Tailor-made Industry Solutions

A concept vehicle jointly developed by BASF and Hyundai Motor Company combines key solutions from the chemical industry with purposeful aerodynamic design and specialized high-performance technologies.

Finding a running shoe that can go any distance while remaining comfortable is the perennial question sports manufacturers hope to answer. BASF’s new foam is giving runners wearing adidas’ Energy Boost an extra edge now. Unique spring and cushioning properties lead to completely new and improved ways of running.

Learn how SLENTITE^®, a new aerogel panel that is half the width of conventional insulation, is good news for architects and engineers alike by making aesthetics and insulation no longer mutually exclusive.

Forget high school, nerds are the new fashionistas and tech-inspired products are what all the cool kids want to be seen with. Getting Geek Chic right is tricky. But Dirk Winkel succeeded with his lamp.

Cellasto^® as ejection material increases the service life of punching dies. Plus, the extremely high resilience at minimal setting behavior renders ejectors suitable even for high-speed punching machines.

ecovio^® is a versatile and high-performance bioplastic. Its particular advantage: It is certified compostable and partly bio-based.

The Elastolit^® product range includes Elastolit^® R (RIM/RRIM), Elastolit^® D (rigid integral foam) and Elastolit^® K (compact duromer). With a variety of properties, these polyurethane systems constitute high-quality, economic alternatives to construction materials or thermosetting materials and engineering thermoplastics.

Infinergy^® is the world's first expanded thermoplastic polyurethane (E-TPU). This closed-cell particle foam can be used anywhere, where a combination of low weight, excellent mechanical properties and good long-term durability is required.

Ultraform^® is the brand name for BASF’s polyoxymethylene product range. It comprises engineering plastics designed for use in sophisticated components. Ultraform^® is suitable for many applications in automotive manufacturing, in medical technology, for household and recreation, but also for machine and plant construction.

The engineering plastic Ultramid^® is based on PA6 and PA66 as well as on various co-polyamides such as PA66/6. The range also includes PA610 and partially aromatic polyamides such as PA6T/6. Ultramid^® is noted for its high mechanical strength, stiffness and thermal stability.