Performance Polymers

Ultramid^®(PA)

Welcome to the exciting world of Ultramid^®, where innovation meets versatility! Our Ultramid^® portfolio features premium polyamides designed to enhance performance across a wide range of applications, from automotive and electrical engineering to furniture design and household appliances. With a unique blend of strength, durability, and thermal stability, Ultramid^® ensures that your products can endure the demands of everyday use.

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What truly sets Ultramid^® apart is its adaptability; whether you need high mechanical strength or excellent impact resistance, our various grades meet modern engineering needs. Its low tendency to creep and dimensional stability make it ideal for both intricate designs and heavy-duty applications. Additionally, the ease of processing Ultramid^® allows manufacturers to streamline production without sacrificing quality, making it the reliable choice for driving your innovations forward in high-performance applications.

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The most important properties of Ultramid^®

Simple processing
High strength and rigidity
Good elastic properties
Very good impact strength
Outstanding resistance to chemicals
Dimensional stability
Low tendency to creep
Exceptional sliding friction properties

Ultramid^® applications

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The applications are as manifold as its product properties:

Explore the various application possibilities of Ultramid^®!

Electronics and Electric

Wherever electric power flows, plastics must possess excellent electrical properties together with good mechanical characteristics and exhibit high heat resistance.

Electrical Components for Household Appliances

Plastics for electrical household appliances have to meet a variety of requirements. These are based on a component's application type and are defined in the series of standards IEC 60335.

Electrical Components for Household Appliances

Renewable Energy

Let's empower renewable energy together. We offer material solutions for your wind and solar applications.

Renewable Energy

eMobility

The high quality and safety requirements in the automotive industry demand high standards on plastic materials. BASF’s broad portfolio offers solutions to keep pace with car manufacturers’ latest developments, while also setting innovative trends.

eMobility

Automotive

Alternative powertrains, lightweight construction, emission reduction, design flexibility, driver assistance systems: Let us show you how our extensive portfolio of automotive plastics can be used to provide you with tailor-made polymers in the automobile industry.

Automotive

Foam components

Ultramid^® Expand, a particle foam based on a combination of several polyamide 6 grades, consists of pre-foamed particles with defined particle size and density, which makes it ideal for welding 3D components without generating foam waste in a molding machine."

Ultramid^® Expand

Household Appliances and Furniture

BASF material solutions for appliance innovations ensure your products are energy efficient, durable, safe and smart.

Sports and Leisure

Our modern materials combine performance and sustainability - and are also cost-efficient.

Sports and Leisure

Medical Technology

BASF offers an extensive portfolio of engineering plastics for medical technology needs and understands the increasing customer demands for medical applications by providing high-performance profiles and long-term formulation consistency.

Medical Technology

Embrace High Productivity Plus
where efficiency truly pops and heat drops!

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Energy efficiency is key today - for both economic and ecological reasons. This is where BASF's High Productivity Plus (HPP) variant of Ultramid^® and Ultradur^® comes in: With its ability to be processed at lower melt temperatures, HPP accelerates cycle times by around 30% and significantly reduces energy consumption.

This innovative approach leads to higher output without compromising quality, making it an ideal solution for manufacturers eager to enhance productivity while minimizing their ecological footprint. Additionally, this resin requires lower injection pressure, which reduces wear and tear on equipment and extends the lifespan of molds and other components.

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Latest Ultramid^® Developments

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Global

High flowability, easy processing and good colorability: PPA for small and color-stable E&E parts

For many electric and electronics (E&E) components, where stiffness and strength of polyamide 66 (PA66) reach their limit, BASF customers can now choose from a tailored portfolio of PA66/6T compounds: Ultramid^® T6000 is a high-temperature polyamide outperforming PA66 in mechanical and dielectric properties in presence of humidity and at elevated temperatures.

APAC

BASF Ultramid^® Ccycled^® polyamide chemical recycling solution contributes to TE’s sustainable development

At CHINAPLAS 2025, TE Connectivity (TE) and BASF will jointly introduce a new TE automotive connector with components made from BASF Ultramid^®Ccycled^® polyamide, a circular solution with an attributed share of pyrolysis oil originating from Asia-sourced post-consumer plastic waste.

APAC

CHINAPLAS 2025: BASF and WAL Low Carbon Technology co-create advanced plastic air tank for commercial vehicles

At CHINAPLAS 2025, BASF will showcase a commercial vehicle air tank co-created with WAL Low Carbon Technology (Anhui) Co. Ltd (WAL) and made with BASF's high-performance material solution Ultramid^® polyamide. The innovative solution achieves a weight reduction of 10-20% compared to aluminum alternatives and over 50% compared to steel versions.

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The Ultramid^® product range

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Ultramid^® polyamide grades are available in various molecular weights or viscosities, have a range of additives and can be reinforced with glass fibers or minerals. More detailed information on the individual products can be found in the Ultramid^® product range:

Ultramid^® A (PA 66)

Ultramid^® A in its unreinforced state, is an extremely rigid, abrasion-resistant, heat-resistant and hard material. It is one of the preferred materials for parts subject to mechanical and thermal stresses in electrical, mechanical and automotive engineering.

