Pushing back the boundaries of plastics

Whichever way the plastic processing industry will develop in the coming years, you can rely on BASF to deliver the plastic additive and coloration solutions you need. Our long experience in stabilization, coloration and protection, comprehensive technical support and innovation power help plastics producers to come up with the right solutions for their customers.

Success in plastics depends not at least on having the right plastic additives. That is why it’s important to choose a partner who not only has all the products you need, but can work with you to develop innovative new solutions: BASF.

BASF enables you to create entirely new additives applications. A partner you can rely on to work with you, far into the future. We pioneered the plastics industry in its earliest days and are dedicated to help our customers achieving sustainable worldwide success in the future, creating better products and pioneering new possibilities.

Versatile Application Range

The applications are as manifold as the properties of our products: Explore the various application possibilities!

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Addives for Styrenics

Polystyrene is a standard thermoplastic. BASF has a variety of antioxidants for the stabilization of styrenics.

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Additives for Polyamide

Various structures are commercially produced; PA 6, PA6,6, PA 4,6, PA 11 and PA 12 are the most important. Traditionally, aliphatic polyamides are stabilized with small amounts of copper salts.

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Additives for Polycarbonate

Polycarbonate discolors as a manifestation of autoxidation. This is a major concern, because, besides its high impact strength, the primary commercial properties of PC are its optical properties such as transparency.

Additives for Polyesters

PET is usually processed and used without the addition of antioxidants. However, BASF offers products to improve properties of PET against aging in specific conditions. PBT is somewhat less stable under long term thermal exposure conditions.

Additives for Polyethylene

Sterically hindered phenols are powerful stabilizers for the melt processing of polyolefins. The combination of a sterically hindered phenol and a phosphyte is more effective in many instances than a phenol alone.

Additives for Polypropylene

Additives for Polyurethanes

Polyurethanes are mostly used as flexible molded foams, flexible slabstock foams, rigid microcellular foams (RIM-PUR), and thermoplastic polyurethanes (T-PUR)

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Additives for Polyvinyl Chloride

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) was one of the first thermoplastics developed. Despite the fact that PVC has a low thermal stability, processing at elevated temperatures is possible by adding specific heat stabilizers. This is one of the main reasons PVC has become a major bulk plastic.

Solutions

We support our customers in developing application-oriented solutions.

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Coloration

We offer our customers a broad and comprehensive product portfolio of pigments and masterbatches for the plastics industry. Discover the perfect combination of coloring effectiveness and end-use performance for many applications.

Light Stabilization

Protect your plastics from the harmful effect of sunlight: BASF light stabilizers prevent degradation and give your plastics the required resistance: to light, temperature fluctuations and weathering. We help you meet industry regulations and to achieve differentiation of your product.

Process Stabilization

Processing is demanding for polymers: Blow molding. extrusion, recycling or fibre processing can harm plastics. With our range of antioxidants and process stabilizers, BASF offers various solutions to protect polymers from degradation or gelling during processing.

Thermal Stabilization

BASF provides additives such as thermal stabilizers that enable plastics to reliably cope with the industry's challenges from processing to the whole lifetime of the final plastic parts.

Processing

The following methods can be used for the processing of plastic additives and colorants.

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Blow Molding

For manufacturing hollow parts from thermoplastic plastics, blow molding is widely used. In this process a so-called preform is produced which is then blown into a hollow part. Blow-moldable thermoplastic include e.g. polyolefins, polyamides, polyester and POM.

Extrusion

Extrusion is a process where monofilaments, foils or profiles are created by squeezing thermoplastic plastics through a nozzle applying high pressure. Frequently used plastics include PE, PP, PVC, Polyamide and TPU.

Fiber Spinning

During the fiber spinning process, individual filaments are created, which are joined and stretched into yarns. BASF Plastic Additives help to ensure a smooth process.

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Injection Molding

One of the most widely used processing method for thermoplastic plastics is injection molding. Process stabilizers from BASF Plastic Additives facilitate the production.

The high thermal stability of NBD Nano’s RepelShellTM plastic additive allows for multiple heating and cooling cycles, making them ideal for compounding and injection molding.

Rasin Production

Stabilizers are used at various stages of a polymer life-cycle and play an important role in the resin production.

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Rotational Molding

Rotational molding is a process used for producing hollow plastic products. It allows production of complex parts in size and shape.

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