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Perfection in every detail. Polyurethane in Scania trucks.
100 years of BASF in Brazil. A South American success story.
Magnificent mannequins. Display dummies made of polyurethane.
A smooth ride all over the world.50 years of Cellasto in cars.
PU – for perfect pipelineprotection.
PU solutions for the offshore industry. Companies working within the offshore industry operate under severe pressure and need solutions that perform far beyond the norm.
Tackling problems quickly and effectively and working closely with our clients, BASF Polyurethanes develops individually tailored and economically viable solutions for the subsea sector.
Clients can rely on BASF Polyurethanes’ intelligent polyurethane solutions to function under the most extreme conditions. From bend stiffeners, pigs, strakes, doghouses, field joints to piggy backs – and much more. Because at BASF we create chemistry.
Clean oceans love safe solutions.
Further information: Ian Lynam, Phone: +44 1773 6011 24, e-mail: [email protected], www.pu.basf.eu
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Dr Uwe Hartwig, Senior Vice President Polyurethanes Europe
Dear Readers,
PU makes cars lighter, more comfortable, more efficient and safer. As true as this statement may be, for an adequate representation of what multi talented PU means for modern automotive engineering, it is barely the tip of the iceberg. As lightweight components for the body, as surfaces of instrument panels or center consoles and door paneling, and as super-snug seat foam, hard-wearing trunk floors and – in the ultimate display of versatility and technical finesse – as chassis and suspension components made of Cellasto ®, PU today can be found throughout the car.
It’s now 50 years ago that Cellasto embarked on its triumphal march in the form of vibration dampers, spring aids in the suspension, top mounts, spring pads, buffer stops and roll restrictors. And the aim has always been to deliver even better quality for even greater travel safety, even less vibration and, last but not least, for appre - ci able improvements in comfort.
Reporting on this and on the many other multifaceted materials of BASF Poly -urethanes, this new issue of Global PUR Magazine keeps you, as usual, informa-tively and entertainingly up-to-date with customer portraits, product stories, our investment in the new TDI plant – the world’s biggest! – and many other topical reports from the international world of polyurethane. And when you get to page 44, you also have the chance to win one of three iPads.
As you can see, there are again plenty of good reasons for venturing into the excit-ing world of polyurethane. And not least because it’s now 10 years that we’ve had the privilege of keeping you abreast of developments with Global PUR Magazine.
Here’s wishing you an enjoyable read
Dr Uwe Hartwig and the Global PUR Editorial Team
“125 years of the automobile –50 years of riding in comfort with Cellasto.”
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50 years of Cellasto. 50 years of greater vehicle safety and comfort.
Lightweight construction in cars. Polyure thane ideas for the cars of the future.
Scania trucks. The polyurethane interior of high-performance giants.
Giving rubber the boot. How polyurethane has revolutio nized the classic workboot.
Bompel work boot and safety shoes.A PU success story from Brazil.
A good night’s sleep for relaxed guests. CosyPUR pillows undergo a hotel test.
Wrapped up. PU rigid foams in modern fridges.
Conquering conventional markets with unconventional ideas.
News in brief from all over the world, people and positions, data, facts and figures.
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Global News
Automotive
Footwear
New Products & Markets
Consumer Products
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True-to-life and made to last.Mannequins made of polyurethane.
SPS in Canada. New deck for the Dawson Bridge.
PU binders for the wood-based panel industry. Faster, stronger and longer-lasting.
Tougher than steel. New transmission towers made of polyurethane composite.
Paving the way for the environment. With FilterPave ®.
For all components which need strength and rigidity: Elastolit ® D und Elastolit ® K.
Top-flight products for top flyers.PU in the aviation industry.
3 iPads for just 4 answers.There’s no easier way to get one.
Store Window Displays
Aviation
Multifunctional Application
Construction
Reader Competition
Publisher: BASF Coordination Center Comm. V. Drève Richelle 161 E/F 1410 Waterloo, Belgium www.pu.basf.eu
Editor and project manager: Dr Sylvia Kaufmann, Phone: +49 5443 12 2238, e-mail: [email protected]
Contributors: Asia: Yan Ng, e-mail: [email protected] Brazil: Rubem Balan Junior, e-mail: [email protected] USA: Stacey L. Russell, e-mail: [email protected] Concept and design: Alder Koenig, Konzept Text Art, Hamburg, Germany, Phone: +49 40 286 698 23
Photography: Alder Koenig, BASF SE, BASF Polyurethanes GmbH, Bekina, Bompel, Corbis, Dreamstime, Fotolia, Getty Images, Imagesource, iStockphoto LP, Presto Products Company, Scania, Wintershall, Wikipedia
Lithography: bockermann medien.repro, Bünde, Germany
Printer: Kirchner Print.Media GmbH & Co. KG, Kirchlengern, Germany
We wish to thank our customers and partners for their kind support.
The PUR Magazine contains links to external third-party websites. Since we have no control over the content of such websites, we cannot accept any liability for this outside content. Responsibility for the content of linked sites always lies with the provider or operator of the sites in question. The linked sites were checked for possible infringements of the law at the time of linking. Illegal content was not apparent at the time of linking. However, constant control of the content of linked sites is not acceptable unless there is definite evidence of legal infringements. Should we become aware of any legal infringements, we shall remove such links without delay.
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Global News
The international customer magazine of BASF Poly ure-thanes GmbH celebrates its 10th anniversary.
August 2001. The first PUR customer magazine goes to press. With a bright and distinctive design, and with all the key issues, stories and news from the world of polyurethane so important for our customers and often decisive for their business success as well. The lead stories of the first issue are the Sandwich Plate System SPS, Elastocoat ®, the noble
The BASF PUR Magazine celebrates 10 years of success. No. 1/2001, No. 10/2006 and the relaunched magazine No. 19/2010.
Sch i f f sbauSPS: mi t Sandwichtechn ikmehr S icherhe i tSh ipbu i ld ing – SPS: more sa fe ty wi th sandwich techno logy
Auto : neuer G lanz fü r d ie Nobe lk lasseCars : new coat ing fo r the upper c lass
Möbe l : CosyPURFurn i tu re : h igh s ty le wi th h igh tech
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On the road – the h igh-spec PU moulded sk in in the new S-C lass
Keep ing cosy –beat ing poor insu la t ion wi th ISOTRIEand PU
Sh in ing example – PU makes i t s mark on the new Atomium
PURCustomer Magazine . Edit ion 2.2010 . No. 19
Concrete in fine form. How Doka aims high with its good ideas.
CasaE for low energy and high comfort.The future of building in Argentina.
Like hand-stitched leather.Elastoskin in the new Ford Taurus.
Anything but standard.PU solutions for the Hyundai i-flow.
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10PURcoating for automotive interiors, and the universal CosyPUR ® foam for the furniture industry. Since then, ten years and many different themes have come and gone. What has remained is the pleasure of reading the magazine, its easy-to-grasp style, the many potential solutions, its directness and its complete competence in everything to do with polyurethane. This is what BASF polyurethane stands for, and Global PUR Magazine will continue to report on it at length and with all the essential details.
