Bayer Introduces New Fuel Resistant Therban FT -- Fluoro-Thermoplast -- to Automotive Market.

AKRON, Ohio--(AutomotiveWire)--Sept. 28, 1999--

Bayer Corporation has introduced new technology for fuel applications. Therban(R) FT (Fluoro-Thermoplast) developmental products, Therban FT VP KA 8850 and Therban FT VP KA 8851, were designed to perform in high-temperature fuel environments with excellent resistance to oxygenated fuels containing Methanol, Ethanol, MTBE, as well as sour gasoline.

Providing higher compound extension and a lower finished part cost than other elastomers used in fuel environments, Therban FT (Fluoro-Thermoplast) has excellent mill handling, extrusion and injection molding properties. Ideal for automotive products used in the hot underhood environment, Therban FT can improve performance of hoses, o-rings, gaskets and diaphragms.

"We're very enthusiastic about the potential for the new Therban FT," said Brian McCue, Product Manager, Therban. "There's been an increasing need for a higher performing elastomer in fuel environments, and now Therban FT can provide the solution for many applications."

Therban HNBR gives products superior performance and durability in applications where extreme temperature, fuel, oil, ozone or abrasion exists.

Bayer Corporation is a research-based company with major businesses in health care and life sciences and chemicals. The company had 1998 sales of $8.1 billion and employs more than 23,000 people. Bayer Corporation is investing $15 billion in capital expenditures and research and development from 1995 through the year 2004. 1999 capital investment and R&D expenditures are projected to total $1.6 billion. Bayer Corporation, with headquarters in Pittsburgh, is a member of the worldwide Bayer Group, a $31 billion international life sciences, polymers and specialty chemicals group based in Leverkusen, Germany.