Ultramid^® A3EG7 HSP for high flow productivity

• Minimum wall thickness of 0.25mm

• Molding pressure reduction

• Excellent stiffness, flow and chemical resistance

Ultramid^® A3U10G3 for E&E connectors in harsh environments

• Highly ductile, flame-retardant

• UL94 V-0 at 0.8mm

• Long-term heat aging (125°C, 1,000 hours)

• Seal integrity after thermal shock (- 55°C to 125°C) and water immersion

Ultramid^® B (PA6)

Ultramid^® B, in its unreinforced state, is a tough, hard material affording parts with good damping characteristics and high shock resistance even in a dry state and at low temperatures. It is particularly tough and easy to process.

Translucent products are also available under the name Ultramid® Vision.

Ultramid^® C (PA 66/6)

Ultramid^® C are grades of co-polyamides made from PA6 or PA66 monomers that exhibit different melting points or a lower crystallinity according to their composition.

Ultramid^® D (PA6 and PA66)

Ultramid^® D are blends of PA6 and PA66 and other polyamides with customized properties, available as unreinforced grades (e.g., Ultramid^® Deep Gloss D3K) and reinforced grades (e.g. Ultramid^® Endure D3G7 BK20560).

Ultramid^® D3WG7 BK for high damping, NVH applications

• 35% glass-fiber, reinforced, heat stabilized
• No secondary manufacturing operations
• 30% reduction in part weight cs. die-cast aluminum

Ultramid^® Endure (PA)

Heat-resistant polyamide for automotive applications in the high temperature range.

Ultramid^® Endure extends the application of polyamide into the high temperature range. It is a glass-fiber reinforced, heat-resistant polyamide that combines excellent heat aging resistance with good processing properties of PA 66. It can withstand continuous use over 3,000 hours at up to 220°C and brief temperature peaks of up to 240°C.

Ultramid Expand^®, a particle foam based on a combination of several polyamide 6 grades, consists of pre-foamed particles with defined particle size and density, which makes it ideal for welding 3D components without generating foam waste in a molding machine

Ultramid^® S Balance (PA 610)

Ultramid^® S Balance, mostly made from natural resources, is particularly chemical resistant and known for its low moisture absorption. Ultramid® S Balance is for applications where components come in contact with media.

Ultramid^® T KR (PA6T/6)

Ultramid^® T KR, a polyphthalamide (PPA) with the lowest mold temperatures and highest toughness of all PPAs, offers good dimensional stability, high chemical resistance and constant mechanical properties for a wide range of applications.

Ultramid^®Advanced (PPA)

Ultramid^® Advanced polyphthalamide (PPA) is ideal for lightweight, high-performance parts for many applications – from the automotive and the E&E industries to mechanical engineering and consumer goods, the right PPA for the right part.

PPA portfolio

Polyphthalamide portfolio

PPAssion for perfection: We provide the PPA you need.

Ultramid^® Advanced N (PA9T)

Polyphthalamide (PPA) for challenging applications

Ultramid^® Advanced T1000 (6T/6I)

Polyphthalamide (PPA) – one T for 1000 tasks

Ultramid^® Advanced T2000 (6T/66)

Polypthalamide (PPA) – Connecting strengths

Glass-fiber reinforced Ultramid^®(PA)

Ultramid^® glass-fiber reinforced polyamide grades are distinguishable by high mechanical strength, hardness, rigidity, thermostability and resistance to hot lubricants and hot water. Parts made from them show dimensional stability and high creep strength. Glass-fiber reinforced Ultramid® T also has extraordinarily high heat resistance (up to 280°C)

Ultramid^® D3WG7 BK for high damping, NVH applications

• 35% glass-fiber, reinforced, heat stabilized
• No secondary manufacturing operations
• 30% reduction in part weight cs. die-cast aluminum

Reinforced and unreinforced Ultramid^® grades with flame retardants (PA)

The modified Ultramid^® grades C3U, A3X2G5, A3X2G7, A3X2G10, B3U50G6, A3U42G6, A3XZC3, B3UG4, B3U30G6, and T KR 4365 G5 are particularly suitable for electrical components with high flame retardance and high tracking resistance.

Mineral- and glass bead-filled Ultramid^® (PA)

Materials filled with minerals and glass beads show increased rigidity, good dimensional stability, low tendency to warp, optically appealing surfaces, partly excellent ability for metallizing and good flow characteristics.

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Ultramid^®(PA)

The most important properties of Ultramid^®

Ultramid^® applications

Embrace High Productivity Plus
where efficiency truly pops and heat drops!

Ultramid^® and Ultradur^® HPP Brochure

Latest Ultramid^® Developments

BASF pilots two breakthrough polyamide 6 recycling processes

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