(IN BRIEF) BASF marks the 25th anniversary of ecoflex® (PBAT: polybutylene adipate terephthalate), the world’s first biodegradable and certified compostable polymer introduced to the plastics market in 1998. Over the years, ecoflex® has gained trust and recognition for its consistent … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged 25 Years, BASF, biopolymer, ecoflex®, Marcel Philipp Barth, partnership, PBAT, plastics, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Dutch King Willem-Alexander, alongside board members of Vattenfall, BASF, and Allianz, has officially inaugurated the Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4 offshore wind farm in the North Sea. Located 18-36 kilometers off the Dutch coast, the wind farm features 139 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Insurance, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Sweden
Tagged Allianz, BASF, Dr. Martin Brudermüller, Helene Biström, Hollandse Kust Zuid, offshore wind farm, Oliver Bäte, partnership, sustainability, Vattenfall, Willem-Alexander
(IN BRIEF) BASF Personal Care has introduced Epispot™, a sustainably sourced cosmetic ingredient designed to enhance the beauty and self-confidence of individuals with blemish-prone skin, a common issue affecting people worldwide regardless of gender, age, or ethnicity. Epispot addresses the … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) BASF has unveiled a new digital application called “MyCarbonFootprint” aimed at providing customers with an improved understanding of the sustainability status of their product portfolio purchased from BASF. This application helps customers identify BASF solutions that align with … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, Management, News, Technology
Tagged 'MyCarbonFootprint' App, BASF, Niels Möller, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) BASF is highlighting a range of innovative solutions at the 28th Fakuma exhibition in Friedrichshafen, Germany, aimed at addressing plastic waste and promoting sustainability. The showcased solutions include mass-balanced plastics that reduce resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, Media, News, Technology
Tagged BASF, Fakuma 2023, Friedrichshafen, Germany, innovative solutions, PACIFIC app, plastic waste, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) BASF has introduced the industry’s first biomass balance offerings for plastic additives, including Irganox® 1010 BMBcert™ and Irganox® 1076 FD BMBcert™. These products are certified by TÜV Nord for mass balance according to the International Sustainability and Carbon … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) BASF, in partnership with a natural cosmetics company and Indonesian non-profit organization Kaleka, is supporting sustainable palm and palm kernel oil production in Indonesia. The project, implemented by Kaleka, follows a jurisdictional approach, aiming to promote sustainable land … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Management, Marketing, News, Non Profit, United Kingdom
Tagged BASF, Indonesia, Jutta Stute, Kaleka, palm oil, partnership, sustainability, Venticia Hukom
(IN BRIEF) BASF, a leading chemical company, has calculated the Product Carbon Footprints (PCFs) for several key products in the human and animal nutrition markets, including vitamins, carotenoids, beverage processing polymers, feed enzymes, and feed performance ingredients. These PCFs represent … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Commodities, Food & Beverage, Germany, Healthcare, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged BASF, Julia Raquet, Key Nutrition Products, partnership, Product Carbon Footprints, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) BASF Agricultural Solutions organized an event called “United for the Biggest Job on Earth” at the United Nations headquarters to bring together a global delegation of farmers from Europe and the United States. The event aimed to address … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) BASF, a leading global battery materials producer, and Nanotech Energy, a graphene-based energy storage products leader, have joined forces to reduce the carbon footprint of Nanotech’s lithium-ion batteries for the North American market. The partnership aims to create … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged BASF, CO2 emissions, Curtis Collar, Daniel Schönfelder, Dr. Jack Kavanaugh, Dr. Maher El-Kady, Dr. Richard Kaner, lithium-ion batteries, Nanotech Energy, North America, partnership, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) BASF has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) to buy renewable electricity for its Zhanjiang Verbund site in Guangdong province, China. This PPA is part of BASF’s commitment to securing … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) BASF has initiated the construction of a groundbreaking syngas plant at its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. This large-scale facility, slated to begin operation in 2025, stands out due to its unique process concepts designed to minimize carbon … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), in collaboration with BASF and Promega, is partnering to research and develop innovative insect control tools for combating mosquito-borne diseases like malaria. The project, funded by the Bill & … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Defence, Environment, Germany, Healthcare, Industrial, Management, News, Science
Tagged BASF, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Dr. Elizabeth A. Caine, Dr. Harold Bastiaans, Dr. Pie Müller, Insect Control Methods, malaria, Mosquito-Borne Diseases, partnership, Promega, Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras (PROTACs), sustainability, Swiss TPH
