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VIP guests at the commencement ceremony include (from left to right):
Mr. Jan Peter Bredehoeft, Senior Vice President, Operations and Site Management Greater China, BASF; Mr. Lyu Xue Cheng, Vice Mayor of Pudong New District; Dr. Jeffrey Lou, President and Chairman, BASF Greater China; Mr. Li Zheng, Member of the Standing Committee of CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, Secretary of CPC Pudong New District Committee; Dr. Martin Jung, President of the Performance Materials Division, BASF; Mr. Bjoern Kophstahl, Vice President of Cellasto®, BASF; Mr. Xu Yi Bin, Vice President, General Manager of Pudong site, BASF

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Trade News | April 15, 2025

Cellasto® invests €60 million to establish a second plant in China

Shanghai, China – April 14, 2025 – Cellasto®, the world leader in Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) components, is investing roughly €60 million to establish a second plant in Shanghai, China. This production expansion aims to capitalize on China’s booming electric vehicle market. The new facility will feature advanced mold lines, resulting in a capacity increase of nearly 70%, with operations expected to start in 2027. A commencement ceremony was held on April 14th to celebrate this expansion.

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VIP guests at the commencement ceremony include (from left to right):
Mr. Jan Peter Bredehoeft, Senior Vice President, Operations and Site Management Greater China, BASF; Mr. Lyu Xue Cheng, Vice Mayor of Pudong New District; Dr. Jeffrey Lou, President and Chairman, BASF Greater China; Mr. Li Zheng, Member of the Standing Committee of CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, Secretary of CPC Pudong New District Committee; Dr. Martin Jung, President of the Performance Materials Division, BASF; Mr. Bjoern Kophstahl, Vice President of Cellasto®, BASF; Mr. Xu Yi Bin, Vice President, General Manager of Pudong site, BASF

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Trade News | April 15, 2025

Cellasto® invests €60 million to establish a second plant in China

Shanghai, China – April 14, 2025 – Cellasto®, the world leader in Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) components, is investing roughly €60 million to establish a second plant in Shanghai, China. This production expansion aims to capitalize on China’s booming electric vehicle market. The new facility will feature advanced mold lines, resulting in a capacity increase of nearly 70%, with operations expected to start in 2027. A commencement ceremony was held on April 14th to celebrate this expansion.

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At CHINAPLAS 2025, BASF will showcase the Pro-Flex® Terra foot prosthesis, developed with Össur, featuring Cellasto®’s advanced three-step foam design that offers progressive stiffness, high impact strength, and adaptability for various activities and environments.
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Trade News | April 2, 2025

CHINAPLAS 2025: Cellasto® and Össur collaborate to enhance performance in foot prosthesis

Lemfoerde, Germany – April 2, 2025 – At CHINAPLAS 2025, BASF will present the Pro-Flex® Terra foot prosthesis, co-created with the leading global prosthetic provider, Össur. Cellasto®’s cutting-edge material solution, characterized by progressive stiffness and high impact strength, combines softness and flexibility with extraordinary energy return, allowing the Pro-Flex® Terra foot prosthesis to embody an intuitive response behavior and replicate closely the human muscle-tendon motion.
Trade News | March 31, 2025

New possibilities for challenging E&E parts with specialty plastic Ultrason® D

For challenging E&E components, BASF has now developed the high-flow Ultrason® D 1010 G6 U40. The blend based on polyethersulfone (PESU) is optimized to meet special needs for easy injection molding of energy-efficient parts in data and energy transmission, smart electronics and e-mobility. Because of its excellent flowability at lower processing temperatures the new BASF thermoplastic gives manufacturers greater flexibility when designing sophisticated switches, circuit breakers and sensors as well as IGBTs and semi-conductor parts like burn-in test sockets. Ultrason® D 1010 G6 U40 shows stable electrical properties at elevated temperatures with a high relative thermal index (RTI) and a higher comparative tracking index (CTI) than polyetherimide (PEI) and polyphenylenesulfide (PPS).
BASF engagiert sich aktiv für die Prävention von Verlusten von Kunststoffgranulaten, -flocken und -pulvern während ihrer Handhabung bei der Produktion, der Verarbeitung, dem Recycling und dem Transport im Rahmen des OCS Programms.
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Trade News | March 27, 2025

BASF receives Operation Clean Sweep® certification at all its European production sites for plastic pellets

All BASF's European production sites for engineering plastics, polystyrene, expandable polystyrene, polyurethane, thermoplastics polyurethanes, polyamides and specialty polymers are now certified by independent third parties according to the Operation Clean Sweep ® (OCS) standard. "With the successful certification of the polyamide production in Antwerp, the final milestone of this important project has been reached. We are delighted with this great achievement together with all teams involved in the proper handling of plastic pellets," says Sophie Van Dyck, Vice President Operations Polyamides & Precursors Antwerp. In total, 16 production plants for plastic pellets were certified at six BASF production sites in Europe.
Ultramid® Advanced T1000 HR and EQ offer high hydrolysis resistance and purity for combustion engines and electric motors which have to perform reliably in contact with cooling media.
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Trade News | March 27, 2025

Against hydrolytic degradation: durable PPAs for components in harsh environments

For durable parts requiring special thermal management, BASF expands its portfolio of Ultramid® Advanced T1000. The polyphthalamide (PPA) range based on polyamide 6T/6I now also includes optimized grades with high hydrolysis resistance (HR) and high purity (EQ = electronic quality). This addresses the increasing needs of the automotive industry for combustion engines and electric motors with inverters or fuel cells showing a stable, long-term performance at high power output in presence of different cooling media. The new HR and EQ grades are tailored to combine high strength and stiffness at elevated temperatures with excellent creep strength and resistance against cooling media - outperforming standard polyamides and many other PPAs on the market.