Bayer Corporation Announces Therban Web Site http://www.therban.com

29 June 1999

Bayer Corporation Announces Therban Web Site http://www.therban.com

    AKRON, Ohio--(AutomotiveWire)--June 28, 1999--Bayer Corporation has announced the introduction of a web site designed exclusively for Therban(R), Bayer's high-performance hydrogenated nitrile rubber.
    The Therban web site can be accessed at www.therban.com.
    Therban, an innovative specialty elastomer invented and patented by Bayer, gives products superior performance and durability in applications where extreme temperature, fuel, oil, ozone or abrasion exists.
    The new web site features a growing list of uses for Therban along with the latest news from the Therban Team, a cross-disciplinary group of individuals from Bayer's Fibers, Additives and Rubber (FAR) Division singularly committed to promoting Therban. The web site includes updates on product development, innovative applications, technical testing and customer partnerships. The web site also enables visitors to contact members of the Therban Team directly to ask questions about Therban and its applications.
    Bayer Corporation is a research-based company with major businesses in health care and life sciences and chemicals. The company had 1998 sales of $8.1 billion and employs more than 23,000 people. Bayer Corporation is investing $15 billion in capital expenditures and research and development from 1995 through the year 2004. 1999 capital investment and R&D expenditures are projected to total $1.6 billion. Bayer Corporation, with headquarters in Pittsburgh, is a member of the worldwide Bayer Group, a $31 billion international life sciences, polymers and specialty chemicals group based in Leverkusen, Germany.