German materials manufacturer Covestro and Polish Selena Group continue their partnership as sustainability leaders in the construction industry. They have introduced Tytan Professional® Adhesive for Bricklaying, a product that cuts environmental impact and reduces carbon footprint by up to 90% compared to traditional cement mortars.
This adhesive offers significant advantages in the competitive construction sector: compatible with various block types (ceramic, silicate, ACC), it ensures high accuracy and better yield. It also cures twice as fast as cement mortars, enhancing construction efficiency, and works across a wide temperature range (-5°C to +30°C), minimizing temperature-related delays.
If materials providers early in the value chain join forces for climate neutrality, the impact on end products will be significant. In this spirit, we are therefore very happy to deepen our collaboration with our like-minded partner Selena to help the construction sector bring down emissions and meet its climate neutrality targets in Europe and worldwide
Buildings account for over one-third of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU, with 75% of European buildings failing to meet energy efficiency standards. The sector faces a wave of renovations, driven by the recently updated EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), which mandates that all buildings in the EU be net-zero emissions by 2050.
With existing and upcoming climate neutrality regulations for the construction sector, we expect a steeply rising demand for sustainable building materials
Tytan Professional® Adhesive for Bricklaying uses Covestro’s bio-based Desmodur® CQ MB, a plant-sourced MDI (methylene diphenyl diisocyanate), with the plant-based feedstock attributed via the ISCC Plus-certified mass balance approach.
This adhesive marks the third product from the ongoing collaboration between Selena and Covestro. In 2023, the partnership expanded to develop more sustainable polyurethane (PU) foams for building insulation. Bio-attributed MDI from Covestro’s Desmodur® CQ MB series is also used in Selena’s Ultra Fast 70 one-component foam for window and door installation, offering a 45% smaller carbon footprint compared to fossil-based alternatives, and is ISCC Plus certified.
Source: Covestro AG
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