Read all about it in PUR.
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Fairs you can’t afford to miss.
A&A: International Trade Fair for Safety, Security and Health at Work, Düsseldorf, Germany, from 18th through 21st of October 2011, hall 5, booth 5K 32. Further information: www.aplusa-online.com
Simac: International Trade Fair for the Footwear and Leather Goods Industry, Bologna, Italy, from 18th through 20th of October 2011, hall 33, booth B23.Further information: www.simac-fair.it
Fakuma: International Trade Fair for Plastics Processing, Friedrichshafen, Germany, from 18th through 22nd of October 2011, hall 84, booth B4-4306. Further information: www.fakuma-messe.com
Trade fairs: The top three in fall 2011.
The world’s biggest single-train TDI plant will be in Europe as of 2014.
TDI (toluene diisocyanate) is a key component for the poly-urethane industry. A large proportion of it is used in the automotive industry for such items as seat upholstery and interior linings, and in the furniture industry for flexible foams in mattresses and upholstery and for wood coatings. As one of the leading suppliers of basic products for poly-urethanes, BASF operates TDI plants in Geismar in the USA, Schwarzheide in Germany, Yeosu in South Korea and in Caojing in China.
BASF now intends to build the world’s biggest single-train production plant for TDI in Europe. The plant will have an annual capacity of 300,000 metric tons and be fully inte-
A giant step into the future.
grated with the production plants for the required pre- cursors. The TDI plant will be located at one of the BASF Verbundsites in Antwerp, Belgium, or in Ludwigshafen, Germany, going into production from 2014. The choice of location will be announced shortly. Planning for the TDI plant is already underway.
Dr Martin Brudermüller, Vice Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE, who is responsible for the Plastics segment, says: “This new investment supports BASF’s growth strategy, underlines our leading position as the world’s biggest TDI producer and reinforces our strong commitment to the TDI market. BASF will have the ability to meet its customers’ demands through local world-scale pro duction in the largest markets, i.e., North America, Europe and Asia, and China particularly.”
The world’s biggest TDI plant will be built in Antwerp (Belgium) or Ludwigshafen (Germany).
Brazil and South America. There has also been a series of activities that underline the contribution of chemistry and BASF to the development of society.
A book by Ivan Angelo tells the story of BASF and highlights BASF’s accomplishments and milestones over the last 100 years. Weekly reports in “Valor Econômico”, the most im por tant Brazilian magazine for economics, finance and trade, tell the BASF story, report on innovations and afford insights into the transformative and the trivial. An exclusive concert given by the São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. In the course of its history, BASF has sponsored national art and culture and, in this spirit, has chosen music as the symbol for the celebration of its 100th anniversary in the Sala São Paulo with customers and partners. A strong online presence. The company’s profile on Facebook and Twitter along with its interactive website www.basf.com.br/100anos present the BASF innovations that marked this era. Apart from the website, there is also an interactive room with chemistry-related games and activities for children.
Incidentally, the centenary celebration coincides with the International Year of Chemistry, which is being coordinated by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Social and Cul -tural Organization) and IUPAC (International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry). This event commemorates the 100th anniversary of the award of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry to Marie Curie – an occasion to acknowledge this extraordinary woman’s contribution to the advancement of science.
Further information: http://twitter.com/#!/BASF_Brasil http://pt-br.facebook.com/BASF.Brasil
BASF Brazil celebrates its centenary.
The BASF plant in Guarantinguetá between São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro.
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100 years of progress in nutrition, health, construction, home maintenance, energy, resources, mobility and communication.
Under the motto “BASF Brazil 100 years: We create chemis-try”, the world market leader has held an extensive program of events to remind us of its challenges and achievements in
A good reason to celebrate: 100 years BASF Brazil.
Global News
BASF Polyurethanes is now also an associated member of EPAQ.
In response to growing consumer demand for quality prod-ucts, BASF Polyurethanes GmbH has joined the European Quality Assurance Association for Panels and Profiles, or EPAQ for short. The aim of this association is to create a common list of requirements in order to safeguard the high quality of lightweight metal sandwich elements and profiles. EPAQ members have created the EPAQ quality label, a cer-tification mark for sandwich elements and panels, in order to demonstrate to end users that the product in question not only complies with the associated European standards, but also satisfies requirements that go beyond them.
Companies that apply for the EPAQ seal of quality have their products tested by independent auditors, test labora-tories and experts. If the criteria for sustainability, design, strength, air-tightness, thermal conductivity, reaction to fire and many other aspects are fulfilled, the company is per-mitted to use the EPAQ seal of quality. The seal enjoys a high level of trustworthiness, as it is awarded by the EPAQ
The extra mile for quality.
in close cooperation with leading European laboratories. And this clearly sets it apart from the plethora of other seals and publicity claims that manufacturers resort to when marketing their products. Further information: www.epaq.eu
BASF opens its second polyurethane location in Russia.
BASF is strengthening its worldwide network of PU system houses close to the customer by establishing its second Russian location. When the new application technology center near St. Petersburg goes into operation in spring 2012, polyurethane customers will obtain comprehensive local service in distribution and technology. Together with the system house in Nizhnekamsk, which has been up and running since 2000, this location also belongs to the joint venture with the Russian company OAO Nizhnekams k neftekhim (NKNC). By resorting to local polyol production in Russia, BASF is thus improving its reliability as a partner and sustainable supplier of PU products.
With 38 system houses and production locations for the main precursors, PU system market leader BASF can de-pendably provide its customers around the globe with locally manufactured products.
There wherever you need us.
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AutomotiveSafety & Comfort
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In the design of their vehicles, nine out of ten car makers worldwide now tune their chassis and suspension systems with Cellasto ® from BASF Polyurethanes. This achieves the optimum ride comfort, athleticism and safety. Be cause
this material offers simply everything that makes driving safer and smoother. For instance, with vibration damping, spring aids in the suspension, top mounts, spring pads, buffer stops and roll restrictors.
“good vibrations” in cars.
By absorbing drumming, jolts, vibration and bumping from the chassis, Cellasto has been ensuring greater comfort and safety for over 50 years.
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Cellasto components add to vehicle safety and comfort – and have been doing so for half a century.
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Call our number: Thomas Burlage,
General Manager European Business
Unit Automotive, Special Elastomers (Cellasto), +49 5443 122 124
or send an e-mail to:
Opel Rekord Mercedes 220 S
www.polyurethanes.asiapacific.basf.com/apex/KUAPortal/KUA/en/function/conversions:/publish/KUA/content/Download/Industries/Automotive/BASF_Auto_cn.pdf
An end to sloppy cornering and annoying background noise – for greater safety and nothing but good vibrations.
Improved comfort, safety and athleticism are the overriding goals in automotive engineering today. And the standards that materials and components in this sensitive area have to meet are exceptionally high. BASF Polyurethanes’ Cellasto, a material composed of microcellular polyurethane elasto-mers, offers a whole range of beneficial features for the tuning of the chassis and suspension system – because components made of Cellasto come with not just one, but a whole series of very special advantages.
