Footwear

Freedom of design for casual shoes with our PU/TPU materials

A clean win - footwear and sustainability

With sustainability becoming more and more important in the footwear industry - be part of our race for an eco-friendly future!

Footwear Design Contests

Since 2006, young students design outstanding shoes in collaboration with BASF, whose materials are used for the soles every year.

Have a look at the different themes and shoes of all the contests from the last years!

In a market characterized by high sophisticated production technology, the characteristics of the chosen material are requested to be at the top. Durability, lightness, freedom of design are key factors for you as a casual shoemaker and casual sole maker to be competitive. With our products, you will win the race.

Outstanding and Individual Casual Shoes and Soles Made of Our PU and TPU

We at BASF understand the end consumer market as well as your business. For more than fourty years, we have been developing, producing, and selling the tailor-made high-performance footwear materials PU and TPU. Compared to other materials our PU and TPU have clear advantages: better long-term flexibility, better tear strength, better resistance to puncture, better hydrolysis-resistance, better flexibility over broad temperature scales and greater design flexibility. They can be produced in any color using color pastes or masterbatches. Multi-colored soles are also possible. And not to forget: we offer a material which sounds like wood, feels like wood and looks like wood.

Elastopan^® and Elastollan^® bind well both without any auxiliary agent or pre-treatment. Processing of Elastollan^® and Elastopan^® is uncomplicated. This reduces the costs, making the production of assembly units more economic.

Get convinced by our PU and TPU materials.

Wide Product Range

We offer a comprehensive range of products with a broad variety of property profiles. Find the right product for you!

Infinergy^® (E-TPU)

Infinergy^® is the world's first expanded thermoplastic polyurethane (E-TPU). This closed-cell particle foam can be used anywhere, where a combination of low weight, excellent mechanical properties and good long-term durability is required.

Elastopan^®(PU)

Elastopan^® offers high-performance and innovative solutions for producers of casual shoes, safety shoes and sport shoes. It is a multi-component polyurethane foam system for the production of mid-, out- and insoles. It is compatible with casting and injection machines.

Elastollan^® (TPU) for the Footwear Industry

Excellent properties, such as mechanical strength, resistance to abrasion, and slip resistance, together with a broad range of possible degrees of hardness make Elastollan^® an ideal material for consumer electronics applications

Innovative materials for various purposes

Racing to the Future: BASF NA Footwear Development Center

Mashup Generation: Footwear Design Contest BASF & Politecnico Calzaturiero

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