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The new TRAILCONTROL ZERO 20+ bike backpack from VAUDE, the leading manufacturer of sustainable outdoor clothing and equipment, sets new standards in collaboration with BASF. For the manufacturing of the backpack, VAUDE uses BASF's innovative Ultramid^® ZeroPCF, a polyamide (PA) 6 with a Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) of zero.

Ludwigshafen, Germany, 17 June 2025. As the world’s leading trade fair for plastics and rubber returns to Düsseldorf this October 8^th to 15^th, BASF is again on board – just as it has been since the very first K-Fair in 1952.

As the first Basotect^® customer, the room acoustics expert Bosig, Germany is now switching its product range to Basotect^® EcoBalanced. BASF's thermoset is the world's first high-quality melamine resin foam with a 50% lower Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) compared to Basotect^® standard grades, helping to reduce the CO₂ footprint of many sound absorption applications such as acoustic panels and sound absorbers in the construction industry. Thus, Basotect^® EcoBalanced supports Bosig in reducing the use of fossil resources and the emission of greenhouse gases, taking another step towards climate neutrality.

Ludwigshafen, Germany – BASF, a global leader in the supply of additives to the coatings industry has completed the transition to bio-based Ethyl Acrylate (EA) for its Rheovis^® range manufactured at Ludwigshafen and Bradford sites. Now, the Rheovis^® range has a ¹⁴C-traceable biogenic content of up to 35% according to the ASTM D6866-18 analytical standard and a reduced Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) of up to 30% compared to versions based on fossil feedstock. This development underlines BASF’s commitment to support customers in achieving their sustainability goals. The chemical composition and technical specifications of the new bio-based products remain unchanged. 
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May 22, 2025 – Ludwigshafen, Germany; Brussels, Belgium – trinamiX GmbH, a leading provider of mobile spectroscopy solutions and a subsidiary of BASF, and BASF SE with loopamid^®, a recycled polyamide 6 entirely made from textile waste, will jointly present their solutions for textile sorting and circularity at the Textiles Recycling Expo at #booth 2341 in hall 3. The event takes place in Brussels, Belgium from June 4 to 5, 2025. Together, they will showcase approaches to textile circularity – from reliable material identification to the use of recycled polyamide 6 for high-performance textiles.