(IN BRIEF) BASF has conducted a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study on the environmental impact of mozzarella packaging using alternative raw materials in food-grade plastics production. The study compared a flexible multi-layer packaging with fossil feedstock-based packaging and a fossil-based … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) BASF, a leading chemical company, plans to increase the production capacity of its medium-molecular weight polyisobutenes (OPPANOL® B) at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany by 25%. The decision comes in response to the growing global demand for high-quality … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged B Polyisobutenes, BASF, Dr. Tanja Rost, INNOVATION, Lena Adam, OPPANOL®, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) BASF and Huntsman, along with their Chinese partner companies, announce the planned separation of their joint MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate) production at Shanghai Lianheng Isocyanate Co., Ltd. (SLIC). Going forward, they will operate two MDI plants at the site … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged BASF, CHINA, Huntsman, MDI production, partnership, Ramkumar Dhruva, Tony Hankins
(IN BRIEF) BASF’s high-performance thermoplastic, Ultrason® P 3010, is being used by milkrite | InterPuls, a leading dairy equipment company, to manufacture durable milk meter sensors. These sensors are used for reliable and accurate milk quality control in the milking … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) BASF Personal Care has released the first progress report for its Responsibly Active sustainability program, focusing on its bioactives portfolio for personal care applications. The program includes commitments and action plans to protect natural resources, empower people along … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Chemicals, Environment, France, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged BASF, bioactives, Lucilene Veira Nunes, personal care, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) BASF Shanghai Coatings sites and BASF Coatings’ resin plant in Shanghai have announced their transition to 100% renewable energy usage in 2023. This move aligns with BASF Coatings’ global sustainability targets and contributes to carbon reduction efforts. Through … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) BASF, a leading chemical company, has introduced a range of UV acrylic hotmelt products called acResin®, which have a cradle-to-gate product carbon footprint (PCF) of zero kg CO2e/kg. The new offerings, including acResin® ZeroPCF A 260 UV, A … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) BASF and Yara Clean Ammonia have partnered to conduct a joint study for the development of a large-scale low-carbon blue ammonia production facility with carbon capture in the U.S. Gulf Coast region. The aim is to construct a … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) BASF has celebrated the opening of Europe’s first co-located center for battery material production and recycling in Schwarzheide, Germany. The facility includes a state-of-the-art production plant for cathode active materials and a battery recycling plant, marking significant progress … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Technology
Tagged BASF, battery material production, Battery recycling, cathode active materials, Dr. Dietmar Woidke, Dr. Martin Brudermüller, Dr. Peter Schuhmacher, Dr. Robert Habeck, electric vehicles, EU battery market, EV, Germany, Maroš Šefčovič, recycled metals, Schwarzheide
(IN BRIEF) Avient Corporation and BASF have partnered to introduce colored grades of Ultrason® high-performance polymers to the global market. The collaboration combines BASF’s Ultrason® polyarylethersulfones (PAES) as the base polymer with Avient’s Colorant Chromatics™ expertise in high-temperature color formulations. … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Effective October 1, 2023, BASF will transfer its European direct business for Ultraform® (POM) to its trusted trading partners, ALBIS and Ultrapolymers Group. While the sales process will be handled by ALBIS and Ultrapolymers Group, BASF will continue … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, Management
Tagged ALBIS, BASF, engineering plastics, engineering plastics portfolio, polyoxymethylene, POM, Ultraform®, Ultrapolymers Group
(IN BRIEF) BASF has started construction on a polyethylene (PE) plant in Zhanjiang, China. The plant, scheduled to be operational by 2025, will have an annual capacity of 500,000 metric tons of PE. This investment aims to meet the increasing … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, Investment
Tagged BASF, Bejoy Chandran, Bir Darbar Mehta, CHINA, ethylene, films, flexible packaging, PE, pipelines, polyethylene, storage tank, versatile thermoplastic polymer, Zhanjiang
(IN BRIEF) BASF, a global chemical company, has updated its sustainability assessment method called TripleS (Sustainable Solution Steering) to further advance its product portfolio towards climate protection, resource efficiency, and circular economy. TripleS, which has been in place since 2012 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, Management
Tagged BASF, Dr. Martin Brudermüller, EU Chemicals Strategy, Portfolio Sustainability Assessment, sustainability assessment method, Toxic Substances Control Act, transparency, TripleS, TSCA, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