The joy of driving that leaves noise behind.
When compressed, Cellasto components show only minimal lateral expansion – unlike rubber, for instance, that expands under pressure. This way, Cellasto absorbers can do their job much better than other materials, even in confined spaces. They minimize vibrations and largely exclude the background noise emanating from the engine, chassis and car body. In short, Cellasto, the NVH system, quietly delivers greater safety and comfort.
Cellasto: High quality for every customer, wherever he may be.
Whatever your requirements, however exacting, you’re sure to find the perfect solution for any type of vehicle with Cellasto and the applications specialists of BASF Poly ure tha nes – and virtually anywhere in the world. Today, there’s hardly a car that doesn’t come off the pro-d uction line with Cellasto components. The six production
locations worldwide, in North and South America, Europe and Asia, keep things running smoothly. Flexible and com-petitive single-source solutions are assured by global key account management. The local contacts are development and project engineers familiar with regional differences and local needs. Cellasto – a global success story that has been running for 50 years.
Further information:www.tvservice.basf.com/en/clip/pageListTopic/1/category/automotive/topic/cellastoR-components-for-greater-comfort-and-safety/clip/download-video-cellasto-components-plastics-for-greater-confort-and-safety.html
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50 years of successful mass production for the automotive industry.
1960sLaunch of Cellasto production with suspension and damp-ing elements. Foamed PU components are produced for the first time in Lemförde. The first customers are DKW and Auto Union. In the mid-sixties, Cellasto production gets underway in Japan. Mercedes, BMW and Porsche are also customers.
1970sAutomation of production. Opel and VW are the next customers. Development of a new medium-rigid, closed-cell formula with cold flexibility, which is used for the first time in the VW Passat. In addition to damping, Cellasto is also ideal for noise reduction. This opens up a totally new market.
1980sUsed in the Ur-Quattro and Passat. BASF is meanwhile supplier to the entire German car industry. Export busi-ness and internationalization are stepped up, the first top mounts are fitted in the Jaguar. Construction of the plant in Wyandotte, USA. GM Oldsmobile Ciera, Buick Century
and Chevrolet Celebrity are the first American vehicles with Cellasto.
1990sFurther extension of automation, huge output with consist-ently high quality. New markets and fields of application are tapped. Cellasto conquers the Korean market. The first body mount in the Kia Sportage. Used in further models at Kia, Hyundai and Daewoo. The first Chinese system house in Nansha opens as a joint venture with Headway in 1999. A new central research center in Lemförde.
2000 to 2011Along with spring aids, customers trust increasingly in top mounts and spring pads made of Cellasto. Via direct digital data interchange, BASF employees serve as co-designers in close contact with the customer. Global key account teams develop matching solutions for each customer in each region. There are now six production locations and five distribution bases worldwide. Extension of production capacity in Europe and the USA. A new production location opens in Shanghai in October 2011.
DKW 1000 DKW Mungo
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Less is more.
Front bumper Elastolit R
Engine coverElastoflex W
Structural parts (radiator module, air filter casing)Elastolit K
Filter, air filter,radial filterElastofoam I
Cable casing set Elastofoam I
Cable sheathing, ABS ESP systemsElastollan
Flat flexible cablesElastollan
Center consoleElastoflex E
Door side panel foam backingElastoflex E
Coating of fine hardwood trimsElastocoat C
Dashboard, doorsidepanel surfacesElastoskin, Elastollan
Dashboard foam backingElastoflex E
Steering wheelElastofoam I, Elastollan
Seats, headrests, armrests Elastoflex W
HeadrestsElastofoam I
Driver airbag coverElastollan
AutomotiveLightweight Construction
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BASF’s efficient polyurethane ideas propel lightweight car construction into the fast lane.
The car has been in existence for 125 years. And for much of this time, developers, designers and engineers have been preoccupied with ways of boosting performance with less weight and signifi cantly reduced fuel consumption. The models of the future will have to be lighter, faster, more economical and, above all, eco-friendlier. But this is easier said than done, because increasing comfort and electronic devices don’t come with inbuilt economies.
Gear lever knob/handbrake/controlsElastollan
Lumbar supportElastollan
Gear lever knobElastofoam I
Wing mirrorElastolit D,Elastolit R
Cupholder, shutter, door handleElastollan
Roof module/hardtopElastoflex E
HeadlinerElastoflex E
Trunk floor, rear shelfElastoflex E
Windscreen and window bondingElastolit R
Rear bumperElastolit R
Rear spoiler/Rear spoiler lipElastolit K
DoorsillsElastolit R
Carpet foam backingElastoflex W
MudguardElastolit R
Auxiliary springs, support bearings, chassis componentsCellasto
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like fruit or vegetables. Other whiz kids and visionaries have put forward gliders with pneumatic drives and body parts made of ivy fibers. And others still propose using carbon fiber and seaweed panels that also supply the power for the electric motor with undisclosed biochemical processes. A pity, though, that most of these ingenious yet wacky ideas will most likely never make it to the production line. And a good thing, too, that there are already a whole host of realistic alternative ways of cutting weight. With polyur-ethane, for instance, the universal material from BASF: Much of what was just a pipe dream only a few years ago is now already feasible.
Anything’s possible when cars are put on a diet of poly-urethane.
Everything’s got to be lighter, faster, less complicated and, of course, less expensive as well. In the last few years, the chemists and product developers of BASF Polyurethanes have developed materials that take some beating. For when it comes to the development of lighter vehicles with the asso-ciated lower fuel consumption and reduced CO2 emissions,
For decades now, lightweight construction has been one of the prime goals in automobile development. This is done by using aluminum, carbon fiber, composites, poly ur - e thane and other weight-reducing materials, or frames made of special steel alloys known as tailored blanks. In this process, various steel sheets are lasered or welded to yield frame components. One thing is certain: If the car’s weight is to be cut, savings have to be made across the board – involving everything from the frame components and body parts, engine, transmission, chassis & suspen-sion, brakes and interior fittings to the instrument panel. And all this without in any way compromising safety or the joy of driving.
Incredible what the most creative automotive minds dream up when they’re given free rein.
Futuristic automotive visions on wheels that have nothing in common with conventional tires – electrically driven, of course, or with fuel cells. Weight a mere 500 kilos. Cars knitted by robots out of carbon fibers. Or others, like a Mercedes sports car, that are to be grown in greenhouses
Lean is the name of the game. But which is the best diet?
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BASF Polyurethanes has got plenty to offer. The magic word is “composites”. What this means is, among other things, high-grade sandwich panels of filament-reinforced cover layers with a lightweight foam core of Elastolit ® D.
These are used for the production of extra-strong, com-pression-resis tant, temperature-resistant and above all light-weight high-performance components. Fiber composites reinforced with filaments currently harbor the biggest potential for highly efficient lightweight construction.
