From early 2024 onward, German chemical firm BASF says it will offer its products 1,4-butanediol (BDO) and polytetrahydrofuran (PolyTHF) as “LowPCF” products. BASF has calculated the individual product carbon footprints (PCF) of both chemical products. The results were compared with…
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Remondis/Pyrum planning tyre recycling plant in Germany; BASF provides EUR25 mn loan to Pyrum
Tyre recycler Pyrum Innovations, together with recycling company Remondis, are planning to construct a Pyrum plant to recycle end-of-life tyres (ELT). For this purpose, a letter of intent was recently signed. The plant is to be located on a Weserport…
Lummus and BASF technology selected for butadiene plant in Kazakhstan
Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, says that Butadiene LLP has selected its iC4 Catofin, Catadiene, CDMtbe technologies as well as German firm BASF’s butadiene extraction technology for units at Butadiene’s new petrochemical plant…
BASF to expand capacity for SB dispersions in Indonesia
German chemicals firm BASF has announced an investment in the capacity expansion of polymer dispersions at its production site in Merak, Indonesia. The new expansion to provide additional styrene-butadiene (SB) dispersions to cater to the growth of new paper mills in…
Auto parts in Mercedes to use ELT-pyrolysis oil from Pyrum/BASF
End-of-life tyres (ELT) recycler Pyrum Innovations is closing material cycles together with German materials firm BASF SE and auto maker Mercedes-Benz, in line with Mercedes’s target to increase the share of recycled materials in its passenger car fleet to an average…
BASF extends SSBR binder to use in EV batteries
German chemical firm BASF has extended its series of Licity anode binders for Li-ion battery manufacturing. The second-generation styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) binder Licity 2698 X F facilitates the use of silicon contents exceeding 20%. In addition to the established properties of the…
BASF and VAUDE team up for sustainable pants made with materials from recycled old tyres
A German producer of outdoor goods, Vaude, launched a new recycled pants based on chemically recycled old tyres. The outdoor pants, due to be available in the market from March 2022, will be utilising BASF’s Ultramid Ccycled, an innovative polyamide 6…