Let's put your footwear to the top - excite to win.

Nothing in the footwear industry stands still. It´s a constant race to develop new technologies that anticipate new trends and changing demands. A shoe that is lighter, or has more energy return, or is slip resistant or has a specific design geared to running a marathon or strolling around the neighborhood.

We are in the race to win it. Through exciting innovation.

We deliver high performance footwear materials for all types of shoes and soles – from safety shoes to running shoes to casual shoes. With our portfolio of polyurethane systems, thermoplastic polyurethanes and engineering thermoplastics, we offer you a unique and integrated toolbox of solutions. We do not only have material expertise, we have a full understanding of the value chain – from how the foam is produced to how to attach the shoe sole. That knowledge can help you find new and more cost effective ways to bring your product to market.

The race is on. And together we are going to win it.

Excite to win.

Discover our products for the footwear industry

Product	Properties	Description
Elastopan®	PU	Elastopan® is the step change of PU solutions in footwear. With vast possibilities of customization, excellent technical support and next level of performance enhancing functionality it constantly reinvents itself to finish first in the productivity and innovation race.
Elastollan®	TPU	Elastollan® secures high performance across a broad variety of TPU applications – in the footwear industry and beyond. Its versatility and adaptability to automation is key in shaping the exciting products that market success is made of.
Infinergy^®	E-TPU	Infinergy® E-TPU revolutionized the performance footwear industry. Exceeding all expectations in performance and comfort, its iconic design is a success from start to finish with customers.

Young Wild City - Footwear Design Contest 2017

XI edition of the competition that calls for the creation of a sneaker model to be proposed on a shape and a sole developed especially for the project.

Innovative Solutions for the Footwear Industry

Casual Shoes

In a market characterized by high sophisticated production technology, the characteristics of the chosen material are requested to be at the top.

Sports Performance

Extremely light, outstanding durability, comfortable to wear and excellent running properties – no problem with our materials for midsoles in sports footwear.

Work & Safety Shoes

High international standards have to be fulfilled when it comes to the manufacturing of safety and working shoes.

Footwear Design Contest

Since 2006, BASF and design school Politecnico Calzaturiero cooperate to turn exciting design ideas into ideal solutions.

Footwear Innovation Center

Introducing BASF's first Footwear Innovation Center to help innovate and co-create footwear products with our customers

Visit us at trade fairs and exhibitions

BASF at Simac Tanning Tech 2019

Find out about BASF's presentation of new products and innovations at Simac Tanning Tech 2019! Including helpful informations about Ultrasim® which makes it possible to design highly stressed lightweight shanks.

BASF at A+A Fair

Learn more about BASF's latest innovations in safety shoes - at our booth at the A+A Fair in Düsseldorf. BASF and i-generator have completely redesigned the safety shoe: Meet our new concept shoe "LIMITLESS", using materials and breakthrough ideas never seen before in safety footwear.