase to the use of environmentally friendly materials and the generation of renewable energies