A dream for followers of the star. Even the fenders are of the finest quality – made of the Elastolit high-speed RIM system from BASF Polyurethanes.
Saving weight is the order of the day. So what could be more obvious than to use a material on the SLK 55 AMG Black Series that has already slashed the weight of the McLaren race car? This is the Elastolit ® R PU system (known as RIM or Reinforced Injection Molding systems), a microcellular, virtually solid material noted for its high impact strength.
Interior surfaces high on performance, low on weight. Honeycomb technology makes light of trunk floors, spare wheel covers and sunroofs.
Two glass mats sandwiching a honeycomb of paper are sprayed with the Elastoflex ® E PU system. The entire sand-wich is then laid in a hot mold where the chemical reaction, the curing, of the part takes place. Out comes a super-light car component.
300 hp packed into an extra-light PU body. The Artega GT sets standards with its weight, acceleration and, more importantly, fuel consumption.
300 hp inside and a layer of polyurethane on the outside – this is how to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in just 4.8 s. The Artega is the world’s first standard-production vehicle to have a body made entirely of polyurethane (PU) – resorting consistently to lightweight construction innovations from BASF Polyurethanes GmbH.
Further information:
Lightweight, polyurethane-based components can be found in many car models today – in the sporty Artega, for instance.
www.automotive.basf.com/p02/Automotive/de_DE/portal
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Breaking the mold with LFI.BASF Asia Pacific is now celebrating success with the application of this technology in China as well. An important customer here is Yangzi Motor Decoration Company Ltd. Long fiber injection (LFI) is used in
this field to reinforce light and strong PU parts with long glass fibers – the instrument panel carrier material in the new Scania buses, for example. In an LFI system, glass fibers are cut from a reel and chopped into superfine fibers that are then mixed with the PU reaction system. The mix is then fed into an open mold. The mold is closed and the component is formed under pressure, with the glass fibers and PU system combining to yield an extra-strong com-posite material.
Quicker, harder, more durable and ultimately cheaper. Every production step benefits from the LFI process.
Long-fiber-reinforced PU comes with a host of significant advantages. These include new design scope for interior and exterior parts. By modifying various machine parameters, it is even possible to change the material’s mechanical characteristics in some cases. With the aid of various decorative materials (PVC, TPO, ASA/PC, to name but a few), it’s possible to adapt the surface to the application in question. This means appreciable savings in expenditure and time – firstly, through the use of inexpensive glass fiber filaments, with reduced waste thanks to optimized distribution by robot. The cutting and pre-forming of the glass fiber mats is no longer necessary. And secondly, the individual components no longer have to be produced in a laborious manual lamination process. Now all it takes is a single work cycle, even for compo nents with extra-large surfaces. To this end, an already thermoformed thermoplastic sheet is laid in the mold, and the polyurethane – in this case Elastoflex ® E – and finely chopped glass fibers are laid on top. Then the mold is closed, the mater-ial cures, metal reinforcements and fasteners are fitted to the inside, and the new Scania component is finished. The process couldn’t be faster or more precise.
Further information: www.scania.comContact: Jan Yang, BASF Polyurethanes Specialties, BASF Asia Pacific, Shanghai, China, e-mail: [email protected]
BASF has been energetically pursuing the devel-opment of LFI technology for vehicle components in buses, trucks, special-purpose machinery and cars since 2006.
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Long-fiber-reinforced PU using LFI technology can be found in many modern interior features in new Scania buses and trucks.
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BASF in Europe has been successfully involved in the production of rubber boots for about 10 years.
FootwearSafety Shoes
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With Elastopan the boot is on the other foot.
They are up to three times more durable, they’re cool in sum-mer and warm in winter, they display high wearing comfort and are extremely slip resistant, contain sweat-absorbent insoles and are up to 40 percent lighter than their rubber counterparts. At the same time, they are as immune to oil, grease and fertilizer as one would expect of a top-quality work boot. Boots made of Elastopan are a pleasure to wear – and also a pleasure to work in.
Further information: www.bekina.be/enContact (Asia): Massimo Patrignani, Phone: +852 2731 4356, e-mail: [email protected]
Now that PU has become firmly established in work boot production, the universal material is being used increasingly in rubber boots – at Bekina in Belgium and Sievin-Jalkine in Finland, for example. And, as of late, the market for rubber boots has been growing
strongly in Asia and in other regions as well – albeit with a decisive difference: The new gene-
ration of the models in use worldwide gets along fine without rubber. This is due to the Elastopan ® PU
system that has a whole series of remarkable advantages over conventional rubber.
Two systems to boot.
The Elastopan PU system is available in two different vari-ants: a polyester system for safety boots, and a polyether system for leisure boots. BASF Polyurethanes has thus boosted the efficiency of the Elastopan system enormously for production in Europe, Asia and South America and is the leading international supplier today for this kind of footwear. On top of this, the new-generation boots can be made entirely of PU or combined with other materials such as TPU or rubber for the outsole.
There’s a strong trend toward rubber boots without rubber – but with Elastopan instead.
Call our number (Europe): Jean-Paul
Roux, BASF Polyuréthanes France,
European Segment Leader Safety
Shoes, +33 1 6021 4217 or send an
e-mail to: [email protected]
Rubber gets the boot.
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it, too, has turned to intelligent high-tech sole systems from BASF Polyurethanes. The turning point occurred in 1978 when an -other company, also located in Toledo, placed orders for roughly
100 highly specialized safety shoes per month. To expand its output, the small shoemaking shop purchased its first professional machine – a machine, incidentally, that was capable of sewing shoe soles made of tire rubber, an abso-lute novelty at the time.
640 highly skilled employees produce the quality that is Bompel’s hallmark.
Today, Bompel achieves an output of 7,500 pairs per day. On what is now a 5,800 m² plant site, it runs its own tannery, foundry and laboratories to control the consistently high quality of its products. Working at the plant are 640 highly skilled employees who are involved in the production process and have a major hand in the quality of the shoes.
Meteoric rise from shoemaker to footwear manufacturer.
Safety shoes from Bompel provide a firm footing on many construction sites worldwide.
30 years back, a tiny shoemaker’s workshop in Toledo in the Brazilian state of Paraná managed a meager one and a half pairs of shoes per day. And, time permitting, it repaired four more pairs as well. No one at the time could have fore-seen the transformation that the business would undergo in the intervening years to become what it is today: BOMBONATTO INDÚSTRIA E COMÈRCIO DE CALÇADOS LTDA., still based in Toledo, now one of Brazil’s leading manufacturers of safety shoes.
A change in fortunes – coupled with plenty of expertise and commitment.
Today, Bompel, as it is now known, stands for quality, innovation, advanced design and first-rate technology. And
From 1½ to 7,500 pairs per day – Bompel, the Brazilian company for safety shoes, is a classic example of successful private enterprise.
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In ongoing training, all employees are motivated to maintain and, if possible, improve on the already high standards. The Brazilians are convinced that the investment in manpower is the best company philosophy.
If you want to conquer markets, you need a clear-cut approach.
