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Makrolon® - gold for aesthetics, stability and ecology. The 2008 Olympics, a great festival of sporting superlatives, has come to an end after giving the world much pleasure - despite being overshadowed by a few Chinese "peculiarities". Top performances were achieved by the sportsmen and women during the Games as well as by the design and construction of the new stadiums. Many had breathtaking designs and could only be built using unique materials.
One of these materials is Makrolon® made by Bayer.
Some of the unusual roof designs of the new Olympia stadiums were only made possible by utilizing the excellent properties of solid and multi wall sheets from Bayer Sheet Europe. The sheets combine lightness, stability and transparency and gave architects and builders great freedom when designing roof membranes for the stadiums.
From the gigantic dimensions of the Olympic stadium to the intimate and romantic tea house of the famous Japanese architect and professor Kengo Kuma, is where we want to whisk you away to in the third article in our newsletter. Sip a cup of tea and allow yourself to be inspired by the almost endless possibilities offered by Makrolon®.
Aesthetics and ecology are no longer a contradiction!
With the new Makrolon® sheets "Ambient" and "5M - Energy" Bayer Sheet Europe is setting new standards for attractive roofing which allows light to flow through but which still has excellent insulation qualities. Bayer Sheet Europe is using these qualities in the EcoCommercial Building in New Delhi, an ecological project of Bayer Material Science. Please take time to read the report about this interesting project.
And again we are presenting a new member of the family in this edition. Wim van Eynde is Venture Manager for our new product Makrolon® Ambient.
There are some useful tips on working with our materials to round off this newsletter.
We hope you enjoy it!
Dr. Norbert Pingel
President Bayer Sheet Europe GmbH
The Central Sales Region is composed of Germany, Switzerland and Austria and is looked after by three Account Managers with their own customer base, as in the regions West and South.
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In 2005 the famous Japanese architect and university professor Kengo Kuma created a mobile tea house made of polycarbonate in the Mino Ceramics Park in Tajimi, Japan, in honour of the ceramics artist and master of the tea ceremony, Furuta Oribe (1544-1615). The Oribe tea pavilion is one of the most poetic and significant works of Kengo Kuma and demonstrates his special approach to architecture.
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German Embassy in Beijing presents "inForm", a spectacular art installation with Makrolon® solid sheet
There were several surprise winners at the Olympic Games in Beijing. One winner, however, was clear even before the games started: Makrolon® solid sheet from Bayer Sheet Europe. The top international sports event of the year has inspired more than just the athletes from around the world to give their best, and the organizers to provide top-of-the line sports venues.
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In May 2008 the foundation stone was laid for the first ecological office building, with zero emissions, in the Noida region near New Delhi. This marked the start of Bayer MaterialScience's initiative "EcoCommercial Building" with its aim of demonstrating how to build low emission buildings in harmony with the climatic conditions of a particular site.
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After finishing high-school, Wim van Eynde decided to study industrial design at the Hogeschool in Antwerp, Belgium, finishing with a masters degree. On completing his studies, he rounded off his studies with a postgraduate course in industrial marketing at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He then did his military service. After finishing his time in the army, he started his career in 1988 at Axxis in Tielt, located between Ghent and Bruges in Belgium. Axxis was one of the three forerunners of Bayer Sheet Europe and manufactured solid sheets of polycarbonate and polyester.
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New Makrolon® Ambient is a new milestone for insulation of transparent construction materials
With its new Makrolon® Ambient sheet, Bayer Sheet Europe has added yet another high-performance product to its portfolio. The insulation capacity of this product surpasses other transparent materials in the market.
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Makrolon® multi-wall sheets serves as an attractive roofing and façade material in China's Olympic stadiums
Not only the athletes are required to deliver top performance at the Olympics. The materials that are used to build the sports venues for the games must also provide outstanding results. High light transmission, excellent flexural strength, low weight, and a long life - these were the decisive criteria for selecting the Makrolon® plastic sheets.
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Nowadays graffiti is a real problem. It can be removed from Makrolon® sheets but the success rate varies, depending on the nature of the graffiti. If, for example, graffiti is done with solvent-based paint, it is impossible to remove it satisfactorily.
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