‘BayTubes’ nanotubes have distribution agreement

December 17, 2007 — Bayer MaterialScience AG (BMS) has entered a distribution agreement for its carbon nanotubes, BayTubes, with Brenntag Schweizerhall AG.

BMS manufactures carbon nanotubes (CNT) and is seeking industrial partners, the company said in a news release.

“For us it was crucial that Brenntag Schweizerhall AG possess a strong position in the Swiss markets that are important for Bayer MaterialScience,” said Martin Schmid, head of the BayTubes business at BMS.

“Adding BayTubes, the carbon nanotubes of Bayer MaterialScience AG, to our product portfolio is an important element of our future strategic orientation in the field of specialty chemicals,” said graduate engineer Ulf De la Vigne, head of business development at Brenntag Schweizerhall.

Bayer MaterialScience currently has a production capacity of 60 metric tons of BayTubes at the manufacturing site of H. C. Starck GmbH in Laufenburg, Germany. BMS said it plans to erect a large-scale production facility in Germany with an annual capacity of 3,000 metric tons.

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