You could say: an approach like Bompel’s. Because in Toledo, nothing is left to chance. For instance, its products can be traced continuously within the production and delivery process at any time. This applies to the purchase of the raw materials, the various production steps, quality controls and labora tory analysis to the shipment of the ordered goods to the customer. Transparency through and through coupled with superlative quality. It’s understandable that so much attention to detail, expertise and commitment is welcomed by the market.
The safety shoes manufactured by Bompel are sold today not only in Brazil, but also in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia, Spain and Portugal. And, as we can see from its humble beginnings, this could be just the start of something even bigger.
Further information: www.bompel.com.br
Call our number: Rubem Balan
Junior, Regional Marketing
Coordinator, BASF Poliuretanos,
Brazil, +55 11 4542 7288 or send an
e-mail to: [email protected]
Consumer ProductsFlexible Foam
Guests of Business Hotel René Bohn in Ludwigshafen, Germany, have been getting a really good night’s sleep since May.
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A very special test campaign has just been carried out at Business Hotel René Bohn in Ludwigshafen. The 4-star establishment is one of BASF’s own busi-ness enterprises and is the preferred hotel of many BASF employees from all over the world, although it is also open to the general public.
All 80 rooms were provided with pillows and bolsters made of CosyPUR ® (1 Visco, 1 Supersoft) for a testing period of five months. Guests could choose from six different pillows and also have the chance to test the two CosyPUR variants. Information cards supplied details of the two PU flexible foam prod-ucts. The guest filled in a brief questionnaire to give his or her assessment of the CosyPUR pillows. If you want an honest assessment of your product, ask the end consumer.
Jens Müller, responsible at BASF Polyurethanes for flexible foam marketing and sales, explains: “The idea was to find out what the end consumer thinks about our systems and particularly about newly developed Supersoft.” And Melina Rübbelke, in charge of system development, adds: “We as the devel opers even-tually reach the point where we’re unable to accurately assess the product. This is why it’s so important to test its profile of characteristics.” Hotel manager Alexander Schaden was immediately taken by the idea of using BASF products at the hotel. “This is not only an outstanding image booster for BASF, but it also gives guests an idea of what BASF actually does.” They have a choice between traditional pillows and the latest developments, like the breathable or very soft variants of CosyPUR. The campaign met with huge interest, and guests appreciated the highly original opportunity to participate.
After only about five months, there’s only one verdict for CosyPUR Visco and CosyPUR Supersoft: A dream.
Jens Müller is delighted: “The whole campaign has exceeded our expect - a tions. We’ve picked up a great deal of valuable information and suggestions, and these will be useful for development and application technology. The assessments have been very positive and show a high level of satisfaction with the product. The campaign tells us that we’re on the right track and that we can now get down to the fine tuning – with modifications to suit national tastes, for instance. We’ve been given the confirmation that the market is interested in Supersoft.” Incidentally, work is already in progress on the next generation – viscoelastic foams that are temperature-insensitive and low on emissions and odors. As the incentive has been such an outstanding success the CosyPUR team is already thinking about follow-up activities.
Further information: www.wirtschaftsbetriebe.basf.de/de/gastro/hotel_bohn
Contact: Jens Müller, Head of European Segment Specialties, e-mail: [email protected] Rübbelke, Technical Service Viscoelastic Foams, e-mail: [email protected]
A dream come true …... a night on CosyPUR.
Left: Jens Müller and Melina Rübbelke of BASF Polyurethanes hand hotel manager Alexander Schaden two brand-new CosyPUR pillows.
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The new insulant made of Elastocool wraps it up.
Refrigerators are designed to cool – continuously, with high insulation values, energy-efficiently and thus inexpensively for the consumer. A key element in this is the fridge’s or freezer’s insulation material of polyurethane that keeps the chill inside and warm air outside. With improvements in the thermal insulation and refrigerant compressors, the insula-tion values achievable today are chillingly superior to those of the previous generation. The power consumption of fridges and freezers has thus been slashed by about 75 percent
in the last 10 years. Since the introduction of energy-effi-ciency classes, sales have risen markedly, and demand for energy-efficient appliances has increased appreciably.
Taking everything into account, Elastocool sets today’s standard.
There’s now a new generation of PU rigid foam systems by the name of Elastocool ® that achieve utterly astonishing results with their optimized properties. With a further im- provement in the already excellent thermal conductivity
Putting a freeze on energy consumption.
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values of the new rigid foam system, energy consump-tion has been lowered yet again. Elastocool also benefits production, e.g., by cutting demolding time and thus boosting the capacity of the foaming line and injecting greater flexibility into the production process. On top of this, the system’s pressure resistance has been enhanced, thus making it possible to lower the density and reduce ma terial input. The bottom line is that these properties already set the standard for coming models.
It takes close cooperation with the customer to turn a good idea into a successful one.
Market launch for Europe and Asia, to be followed by North America and the rest of the world, is currently in preparation. The goal is also to implement the globally proven BASF strategy: continuously improving prod ucts, sharing success and identifying problems together with the customer, and thus offering the best solutions and developing collective approaches for the future. At the plants of our customers Liebherr Domestic Appliances, Lienz, Atlant, Minsk, and Bosch and Siemens Domestic Appliances in Giengen, Germany, series production is just getting underway; further refrigerator manufacturers are
Call our number: Heiner Wiecher,
European segment leader Domestic
Refrigeration, +49 5443 12 4203
or send an e-mail to:
all set to follow their example. Production of the new Elastocool rigid foam generation kicked off a few weeks ago at BASF in Schwarzheide, Germany.
Further information: www.polyurethanes.basf.de/pu/solutions/en/content/group/News_und_Medien/Presseinformationen/Kuehlkette_K2010
for CASE products and develop efficient business models in line with BASF guide-lines. But it’s a matter not only of de vel-op ing new ideas, but also of tapping new fields of application. Here, it’s often im -
por tant to enter into strategic partnerships, to bring enter-prises and entrepreneurs with different mindsets together, in order to arrive at promising new product developments.
No out-of-hand rejection – all ideas are worthy of con-sideration.
New Business Development at EBM-A underwent reorga n-ization a good eighteen months ago. The foremost task was
Rules are there to be broken. “As a strategic unit, we’re tack-ling our projects in totally new ways,” says Martin Lange, describing New Business Development at BASF Poly ur - e thanes. Apart from Lange, “we” refers in this case to Arno Volk mann and Denis Vugrek for Elastocoast ®, Thomas Stühren berg for Elastopave ®, Georg Knoblauch for solar applications and Christophe Hebette for wind energy. The goal of these new approaches is to take a large stock of ideas and choose the right ones for polyurethane applications
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New Business DevelopmentNew Products, New Markets
How BASF’s experts come up with totally new product ideas with unconventional approaches.
to examine existing topics, restructure them and, if neces-sary, give them a new direction. This also involved devel-oping clear-cut criteria to permit ongoing reappraisals. The compromise takes account of the fact that a lot of work has already been invested in Elastopave, Elastocoast and solar applications and this represents a solid foundation. “We do of course build on existing structures. However, for each new idea, we examine the issues of competitive advantage and the right timing of market launch,” Lange explains.
