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Plastics & Rubber

Plastic Additives for Automotive and Mobility

The vehicles of tomorrow will be connected, autonomous, shared, battery-powered or have other alternative power trains. One of the key success factors for these new technologies will be the greater use of functional plastics. BASF’s portfolio of plastic additives enables our customers to meet the new challenges induced by the changes in the mobility market.

A pack of prerequisites and challenges

Disposable and durable packaging carry a variety of requirements, ranging from ease of processing, economical efficiency to food contact compliance and stunning aesthetics.

The role of plastics in the design and manufacturing of automotive vehicles has never been more essential. In 2021, a typical car consists of approximately 15% plastic by weight, which represents more than 2000 plastic parts made from various polymer types. 70% of the plastics used are chosen from just four polymers: polypropylene, polyurethane, polyamide and polyvinyl chloride.

In the future, plastics will play an even greater role to meet the challenges of the dynamically changing world of mobility: increased recycled content, electrification protection, lightweight construction, and novel applications of some plastic types.  Each of these new trends will trigger increased and changed stabilization and functionalization needs.

Plastics, and the necessary additives, are critical to achieving the goals both driven by sustainability trends and set by the automotive industry’s performance needs, such as increased recycled content, emission reduction, improved durability and aesthetics, while maintaining competitive cost-in-use characteristics.

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Benefit Processing & thermal stabilizers Light stabilizers Clarifiers
Bottles PO

Irganox® B 215, B 225, B 561, 1010

Irgafos® 168

Tinuvin® 326 Irgaclear® XT 386
Bottles PET

Irganox® B 561

Irgafos® 126, 168

Tinuvin® 234  

Benefit Processing & thermal stabilizers Light stabilizers Nucleators & antistatic agent
Caps

Irganox® B 215, B 561, 1010

Irgafos® 168

Tinuvin® 326

Chimassorb® 2020

Irgastab® NA 287

Irgaclear® XT 386

Benefit Processing & thermal stabilizers Light stabilizers Nucleators & antistatic agent
PP and PE

Irganox® B 215, B 900, 1010, 1076, E 201

Irgafos® 168

Irgastab® 301

Irgastab® XT 500

Chimassorb® 2020

Tinuvin® 326

Irgaclear® XT 386 

Irgastab® NA 287

 

Irgastat® P

Benefit Processing & thermal stabilizers Light stabilizers Nucleators & antistatic agent
PP and HDPE

Irganox® B 215, B 225, B 561, 1010

Irgafos® 168

Chimassorb® 2020 

Tinuvin® 326 

Uvinul® 4050 (PP-food) 

Tinuvin® 783

Irgastab® NA 287

 

Irgastat® P

Benefit Processing & thermal stabilizers Light stabilizers Antistatic agent
FIBC - PP

Irganox® B 215

Irganox® B 225

Tinuvin® 791

Tinuvin® 783

Tinuvin® XT 55

Chimassorb® 2020

Uvinul® 4050

Irgastat® P

IBC - HDPE

Irganox® B 561

Irganox® B 215

Tinuvin® 783

Chimassorb® 2020

Tinuvin® 326

Irgastat® P
FFS - (L)LDPE

Irganox® B 215

Irganox® B 900

Tinuvin® 783

Chimassorb® 2020

Tinuvin® 326 

Irgastat® P