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New design and proven materials: The new ball sports the classic black and white design updated with the host nations’ national colors – red and white for Poland, yellow and blue for Ukraine.
Polyurethanes Improve Flight Properties

Bayer MaterialScience and adidas Develop Euro 2012 Soccer Ball

Leverkusen. The games at the European Soccer Championship will be played to the rhythm of the "Tango 12," a cutting-edge synthetic ball that is fast, robust and precise. The adidas ball sports a new design and is based on proven materials from Bayer MaterialScience. » more
The building scored the maximum possible points in the categories Water Efficiency, Indoor Environmental Quality and Innovation and Design.
Global Sustainability Ranking

LEED Platinum for EcoCommercial Building in India

Greater Noida. A particularly environmentally friendly Bayer MaterialScience office building in India has received the top ranking in the international Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system. The zero-energy building in Greater Noida outside of New Delhi was awarded Platinum in the category New Construction. It received 64 out of 69 possible points – the highest score anywhere in the world so far. » more
In 2008, the Bayer Cares Foundation made 20 classrooms, 50 dormitories and temporary medical center in the form of modern containers available to a school in the town of Dujiangyan. Click on the picture to watch the film.
Four Years after the Big Earthquake in China

Commitment of Bayer Employees Bears Fruit

Sichuan. Four years ago a devastating earthquake shook the province of Sichuan in China. More than 80,000 people died, numerous people lost all their possessions and many places of work and educational institutions were desolated. Bayer responded to the emergency with an extensive aid program. Employees from all around the world made donations to aid projects that the Bayer Cares Foundation had launched in the earthquake zone. And many colleagues took initiative and volunteered their services, fully in keeping with the corporate values that we now call LIFE. » more
Panorama
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Dr. Martin Oeggerli with Dr. Monika Schütze, Head of the Communication Center, at the opening of the exhibition. » Open image collection
BayKomm Exhibition Room

Spectacular Insights into the Invisible

Leverkusen. How do you go from a vague idea to a molecule for a new active ingredient? How do researchers work in the company? Visitors to the new 'Discover Science' exhibition room at the BayKomm in Leverkusen receive answers to these question and many more. » more
Sports
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The duo succeeded in getting Bayer 04 back on track in the closing stages of the season.
Bundesliga Season 2012/2013

Bayer 04 Keep Faith with Lewandowski and Hyypiä

Leverkusen. Head coach Sascha Lewandowski and team manager Sami Hyypiä will be in charge of the Bayer 04 first team squad next season. The 40-year-old Lewandowski and 38-year-old Hyypiä both signed three-year contracts to June 30, 2015 following their successful work together in the last Bundesliga campaign. » more
BNC TV
Four Years after the Big Earthquake in China
Commitment of Bayer Employees Bears Fruit
Dr. Dekkers at the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting
Bayer Has Great Potential for the Future Too
Together with a Nobel Prize-winner against Malaria
BNC TV: Stopping Mosquitoes from Smelling
Protection for People
BNC TV: "Earthquake Wallpaper" Can Save Lives
Financial and Innovation Targets for 2011 Achieved
Sales and EBIT at Record Levels
International Press Conference in Shanghai
Bayer Plans Further Expansion in Asia
Centennial of Bayer’s Japanese Subsidiary
Bayer Plans Continued Growth in Japan
Factory of the Future
Bayer and TU Dortmund University Open the INVITE Research Center
Numerous Events Around the World
Great Response to Safety Day
Agriculture
BNC TV: How People in Megacities Are Fed
Dialogue
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Cora Chinbuah from the World Media Festival presents the award to Norbert Vander, Martin Spingys and Peter Baaten.
Coveted Trophies

Gold and Silver for Bayer Communications

Hamburg. Recognition for state-of-the-art communication: Bayer has picked up four of the coveted trophies at the World Media Awards in Hamburg. The scientific podcast on "How people in megacities are fed" and the film "The BayKomm Experience" both received gold, while the corporate app "Bayer magazine" and the online edition of the Bayer Scientific Magazine "research" were honored with silver. » more
Bayer Group
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Dr. Marijn Dekkers presents the figures and the company’s strategy to the stockholders. » Open image collection
Dr. Dekkers at the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting

Bayer Has Great Potential for the Future Too

Cologne. 2011 was a good year for the Bayer Group both strategically and operationally. "Our business was very successful and we achieved our targets for the Group," said Management Board Chairman Dr. Marijn Dekkers at the Annual Stockholders’ Meeting in Cologne, Germany, on Friday. The stockholders are to benefit from this success through an increased dividend of EUR 1.65 (2010: EUR 1.50) per share. This gives a total dividend payment of EUR 1.4 billion. Dekkers described the company’s start to the 2012 fiscal year as encouraging. » more
Human Resources
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Dr. Dirk Ehle
Bayer HealthCare

Dr. Dirk Ehle Appointed Head of Bayer HealthCare’s Animal Health Division

Leverkusen. Dr. Dirk Ehle has been appointed Head of the Animal Health Division of Bayer HealthCare AG effective May 1, 2012. The 42-year-old succeeds Dr. Jean-Luc Lowinski, who is leaving the company at his own request. As divisional head, Ehle will also be member of the Bayer HealthCare Executive Committee.  » more
Innovation
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Bayer researchers are trying to make humans invisible to malaria-carrying mosquitoes. Click on the picture to watch the film.
Together with a Nobel Prize-winner against Malaria

BNC TV: Stopping Mosquitoes from Smelling

Leverkusen. World Malaria Day: Every year one million people worldwide die of the disease, which is often caused by a bite from an infected mosquito. Together with Nobel prize-winner Professor Richard Axel, Bayer researchers are now working on a ground-breaking approach. They are looking for substances that block the mosquito's olfactory receptors and make it incapable of smelling. The mosquito would then be unable to find its victim or a mate. BNC TV reports. » more
Around the world
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The first "Excellence across Borders" conference was officially opened by (from left) Gerd-Walter Rohm, Dr. Abdulrazzaq Ali Al Madani and Harald Liedtke.
"Excellence across Borders"

Bayer HealthCare Aims to Improve Diabetes Management

Dubai. Bayer HealthCare has initiated the "Excellence across Borders" program to spread successful strategies in diabetes management by regionally exchanging know how and experience. The program brings together specialists and health care representatives from Middle Eastern, African, and selected European countries to share their expertise and learn how diagnosis, therapy and prevention of diabetes are working in different countries. The first symposium within the framework of this new program was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. » more
Around the world
Bayer MaterialScience
New Global Wind Energy Competence Center in Denmark
Otterup. Generating power from renewable sources: Bayer MaterialScience plans to establish a global wind energy competence and development center at its existing site in Otterup, Denmark. The new competence center will spearhead and coordinate the global development activities for advanced materials used in wind energy applications. » more
In Singapore
Strong Bayer Brand Presence at Largest Corporate Race
Singapore. The Bayer brand came to life at one of the most anticipated corporate races held recently right in the heart of Singapore’s central business district. 119 runners from across the Bayer Group made their presence felt at the Singapore sector of the 13-city JPMorgan Corporate Challenge Series. They made the 5.6 kilometer dash in specially designed T-shirts proudly bearing the company’s mission ’Bayer: Science For A Better Life’. » more
Bayer Forum in the USA
Supporting Female and Minority STEM Students
Washington. Educators at top research universities agree: Traditional "weeding out" courses are hindering female and minority STEM students from graduating. This was the consensus when more than 100 individuals representing 30 colleges and 16 states from academia, government, media and nonprofit organizations attended the recent Bayer STEM Diversity & U.S. Higher Education Forum in Washington. » more
Cutting-edge Technology
New Seed Treatment Application Center in Mexico
Guadalajara. Bayer CropScience in Mexico recently inaugurated its new Seed Treatment Application Center (STAC). Equipped with state-of-the-art technology, the STAC is expected to become one of the leading facilities of its type in the world. » more
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