The thinking also then ranges from suitable business models, and customer and market analyses, to searching for and finding the right partners for successful practical realization.The allocation of tasks in the New Business Development
team is clearly defined. Each member is in charge of a topic. “And only when the existing business fields are stra-tegically organized so that we can implement them in dis-tribution, marketing and sales do we move on to one of the many other new ideas that are already on hand,” says Lange, outlining the procedure. And what is also important for the BASF ideas scouts is that all projects are regularly subjected to a “health check”. It then becomes possible to immediately nudge the thinking on each subject in a new direction or into a new dimension, if necessary, and to search for even more efficient and practicable product or business models. And this is something from which every single customer of BASF Polyurethanes ultimately benefits – in terms of the quality of their products, their possible appli-cations, their sustainability and of course the business success that comes almost inevitably in view of the wealth of creativity and sound knowledge.
Contact: [email protected]
Above: Which way is solar technology moving? And how can PU contrib-ute? One of the many subjects handled by the Business Development Team.
Left: BASF experts from left to right: Thomas Stührenberg, Dennis Vugrek, Martin Lange, Georg Knoblauch, Arno Volkmann and Christophe Hebette.
We want our customers to be successful. Our strategy for this is business development.
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Thinking outside the box.
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Pick a part: The business of polyurethane and custom mannequins.
Fusion Specialties and BASF technology help retailers build a better brand.
Fusion Specialties doesn’t just create mannequins, it creates works of art. Polyurethane allows each mannequin to be a a one-of-a-kind, brand-tailored sculpture. And it makes the process efficient. So efficient, in fact, that Fusion Special ties is able to create 1,200 mannequins a day (that’s close to half a million annually). “Our mannequins are fine art translated into something commercial. We have full-time sculptors on staff. We take something artistic and emotional and turn it into multiple replications,” said Peter Huston, Vice President of Fusion.
Store Window Displays Mannequins Made of Polyurethane
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Pick a part: The business of polyurethane and custom mannequins.
Fusion Specialties and BASF technology help retailers build a better brand.
A custom-tailored process.
Established in 1986, Fusion Specialties Inc., with the help of BASF technology, pioneered mannequin making out of poly-urethane. With custom orders representing 95 percent of its business, Fusion Specialties works with each client to create a line of mannequins that is unique to each brand. No two companies receive the same product. Fitness gear can be displayed on athletic mannequins practicing their golf swing or running in mid-stride. Plus-size vendors can display mannequins that represent their customers and their cloth-ing. More avant-garde companies can create mannequins with abstract features in limitless colors and forms. Fusion mannequins are not just a backdrop. They are designed to personify a brand.
Built to last.
Once crafted from wood and wax, the average mannequin today is made of fiberglass. More efficient to produce, Fusion can produce four polyurethane mannequins for every fiberglass model. And unlike their fiberglass counter-parts, polyurethane mannequins won’t break if dropped. Polyurethane mannequins can also be infused with color, so customers don’t need to worry about chipping paint down the road.
The polyurethane advantage.
Custom products are often associated with slow production. Because of polyurethane, “we were able to put 13,000 man-nequins in 1,000 stores in three months,” said Huston. “We just could not do that with fiberglass. Polyurethane allows speed to market, capacity and collaboration on design.”
Because of the material’s versatility, clients can be involved in the design process without slowing things down. No request is impossible. “In one instance, a customer saw an image of a prototype created by a sculptor with clay. The customer liked the stroke marks from the sculpting tools.
Because polyurethanes are so versatile, we were able to incorporate that texture into our mold so the mannequin looked like it was made of clay. Polyurethane gives us that level of flexibility,” said Huston.
A form for every function.The world of mannequins can be divided into four parts:
1. Cloth-covered forms: These mannequins are widely known as “dressmaker forms” and are comprised of a bust and torso held up with a stand. They are traditionally used in the fashion industry as a tool for crafting garments but today are becoming popular in retail displays.
2. The basic mannequin: The most popular mannequin is the featureless and often headless model. With a rise in popularity in the eighties, these models are easy to dress and require no pinning and primping. These forms are tailored to an economy in which window dressers and visual merchandisers are a thing of the past. Fusion Specialties has engineered magnetic arm fittings, making dressing efficient for any store employee.
3. Abstract: These mannequins represent the human form but are not completely realistic. Some may have distort- ed heads or elongated fingers. These forms are popular in the fashion world.
4. Highly realistic: The most expensive kind of mannequin, these forms mimic the subtle intrica-cies of the human body and can include muscle tone, makeup and hair.
Further information: www.fusionspecialties.com Call our number: Joseph Shirmer,
Business Director, Polyurethane
Systems, BASF Corporation, USA,
+1 734 324 5323 or send an
e-mail to: [email protected]
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Edmonton, capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, has a population of over a million. The historic Dawson Bridge today carries an import-ant traffic artery that was so important for the city’s industrial growth in the last century. Built in
1912 and initially used for the transportation of coal, the two-lane bridge today handles some 17,000 vehicles per day.
In 2007, a detailed structural examination commissioned by the city revealed that the entire almost century-old deck had to be replaced along with some of the members of the steel trusses. The steel structure was in need of repainting, and the very narrow sidewalks were a source of safety prob lems as well.
ConstructionSandwich Plate System (SPS)
Clearing the deck.
With an impressive SPS deck rehabilitation project, the City of Edmonton in Canada restored its historic Dawson Bridge to its former glory.
Dawson Bridge project has won the CISC Steel Design
Award 2011.
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Making light work of a burdensome problem.
After an examination of all options, it soon became clear that the best rehabilitation approach was to limit the bridge’s dead load with a lightweight deck – a traditional concrete deck would have been too costly and too heavy for the aging existing steel structure. The design team therefore recom-mended an entirely new, lightweight sol ution, the Sandwich Plate System (SPS) from Intelligent Engineering Ltd. This re- presented the best possible combination of weight savings, a thin profile and simple and above all swift execution of the job. As this is a pretty new technology, the city was also recommended an extensive risk control package, which SPS effortlessly satisfied on all counts.
New lease on life for an old bridge – achieved with 70 percent less weight than with reinforced concrete.
Originally developed for the marine industry, SPS technol-ogy is now also finding applications in the construction of bridges and of stands in stadiums. 776 ft long and 26.8 ft wide, the Dawson Bridge is so far the first major bridge project to have made use of SPS technology. No less remarkable is that it does entirely without welding.
SPS itself consists of two steel face plates sandwiching a core of polyurethane. The finished product is a composite panel of high rigidity and strength. Thanks to the elastomer core, the PU system Elastocore ®, SPS also absorbs vibra-tion and displays high tolerance to jolts and impacts. SPS panels weigh up to 70 percent less than reinforced con-crete while being at least as strong and more durable in addition. Consequently, today’s bridges with SPS panels may yet be used by our grandchildren.
