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BASF Coatings, a leading global supplier of innovative coatings solutions, and NIO, a pioneer in the global smart electric vehicle market, have announced the signing of a Letter of Intent (LoI) aimed at establishing a strategic partnership to enhance cooperation in the automotive coatings sector. This collaboration marks a significant step towards achieving a long-term and mutually beneficial relationship, focusing on automotive exterior coatings for NIO’s electric vehicles.

To all industries relying on high-performance thermoplastics, BASF is now offering the world’s first biomass-balanced polyethersulfone (PESU). Ultrason® E 2010 BMB contributes to substituting fossil resources, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and increasing the use of renewable feedstock. This unique PESU enables customers in industries as diverse as household and catering, automotive, electrics and electronics (E&E), healthcare as well as water and sanitary to differentiate their products from the competition. It also helps them to achieve their sustainability goals - all without compromising on the material’s performance, quality or the need to invest extra money into new processing lines.

Die Geschäftseinheit Oberflächentechnik des Unternehmensbereichs Coatings von BASF, die unter der Marke Chemetall operiert, hat erfolgreich eine leistungsstarke Photovoltaikanlage an ihrem Standort in Boksburg, Südafrika, in Betrieb genommen und damit einen wesentlichen Schritt für mehr Nachhaltigkeit gemacht. Chemetall engagiert sich für eine nachhaltigere Zukunft, und die Einführung der neuen Photovoltaikanlage in Boksburg ist ein weiteres Element der kontinuierlichen Aktivitäten des Unternehmens, nachhaltige und erneuerbare Energiequellen an seinen Standorten zu nutzen.

BASF and Boortmalt, the world’s leading malted barley provider, have successfully generated the first Verified Impact Units (VIUs) from reducing and removing on-farm greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Barley farmers in Ireland have implemented sustainable farming practices. These efforts have resulted in average savings of 2.3 tons CO₂e per hectare, reducing GHG emissions by nearly 90 percent and bringing barley production closer to net-zero.