Bayer Introduces New Heat Resistant Therban HT to Automotive Market.

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

Bayer Corporation has introduced new technology for high-temperature applications beyond the traditional limits of HNBR. A Heat-Resistant Therban(R) developmental product, Therban HT VP KA 8805, was developed to perform in temperatures up to 165 degrees C.

Retaining more than 50 percent of its properties at 150 degrees C for up to or nearly twice as long as other HNBR compounds, Therban HT is ideal for automotive parts that require superior performance in high temperatures.

"In automotive applications, Therban HT withstands the high temperatures of today's fuel-efficient systems," said Brian McCue, Product Manager, Therban. "We have found that Therban HT technology enhances resistance to lubricating oils with aggressive additives. Seals, hoses and belts made with Therban HT could last twice as long compared to parts made with other grades of HNBR."

Using Therban allows products to achieve 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.