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Yusuke Utaka (left) of Hagihara Industries and Dai Watanabe (right) of BASF Japan, avid football fans, kick back on the synthetic turf field enhanced with BASF’s Tinuvin®.
Photo: BASF SE
Trade News | April 22, 2025

BASF and Hagihara Industries collaborate to deliver highly durable artificial grass for sports fields

BASF, a global leader in chemical innovation, and Hagihara Industries, Inc., a leading synthetic fiber producer in Japan, have joined forces to develop highly durable polyolefin yarns for artificial turf used in sports arenas, including football stadiums, baseball fields, and tennis courts. After three years of collaborative research and development, the two companies have created an advanced formulation with a series of Tinuvin® grades that significantly enhances the durability of synthetic grass, making it less susceptible to damage from sun exposure and ensuring it retains its vibrant color.

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April 15, 2025

BASF Coatings sets new standard in end-to-end digital color solutions for body shops with Refinity

In its cloud-based platform Refinity, BASF Coatings consolidates a comprehensive suite of digital business solutions for the automotive refinish industry, ensuring body shops worldwide can embrace sustainable digitalization with confidence. With the latest launch of a new color innovation and additional features, automotive refinish customers get access to the most advanced digital color experience, as well as business and training solutions seamlessly. 
 
April 14, 2025

CHINAPLAS 2025: BASF drives a net zero future with sustainable innovations and co-creations on #OurPlasticsJourney

At CHINAPLAS 2025, BASF reaffirmed its commitment to enable the green transformation of its customers, by unveiling sustainable innovations and co-creations that advance sustainability, circularity, and performance across the MAKE–USE–RECYCLE phases of #OurPlasticsJourney.
April 11, 2025

BASF Ultramid® Ccycled® polyamide chemical recycling solution contributes to TE’s sustainable development

At CHINAPLAS 2025, TE Connectivity (TE) and BASF will jointly introduce a new TE automotive connector with components made from BASF Ultramid® Ccycled® polyamide, a circular solution with an attributed share of pyrolysis oil originating from Asia-sourced post-consumer plastic waste. Through the mass balance approach, Ultramid Ccycled offers the same identical high-performance properties as virgin fossil-based materials.
April 8, 2025

Kia EV3 Study Car made with BASF’s sustainable and high-performance material solutions 

Hyundai-Kia and BASF have once again co-created for its 3rd concept car - the Kia EV3 Study Car, an experimental model developed together with Hyundai-Kia’s Materials Research & Engineering Center of the Advanced Vehicle Platform division. Made with BASF’s innovative and sustainable performance materials, the Kia EV3 Study Car is designed to enhance both the vehicle’s performance, design, functionalities and environmental footprint by applying sustainable material solutions in, for example, plastics, textiles, tires, and steel.