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Covestro
Covestro AG is a German company producing polyurethane and polycarbonate raw materials. Products include isocyanates and polyols for cellular foams, thermoplastic polyurethane and polycarbonate pellets, as well as polyurethane based additives used in the formulation of coatings and adhesives. It is a Bayer spin-off formed in the fall of 2015 and was formerly called Bayer MaterialScience.
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Covestro at a glance
Covestro is a manufacturing company headquartered in Germany, founded in 2015. Xcout tracks 4 named people at Covestro, including Dr. Markus Steilemann (Chief Executive Officer). Xcout recorded 273 job postings from Covestro in the last 90 days, naming tools such as SAP, Workday, GitHub Copilot.
Covestro leadership
- Dr. Markus SteilemannChief Executive Officer
- Christian BaierChief Financial Officer
- Dr. Thorsten DreierChief Technology Officer / Labor Director
- Monique BuchChief Commercial Officer
Hiring at Covestro
Xcout recorded 273 job postings from Covestro in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since June 2026.
Tools named in Covestro's job postings
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Hiring vs the trend
Based on 161 job postings in the last 8 weeks (10 Aug – 4 Oct 2026), compared with 224 enterprise industrials companies.
This describes a hiring pattern — how often Covestro’s job postings ask for AI skills, and how that changed against the previous 8 weeks, ranked among its peers. It says nothing about the company’s products or performance.
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Covestro competitors
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More on Covestro in Xcout Intel
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- Weekly hiring history and the mix of roles behind it
- 3 corporate events with sources — deals, leadership changes, layoffs
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