News concerning our journey to a sustainable future

Ludwigshafen, Germany – October 19, 2022 – BASF is presenting a comprehensive product portfolio of selected engineering plastics and polyurethanes with a significantly reduced carbon footprint (PCF) at the K 2022 trade fair. This presentation includes a range of Ultramid^® A and B, Ultradur^®, Ultraform^®, Elastollan^®, Elastopir^® and Elastocool^® families - all with PCF reductions of at least 30% compared to similar standard products while maintaining identical chemical and physical properties. Some lowPCF products, such as isocyanates, have a CO₂e footprint close to zero.

Ludwigshafen/Valencia. Sustainable furniture is a growing business area with great potential. Customers and companies around the world are looking for products with a low environmental impact for their homes or work environments. Similar to other industries, the focus here is on reducing the carbon footprint, on durability and on recyclability.

13 October 2022 – Ludwigshafen – trinamiX, a leading provider of mobile spectroscopy and a wholly-owned subsidiary of BASF, now supports the flexible differentiation between PET-A and PET-G with its Mobile NIR Spectroscopy Solution. As such, the handheld solution for on-the-spot identification of more than 30 different plastics is supplemented by a new application, which provides information about the type of a PET sample. 

Singapore – October 13th, 2022 – On the occasion of K 2022, BASF launches two new sustainable product families: Ultraform^® LowPCF (Low Product Carbon Footprint) and Ultraform^® BMB (Biomass Balance). These solutions are designed to support the sustainability goals of BASF’s customers. Ultraform^® is BASF’s trademark for its POM portfolio (POM: polyoxymethylene, also known as polyacetal).

Ludwigshafen, Germany – October 12, 2022 – BASF, Mercedes-Benz, Pyrum Innovations AG and WITTE Automotive successfully closed a material cycle to produce automotive components from mass-balanced plastics. Pyrolysis oil from scrap tires and biomethane from organic waste can replace fossil raw materials in manufacturing plastics with virgin material properties.