# Covestro upgrades R&D center in Amagasaki, Japan

Covestro AG has invested half a billion yen (US$1.63 million) to upgrade its Innovation Centre Japan in Amagasaki, adding new equipment including a PU press machine, spray foam room, and injection molding machine.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2019-09-19
- Where: Amagasaki, Japan, Japan
- Value: $1.63M (500.0M JPY)
- Status: completed
- Products: polyurethanes, coatings, adhesives, polycarbonates
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Covestro](https://endata.com/companies/1705.md)

## Sources

- [everchem.com](https://everchem.com/covestro-upgrades-japanese-rd-center/), 2019-09-20: "Covestro AG has stepped up its research & development (R&D) efforts with a half-a-billion-yen (US$1.63 million) upgrade of its research center in Amagasaki, Japan."

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