(IN BRIEF) CNH Industrial announces its collaboration with Bosch and BASF’s joint venture, introducing the ONE SMART SPRAY solution into its agricultural product portfolios. Led by CNH Industrial’s Raven team, the technology will be available in sprayers from the Case … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) BASF, Kubota, and ZEN-NOH are collaborating to enhance rice production in Japan. The collaboration involves integrating BASF’s xarvio® FIELD MANAGER platform with Kubota’s KSAS operating platform to assess operability. The goal is to deliver greater convenience, increased yield, … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Industrial gases specialist, Messer, plans to launch a CO2 recovery plant in Austria in 2024, using BASF’s OASE® blue technology to recover CO2 from an industrial company’s flue gas. The recovered CO2 will be refined to food grade … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) BASF, Krones, SÜDPACK, and TOMRA have collaborated on a project to recycle PET/PE multi-layer packaging by separating it into its individual components and returning them to the materials cycle as raw materials. During the first industrial trial at … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged BASF, Carolin Grimbacher, David Rüßmann, Kresimir Cule, Krones, partnership, recycling, SÜDPACK, Thore Lucks, TOMRA
(IN BRIEF) BASF, a leading chemical company, has added a certified home and industrial compostable grade for cold and hot food packaging to its ecovio® portfolio for extrusion coating on paper and board. The new extrusion coating grade, ecovio® 70 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Food & Beverage, Germany, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged BASF, biopolymer, ecovio®, Food Packaging, Michael Bernhard Schick, sustainable
(IN BRIEF) Chemical company BASF reported a decline in sales for Q1 2023 of €20bn, down €3.1bn compared to the prior year quarter, due to lower demand in almost all segments. However, the Agricultural Solutions segment recorded a significant increase … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Automotive, Business, Chemicals, Financial, Germany, Management, News
Tagged agricultural solutions, automotive, BASF, Dr. Martin Brudermüller, sales
(NOTIZIA IN BREVE) BASF, THIELMANN e NXTGN hanno firmato un accordo di sviluppo congiunto per sviluppare un prodotto chiamato “Tracingo” che traccerà i contenitori per rinfuse intermedie (IBC) utilizzando sensori IoT e segnali acustici. Il prodotto sarà integrato nella piattaforma … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged accordo di sviluppo congiunto, BASF, certificazione ATEX, container intermedio per rinfuse, Eycke-Christian Dörre, gestione della flotta, Harald Borgholte, ibc.digital, Internet delle cose, IoT, logistica, NXTGN, Patrick Franke, rivestimenti, società di spedizione, soluzione di tracciamento, THIELMANN, tracciabilità, tracciamento, tracciamento IBC, trasparenza
(IN BRIEF) BASF, THIELMANN, and NXTGN have signed a Joint Development Agreement to develop a product called “Tracingo” that will track intermediate bulk containers (IBC) using IoT sensors and acoustic signals. The product will be integrated into NXTGN’s “ibc.digital” platform, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged ATEX certification, BASF, coatings, Eycke-Christian Dörre, fleet management, Forwarding companies, Harald Borgholte, IBC tracking, ibc.digital, intermediate bulk container, Internet of Things, IoT, Joint Development Agreement, logistics, NXTGN, Patrick Franke, THIELMANN, traceability, Tracingo, tracking solution, transparency
(IN BRIEF) BASF will be showcasing its packaging solutions at interpack 2023, including the sustainable polyamide Ultramid Ccycled, which is made from the chemical recycling of plastic waste, thus helping to keep difficult-to-recycle plastic waste in the material cycle. BASF … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, Media, News
Tagged BASF, Interpack 2023, Messe Düsseldorf, packaging, Recyclable PE/PA Films, sustainability, Ultramid® Ccycled™
(IN BRIEF) BASF has received the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS for certain grades of plastic additives produced at its manufacturing sites in Switzerland and the United States. This certification allows BASF to offer more sustainable grades of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, News
Tagged BASF, Dr. Achim Sties, ISCC PLUS certification, plastic additives, Switzerland, United States
(IN BRIEF) Bosch BASF Smart Farming has partnered with AGCO Corporation to integrate and commercialize Smart Spraying technology on Fendt Rogator sprayers. The Smart Spraying Solution will allow targeted spraying during day and nighttime conditions, while delivering optimal herbicide savings … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) BASF has announced personnel changes, with Tobias Dratt, President of North America for BASF Corporation, taking on the role of the Division Global Business Services. The position will be effective from May 1, 2023. Marc Ehrhardt, the current … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Management, News
Tagged appointment, BASF, leadership, Marc Ehrhardt, Tobias Dratt
(IN BRIEF) UK company energystore has launched a new range of low-carbon insulation products called energystore+, providing customers with a significant opportunity to reduce the carbon footprint of their buildings. The new products, based on expandable polystyrene granules, were produced … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Construction, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, News, Technology
Tagged BASF, Connor McCandless, energystore, Germany, Low-Carbon Insulation, Neopor, Neopor BMB, Phil Marsh, TLA+
(IN BRIEF) Y&H Foreign Trade Ltd. has been appointed as the agent for BASF’s Temperature Sensing solutions for the glass industry in Türkiye, effective March 01, 2023. BASF’s temperature sensing solutions, including precious metal thermocouples and EXACTUS optical pyrometers, are … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, Management, Metals and Minerals, News, Technology
Tagged BASF, EXACTUS, Germany, ISO 17025, Jim Peterson, partnership, temperature sensing solutions, thermocouple, Turkish glass industry, Y&H
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