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BASF Performance Materials:

Together with you, our inspired team creates the solutions of tomorrow.

For you, we combine cutting-edge solutions with established expertise. Bring us your ideas and we turn them into reality together!

You need more than just a product to solve your challenges. You need a variety of high-performance materials, application, engineering, simulation and manufacturing know-how to get the job done. Backed by our global team of industry-leading experts, we want to help you take your product to the next level. That means accelerating innovation, embracing digitalization and focusing on sustainability. We are ready to create the solutions of tomorrow with you! 

What can we create together in your industry?

Automotive

We help you deliver the future of automotive ingenuity with tailor made solutions that deliver greater design freedom, more comfort and safety as well as fuel efficiency.

Footwear

With us you are in the race to win and move footwear innovation forward. We offer exciting materials for lighter, more durable and high-performance shoes combined with broad design and global market expertise.

Electronics & Electric

When it comes to keeping the power on, reliability is the name of the game. We help you to create high performance components with excellent mechanical properties suitable for the toughest of conditions.

 

Construction

From innovative building insulation products to high quality materials for coastal protection and ground surfaces, we help you succeed with ambitious architecture and infrastructure projects.

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Medical Technology

The medical market is a demanding market. When it comes to people's health, there can be no compromise. The manufacturers of medical applications therefore have to deal with very stringent state directives and very high development costs. BASF offers different plastics for the special requirements of the medical industry.

Appliances

Better Living! Realizing innovations with BASF materials for appliances.  Many items found in a kitchen are enhanced by BASF materials. From the fridge to the oven - our materials offer solutions for various sets of demands.

What is happening at Performance Materials?

Performance Materials Top News
Trade News | 09 December 2020

BASF increases price for Neopentylglycol in Europe

With immediate effect or as existing contracts permit BASF is further increasing the price for Neopentylglycol (NPG) in Europe by 200 Euro/ton (MT).

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Meet our biopolymers and polyphthalamides!

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Biopolymers

BASF’s biopolymers are certified compostable and bio-based plastics which contribute to Circular Economy.

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Polyphthalamides

Ultramid® Advanced is the polyphthalamide portfolio by BASF for high-performance parts that reliably work also under demanding application conditions.

How do we want to create the solutions for tomorrow with you?

Ultramid® Advanced N

The new PPA for challenging applications in all industries

Ultramid® Deep Gloss

The BASF polyamide for high gloss in automotive interiors

Slentite®

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What is your challenge? 

Energy Efficiency

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Therefore it is even more important to conserve the available resources. We support you on your journey to more energy efficiency – from the production to the application.

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Food Contact

The Elastollan® FC portfolio has been specially developed for the use in food contact applications and is often used in the food industry or in drinking water applications.

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Individualization and Lifestyle

Here you will find customized material, processing, and design solutions for your needs. We will help you custom-design your products and distinguish yourself from others – with innovative solutions as varied as your customers.

Metal Substitution

BASF engineering plastics offer decisive advantages over established metal structures in many areas. The range of applications for these intelligent plastic solutions extends far beyond automotive engineering and opens up significant development potential for the solar, construction and water industry.

Miniaturization and Connectivity

The world population is on the rise. Cities are becoming larger, space tighter. The requirements for your products undergo changes too. More technology and functionality in ever smaller formats – how is that supposed to work? Our materials and technologies offer right solutions for many issues.

Pioneering Concept Studies

We help you maximize your potential by creating application-oriented industry solutions. We collaborate closely with customers across various target industries, in order to tailor our solutions specifically to individual application needs. As a result, development is driven by local market needs and is coordinated globally.

Plastics for Mechanical Engineering

We want to help you find innovative, sustainable solutions to problems facing equipment and machinery manufacturers today.

Sanitary and Water Industry

When it comes to parts for the sanitary and water industries, it is not only technical properties that play a crucial role but it is above all health and safety. Under the name Aqua®, BASF offers a comprehensive range of engineering plastics optimized specifically for components in contact with drinking water and food.

Speed and Simplicity

We live in a world demanding ever faster, ever better solutions. With our products you will stay up to date – everywhere in the world.

Sustainable Solutions

At this stage, we are using more than our planet can regenerate. Therefore sustainable development is crucial for our future. We want to proactively co-create the future of our planet and are constantly involved in research to further develop our products.

How can we support you?

Material Testing

We offer our customers a comprehensive range of services with leading technologies and products. In our laboratories we execute plastic-related tests for various applications.

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Product Support & Troubleshooting

With our calculation tools, information databases and FAQ we aim at helping you in answering technical questions related to our portfolio of performance polymers.

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Ultrasim®

Ultrasim® is the versatile and flexible CAE competence for your innovations using BASF plastics. Our calculation of component concepts on a virtual basis starts with appropriate materials and adequate material models, ranging from the virtual prototype and ideal manufacturing process to the finished mass-produced component.