Covestro, a leader in the ID and security industry, has over thirty years of experience in material solutions and develops films that meet extremely high security requirements.

The company offers a broad, high-quality range of technical films based on Makrofol® polycarbonate (PC), Platilon® thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), and CERTEVO®, an innovative polymeric substrate that is revolutionizing security printing, covering a wide range of properties.

Our film solutions enable the integration of various security features into ID documents and security prints such as ID cards, passports, driver's licenses, border crossing cards, and banknotes. Covestro focuses on market needs and provides solutions and innovative technologies for future security documents.

The company is committed to becoming fully circular. In addition, Covestro aims to achieve climate neutrality for its Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2035, and the Group’s Scope 3 emissions are also set to be climate neutral by 2050.

Covestro generated sales of EUR 14.4 billion in fiscal 2023. At the end of 2023, the company had 48 production sites worldwide and employed approximately 17,500 people (calculated as full-time equivalents).