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Regional News | April 29, 2025

BASF invests in new semiconductor-grade sulfuric acid plant in Ludwigshafen

Ludwigshafen, Germany – April 29, 2025 – BASF will expand its production capacity for semiconductor-grade sulfuric acid (H2SO4), which is an essential ultra-pure chemical. The new production facility at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany will feature cutting-edge purity capabilities to serve growing demand for advanced semiconductor chip manufacturing across Europe. Operations are expected to start by 2027, coinciding with the capacity expansion of key customers. The BASF investment will be in a high double-digit million-euro range.
Regional News | April 24, 2025

Personnel changes at BASF

Silke Wischeropp (46), formerly Member of the Executive Committee and Group General Counsel Archroma Management GmbH, Basel, will, as President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, assume responsibility for the Division Corporate Legal, Compliance & Insurance, Ludwigshafen, effective June 1, 2025.
Trade News | March 31, 2025

New possibilities for challenging E&E parts with specialty plastic Ultrason® D
 

For challenging E&E components, BASF has now developed the high-flow Ultrason® D 1010 G6 U40. The blend based on polyethersulfone (PESU) is optimized to meet special needs for easy injection molding of energy-efficient parts in data and energy transmission, smart electronics and e-mobility. Because of its excellent flowability at lower processing temperatures the new BASF thermoplastic gives manufacturers greater flexibility when designing sophisticated switches, circuit breakers and sensors as well as IGBTs and semi-conductor parts like burn-in test sockets. Ultrason® D 1010 G6 U40 shows stable electrical properties at elevated temperatures with a high relative thermal index (RTI) and a higher comparative tracking index (CTI) than polyetherimide (PEI) and polyphenylenesulfide (PPS).
BASF engagiert sich aktiv für die Prävention von Verlusten von Kunststoffgranulaten, -flocken und -pulvern während ihrer Handhabung bei der Produktion, der Verarbeitung, dem Recycling und dem Transport im Rahmen des OCS Programms.
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Regional News | March 27, 2025

BASF receives Operation Clean Sweep® certification at all its European production sites for plastic pellets

All BASF's European production sites for engineering plastics, polystyrene, expandable polystyrene, polyurethane, thermoplastics polyurethanes, polyamides and specialty polymers are now certified by independent third parties according to the Operation Clean Sweep ® (OCS) standard. "With the successful certification of the polyamide production in Antwerp, the final milestone of this important project has been reached. We are delighted with this great achievement together with all teams involved in the proper handling of plastic pellets," says Sophie Van Dyck, Vice President Operations Polyamides & Precursors Antwerp. In total, 16 production plants for plastic pellets were certified at six BASF production sites in Europe.
The individual electrolyzer modules are linked to each other and to the H2 network at the site in three so-called arrays.
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Regional News | March 17, 2025

BASF commissions 54-megawatt water electrolyzer

Germany’s largest proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer has gone into operation at BASF’s Ludwigshafen site. Designed to produce zero-carbon hydrogen, the electrolyzer has a connected load of 54 megawatts and the capacity to supply the main plant with up to one metric ton of this substantial chemical feedstock every hour. After a construction period of around two years, the plant was officially inaugurated today in the presence of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Minister for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, and Mobility Katrin Eder, and Udo Philipp, State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.