Faster construction, less stress and lower costs – SPS is the best solution in every respect.
SPS panels can be prefabricated off-site and are then bolted together on the bridge. The overall rehabilitation of this bridge was accomplished at high speed – without time-consuming welding and without annoying, long-term closures to traffic.
The bridge deck was replaced in just six weeks, in July and August 2010. The entire project was com-pleted in only 12 months from January to December 2010. A trad-itional bridge repair would have taken at least 18 months and have been much more expensive be-cause of the additional steel mem-
ber replacements. Michael Kennedy, CEO of Intelligent Engin eering, was delighted that the project has won the CISC Award for excellence in steel structures: “To have success fully completed this project in the city where the three founders of IE went to college and where SPS was initially developed makes it a special achieve-ment.”
Further information: www.ie-sps.com
Workers fit an SPS panel on the Dawson Bridge in summer 2010. SPS has now been used in 180 projects on six continents.
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Call our number: Gunther Lukat,
Technical Sales Elastomers,
Germany, +49 5443 12 4190
or send an e-mail to:
ConstructionRaw Materials
Benefits across the board.
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If you want to stay ahead in the wood-based panel industry, it’s best to rely on machines and basic products that do more than their rivals. What really counts here are mecha-nical characteristics, strength, durability, speed in produc-tion and high reliability as well as, for example, the cost-effective use of binders that, all things considered, are simply better than other materials. For years now, BASF Polyurethanes has been supplying such all-rounders with growing success and is continuously improving their pro-cessing characteristics. Greater speed, strength, economy and eco-friendliness – polyurethane raw materials such as Lupranat and Lupranol sweep the board.
Polyurethane raw materials like Lupranat ® (M20 FB) and Lupranol ® have been successfully used as binders in the wood-based panel industry for years. With their extra-high reactivity, they speed up production processes in the wood-based panel industry significantly. As binders for oriented-strand board (OSB), medium-density fiberboard (MDF) and particleboard, they’re responsible for the efficient bonding of wood-based panels used in furniture-making and house construction. And of course – just as efficiently – as supple-mentary binders for urea formaldehyde resins. Binders from BASF Polyurethanes really pull out all the stops in OSB panels. The outcome is high-performance panels of out-standing mechanical strength and durability.
Only when the heat and pressure are on do Lupranat and Lupranol reveal their true qualities.
This is the moment of truth for OSB panels, because it is then that the wood strands or flakes are wetted with the binder and pressed into a panel with the application of heat. The result is high-performance board with exceptional mechanical characteristics and durability. Its key properties also include low swelling, high resistance to moisture and a considerable improvement in productivity thanks to its extra-fast curing. Ultimately this means lower energy costs
OSB panels with PU binders are indispensable in house-building projects.
Using PU materials, the woodworking industry today produces boards and panels that are markedly superior to conventional products.
due to shorter drying time. And if all this isn’t enough, there’s one more argument that really puts you on the safe side: In PU binders for the wood-based panel industry, there’s no longer any need for extra formaldehyde.
Customers: www.egger.com, www.kronoply.de
Call our number: Stefan Ullmann,
Head of Sales CASE Europe,
+49 5443 12 4294 or send an
e-mail to: [email protected]
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A tower of strength.
ConstructionPU Composites
They are of course exposed to anything the weather can throw at them – ice, snow, rain, the sun and wind. It’s a grueling task that transmission towers are expected to perform, and the passage of time leaves indelible marks on even the strongest tower.
A turn for the better: Winding transmission towers with a polyurethane composite.
There’s now a new technology that overcomes the aging problems of conventional steel transmission towers. Experts at BASF Polyurethanes have found a way of completely re -placing the steel of transmission towers with a special poly-urethane composite material. Filament winding has been found to be the method of choice for the creation of compo-site material structures. This process involves winding fila-ments at different tensions over a male mold or mandrel.
Power transmission towers have to be tall, incredibly strong and able to brave the elements. These giant structures supplying electricity all over the world are literally under tension 24 hours a day, for their entire useful life.
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During subsequent winding, the mandrel rotates while a carriage moves horizontally, laying down fibers in the desired pattern. The most common filaments are carbon or glass fiber and are coated with synthetic resin as they are wound.
The new generation of transmission towers has more staying power than conventional structures.
The new polyurethane composite transmission towers are significantly lighter and could easily replace traditional trans-mission towers made of such materials as wood, concrete and steel. They are outstandingly long-lasting, with 65 years being highly realistic in the most extreme weather conditions and up to 125 years in most other temperate climatic re - gions. This has been demonstrated by tests with direct ex po sure to tornados in Texas and the severest winter con ditions in Scandinavia. On top of this, the new towers are easier to transport, install and store, as these are telescopic towers for heights of over 30 meters.
Another important aspect is that the polyurethane com-posite is also an insulant and diminishes the risk of lightning-strike accidents. If the new technology fulfills its abundant promise worldwide, the motto will be: More power to polyurethane!
With a totally new filament winding process, BASF Poly -ure thanes is replacing conventional steel structures for transmission towers in Asia.
Call our number: Jan Yang,
BASF Polyurethanes Specialties,
BASF Asia Pacific, Shanghai, China,
+86 21 3865 5682 or send an
e-mail to: [email protected]
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It may surprise most people that one of the most prevent-able environmental hazards lies right under our feet. Materials commonly used to create walkways, driveways, patios, park ing lots, roads and highways are impervious and prevent stormwater from filtering back and replenishing aquifers naturally. Moreover, as stormwater washes over a multitude of polluted and overheated surfaces, a perfect storm of eco- logically-damaging runoff flows into storm drains, streams, rivers, lakes, estuaries and oceans.
For many years, BASF and its customers have joined forces to create better surfacing materials that go far in alleviating this destructive cycle. FilterPave ®, a recycled post-consu-mer glass and polyurethane-based porous pavement system by Presto Geosystems, represents one of the most recent and promising porous surfacing systems to date.
Research shows: Green is indeed a new golden path.
The Green Brands study is one of the largest global con-sumer surveys of green brands and corporate environ-mental responsibility. Based on the findings of its recent survey of 9,000 people in eight countries, the study verified what many suspected: Consumers will spend more on green products and seek out environmentally responsible manu facturers.
This finding was true for each and every one of the countries included in the research. The message is clear: green is
ConstructionRoad/Path Surfacing
Who says you can’t have beauty and brains?
BASF customer Presto Geosystems’ porous pavement tech-nologies lead the way to success the old-fashioned way – with evidence and proof.
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indeed a path to gold. But, as many marketers float on unsubstantiated “green” claims, BASF and customers like Presto Geosystems are employing an often underutilized strategy: provide proof, transparent evidence, rigorous testing and third-party verification.
Don’t take our word for it … Brand loyalty is still based on trust.
If we told you that Presto Geosystems’ FilterPave porous pavement system, made from 100 percent post-consumer recycled glass and bonded with a BASF polyurethane resin, is an environmentally preferable paving system, would you believe us?
