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Better Living! Realizing innovations
with BASF materials for appliances!

The appliance industry has demanding requirements in many ways: Performance, durability, productivity and aesthetics to name just a few.

BASF offers a broad and innovative portfolio to answer all these requirements, no matter the application.

Cooking, cooling, cleaning ... Just click through! 

Our high-performance materials for the appliance market:

Best in class PU-insulation systems with high productivity

Balindur®
High performance solutions for vacuum insulation panels (VIPs)

  • One material solution: Fixation and core material
  • Top-notch energy efficiency
  • Sustainable & lightweight
  • Durable and long lasting

Elastocool®
Rigid foams for refrigeration

  • High insulation performance
  • Fast demold properties
  • High structural stability and flow characteristics

Elastopor® H
Rigid foams for insulation applications 

  • Good dimensional stability at low density levels
  • Easy and robust processing window
  • Eco-friendly blowing agents

Engineering plastics with excellent mechanical properties, durable & aesthetic

Ultramid® (PA)

  • High toughness
  • Excellent mechanical performance
  • Good chemical resistance
  • Good weathering resistance

Ultradur® (PBT)

  • High dimensional stability
  • Good chemical resistance
  • Excellent weathering resistance

Ultraform® (POM)

  • High dimensional stability
  • Good chemical resistance
  • Good wear & friction properties
  • Good creep resistance

Ultrason® (PSU, PEESU, PPSU)

  • High service temperatures
  • Good strength and stiffness at high temperatures
  • Good dimensional stability

Broad flame-retardant portfolio & know-how

We at BASF offer more than material solutions. We support you from the first idea until the finished product. Just check out our simulation expertise, products parts and testing services: 

Ultrasim®

Ultrajoin®

Ultratest®

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Are you a manufacturer of household appliances? Your industry has demanding requirements in many ways: Performance, durability, productivity and aesthetics to name just a few. We have the broad and innovative portfolio you need for all of these requirements, no matter the application. Just watch and you get a better overview concerning our Ultramid® (PA), Ultraform® (POM), Ultradur® (PBT), Elastopor® (PU), Elastocool® (PU), Balindur® (PU) and Elastollan® (TPU). 

Main drivers of the appliance industry are energy efficiency, SMART home, sustainability – just to mention some. Regulatory changes will lead to increasing standards. Materials which are state of the art today will not fulfil the increasing standards of tomorrow. SMART Home applications require solutions that are safe and stay smart. Take a closer look to the trends and needs of the appliance industry.

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