LEVERKUSEN, Germany— Effective Jan. 1, 1999, the Bayer Group has consolidated all activities related to coatings in a reorganization of the LS Business Group, which now has the new name Coatings Colorants and Special Raw Materials.
Previously, three business groups within the company handled products for the coatings industry. In the future, customers will be able to get all the key components for a coating formulation from a single supplier. In addition to the binders and polyisocyanates that were always handled by LS, other components include inorganic pigments, organic pigments and colorants.