That’s why Presto Geosystems engaged The Stormwater Management Academy at The University of Central Florida (UCF) to establish credible, defensible and industry-leading third-party sustainability evidence. Researchers at UCF tested FilterPave in the following areas:
Water quality improvement.
Based on a 25-year design storm (8.4 inches/hr) in Florida, a 33 percent reduction in phosphorus and nitrogen was achieved. The yearly phosphorus and nitrogen mass reduc-tions will be significantly higher for most regions consider-ing more than 90 percent of all rainfall events are less than one inch in intensity.
Compressive strength.
After exhaustive laboratory and field tests, researchers at UCF have concluded that, with an average compressive strength of 1,160 psi and a flexural strength of 508 psi, Filter-Pave is stronger than porous asphalt and more flexible than pervious concrete in low- and medium-duty applications.
Porosity : Sustainable void space.
With a porosity of 39 percent, FilterPave has the highest amount of storage space within the material for a porous pave-ment and is twice as porous as pervious concrete. According to BASF Market Devel-opment Manager, Steven Hicks, “We are proud to partner with our customers like Presto Geosystems. Growing re sponsibly while providing innovative sol- utions for sustainable prod-ucts and a sustainable future is our first priority.”
Further information: www.prestogeo.com/filterpave
or contact: Kai Tietjen, Soiltec GmbH, Germany, www.filterpave.de
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Call our number: Steven Hicks,
Market Development Manager,
BASF Corporation, USA,
+1 734 324 5408 or send an
e-mail to: [email protected]
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Hard to beat.
Wherever they’re encountered – in the construction industry, sports or leisure – many quality products are expected to stay hard, tough and elastic for their entire service life. This is why Elastolit® D and Elastolit® K rigid integral foams rank among the best materials – and also cover an incredible range of applications.
These include decorative and structural elements indoors and outdoors, roof gullies, door elements, dome lights, stable ventilators, window frames for mobile homes, picture frames, ceilings, brackets, chimneypieces, mirrors, furniture, housing components for medical devices and cash dispensers. Even
on sports equipment like skis and snowboards, Elastolit D and Elasto-lit K display remarkable dimension- al stability along with outstanding high- and low-temperature shape retention.
Thanks to its sandwich design, Elastolit D is ideal for the production of sophisticated moldings of high rigidity and low weight.
Because of the low internal mold pressures, large-area parts can be produced extremely economically. The inte-gration of reinforcement and force discharge fix tures is also possible. Complex, 3-dimensional parts can also be produ-ced with high replication accuracy, long flow paths and intricate zones. And with Elastolit D it is possible to achieve good thermal and sound insulation values as well. Elastolit K, on the other hand, is a microcellular, virtually solid material
Whatever the product – snowboards, structural and decorative elements or window frames – Elastolit D and Elastolit K from BASF give each component, however complex, unparalleled strength and rigidity.
Multifunctional ApplicationRigid Integral Foam
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distinguished by its scope for highly cost-effective process-ing. Large-area parts with long flow paths and wall thick-nesses of preferably 3 to 6 mm can be produced with high inherent rigidity and strength. Intricate moldings similar to those achievable with thermoplastics are possible. Thanks to the material’s viscoplastic properties, snap connectors can also be integrated in the molding. Due to the use of inexpensive aluminum molds and the short cycle time during molding, the material is an exciting prospect particularly for mid-scale production.
And last but not least: Like the properties of the multi-talented flexible integral foam systems from BASF, those of these rigid foams are hard to beat.
Further information: www.polyurethanes.basf.de/pu/solutions/en
Call our number: Jens Müller,
Head of European Segment
Specialties, +49 5443 12 2835
or send an e-mail to:
Rigid integral foam – Facts:• Molding density from 200 kg/m3 to compact• Hardness: 20 to 80 ShD• Good flow• Excellent mechanical properties
• Outstanding high- and low-temperature shape retention• Self-releasing• Paintable• Flame-protected alternatives available
Reaching for the sky.
BASF is proud to introduce new applications for the aero-space industry. Based on our broad portfolio of products and technologies, we can now deliver unique solutions to the aerospace industry for areas such as cabin interiors, struc tural materials and seating components. Several examp les of how our products can help make our aero-space customers more successful include:
BASF polyurethane rigid foams (Elastopor ® and Autofroth ®) can be used to replace relatively heavy metal structures with thinner metal/polymer composite structures based on rigid
foam re-enforcements. BASF poly ur -ethane rigid foams have a closed-cell structure which provides superior insulation performance as well as struc tural and design-enhancing phys-ical properties.
BASF Polyurethanes’ cast elastomers (Elasturan ®/Elasto- cast ®) are highly versatile and durable materials that can be cast or spray-applied to bond with and improve the performance of wide-ranging substrates including wood, metal, glass, and other plastics. Based on the application re quirements, elastomers can be custom-formulated for structural enhancement, wear resistance, sound and vibra-tion damping, or thermal and environmental barrier protec-tion. They also can be custom formulated for elasticity and hardness and cast into nearly any shape.
BASF has a multitude of top-flight polyurethane appli cations to offer the aerospace industry.
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Cellasto ® microcellular polyurethane-elastomer-based fric-tion dampers and snubbers can be used in aerospace applications requiring superior noise and vibration suppres-sion to control the movement of overhead bins, passenger & cargo doors. Other possibilities include fixed mounts to pro tect sensitive equipment and cargo from vibration as well as seat mounts to improve passenger comfort. Larger-scale applications such as engine mounts and even landing gear dampers are feasible. Let us develop a customized solution for your NVH challenge.
It’s a material’s universal applications that make it so special.
BASF polyurethane flexible foams (Elastoflex ® and Elasto -foam ®) can be used for armrests, headrests and seat cushion ing because they are lightweight, durable and moldable to almost any shape, size and level of firmness.
Our flexible foam technology offers interior manufacturers a way to create seat cushioning, seat backs, armrests and headrests at precisely different levels of comfort – all from one system and using the same equipment.
For more information on these products or for further dis -cussions on how the BASF Aerospace Team can work with you to address your unmet needs, please contact us at [email protected]
Further information: http://basf.rnbstaging.com/2011/aerospace/website/9-6-11/aerospace.aspx
Call our number: Dr Mark Mielke,
Senior Manager Aerospace,
BASF Corp., Florham Park, USA,
+1 973 245 6523 or send an
e-mail to: [email protected]
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Perfection in every detail. Polyurethane in Scania trucks.
100 years of BASF in Brazil. A South American success story.
Magnificent mannequins. Display dummies made of polyurethane.
A smooth ride all over the world.50 years of Cellasto in cars.
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high rpms love low nvhBASF Cellasto brand automotive components cushion the ride, keeping cars more quiet and comfortable. Made from microcellular polyurethanes, our parts dramatically reduce NVH. So there’s less engine noise, reduced road noise and less strut and chassis vibration. Making them the choice for every second car manufactured in the world. A smoother ride for the roughest road. Because at BASF, we create chemistry. Learn more at www.basf.us/cellasto.com
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