Viverso
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| Company type | GmbH |
|---|---|
| Genre | Chemistry |
| Founded | 1 January 2008 (1994) |
| Defunct | 14.09.2016 |
| Fate | Merged with Allnex |
| Headquarters | , Germany |
Key people | Rüdiger Held |
| Products | coating resins |
| Revenue | € 110 million (2008)[1] |
Number of employees | 150 (2008) |
| Parent | Bayer |
| Website | www.nuplex.com |
Viverso is a subsidiary of the Bayer MaterialScience AG and produces the coatings raw material ranges Alkydal (Alkyd Resins), Roskydal (Unsaturated Polyester Resins) and Desmophen A (Hydroxyacrylates) as well as Levblend PC+ABS Recyclate. The headquarters of the company is in Bitterfeld-Wolfen/Saxony-Anhalt. Viverso started operations on 1 January 2008. Viverso sells its products exclusively online.
Viverso is the successor of the resin factory of the Bayer Bitterfeld GmbH. Production started here in 1994. Besides the 3 Viverso product lines, the Bayer MaterialScience brands Bayhydrol and Desmodur are produced here. The facility is equipped with a pilot plant and a laboratory as well as raw material and final product storages. Viverso employs approximately 150 people. The plant is capable of producing up to 60.000 tons of resins per year. In October 2011, Bayer MaterialScience AG announced the sale of Viverso to Nuplex Industries. The purchase price is 75 million euros; all 165 employees will be taken over by Nuplex.[2] In mid 2016, Viverso, now under the name of Nuplex, merged with Allnex.[3] New combined headquarters are in Frankfurt am Main.[4]