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Green Construction Revolution: Promoting Environmental Awareness and Economic Viability
July 22, 2024

Broad range of Acrylics, Alcohols, Glycol Ethers and Acetates from BASF now also available with different sustainability attributes

BASF achieves ISCC+ certification across all its global major production sites for Acrylics, Alcohols, Glycol Ethers and Acetates, taking an important step to support customers fulfilling their targets and ambitions. With this step, BASF is now able to produce more than 60 products related to this portfolio with one or more sustainability attributes. 
July 21, 2024

Safe and robust: Thyseed baby bottles now made of Ultrason®

Baby bottles of the baby feeding and nurturing products brand Thyseed are now made of BASF’s high-performance thermoplastic Ultrason®. The bottles for babies and toddlers benefit from the BASF polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) Ultrason® P 3010 in several ways: It is approved for food contact and features excellent mechanical strength, chemical resistance as well as resistance to superheated steam at 134°C. These properties ensure that the baby bottles are safe to use, while being lightweight and shatter-proof.
100% renewable energy usage across BASF Shanghai Coatings Minhang and Caojing sites in Shanghai, and BASF Coatings’ resin plant in Caojing, Shanghai, in 2023.
July 21, 2024

Coloring a greener future: BASF powers up its Automotive OEM Coatings operations with 100% renewable electricity in China

BASF's Coatings division has successfully renewed its agreement to procure 100% renewable electricity at its automotive OEM coatings manufacturing operations in Shanghai, China. Through a combination of Renewable Direct Power Purchase (R-DPP), International Renewable Energy Certificates (I-REC), and other measures, the company will continue to power its BASF Shanghai Coatings Minhang and Caojing sites, as well as the BASF Coatings' resin plant in Caojing, solely with green power. 
July 16, 2024

BASF introduces Haptex® 4.0: The future of sustainable synthetic leather

BASF today launched Haptex® 4.0, an innovative polyurethane solution for the production of synthetic leather that is 100% recyclable. Synthetic leather made with Haptex 4.0 and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fabric can be recycled together using an innovative formulation and recycling technical pathway without the need of layer peel-off process. This makes the reuse of the materials feasible. 
The Red Dot for the automotive color ZENOMENON has been presented to Ryan Pearson; Co-Founder and CEO Cypris Materials (left) and Mark Gutjahr; Global Head of Automotive Color Design for BASF (right) during the festive Designers’ Night at the Red Dot Design Museum.
Trade News | July 15, 2024

Outstanding design: Automotive color by BASF recognized with renowned Red Dot Award

The color ZENOMENON, designed by BASF's Coatings division, was the only automotive paint to be honored this year at the Red Dot Award: Product Design, one of the most prestigious design competitions in the world. The innovative technology and the special aesthetics of the coating have impressed the experts on the Red Dot jury in the "Materials and Surfaces" category.