Chinaplas 2015: World’s lightest airplane trolley, made with BASF’s Ultrason®

• Trolley is about 40% lighter than with conventional materials
• BASF at Chinaplas 2015: “Design x Innovation”, Booth A21 in Hall 13.2 and Viewing Deck outside Hall 9.3 in Zone B, China Import & Export Fair Complex, Pazhou, Guangzhou, from May 20-23, 2015 

Guangzhou, China / Taipei Taiwan – May 14, 2015 – At Chinaplas 2015, BASF will showcase the world's lightest airplane trolley - Quantum Trolley -produced by Norduyn Inc. It features BASF’s Ultrason^® amorphous thermoplastics in the door latch housing and extruded profiles. The foamed Ultrason^® inside the trolley walls weighs only 40 kg/m³. Compared to a trolley made with traditional metal materials, a trolley made with Ultrason^® is 40% lighter (about 10kg), a total of around 140kg weight savings for an Airbus A321 airplane. Additional characteristics include its high-temperature strength, stability, insulating properties, inherent flame retardance and low moisture uptake.

Weight saving in aviation can help reduce carbon emissions and improve fuel efficiency.  Ultrason^® resins are especially suitable for highly stressed parts that must show substantial dimensional stability and good mechanical properties, and can substitute thermosets, metals and ceramics.

For details of BASF at Chinaplas 2015, visit our website at http://www.chinaplas.basf.com

 

About BASF’s Performance Materials Division

BASF’s Performance Materials division encompasses the entire materials know-how of BASF regarding innovative, customized plastics under one roof. Globally active in four major industry sectors - transportation, construction, industrial applications and consumer goods – the division has a strong portfolio of products and services combined with a deep understanding of application-oriented system solutions. Key drivers of profitability and growth are our close collaboration with customers and a clear focus on solutions. Strong capabilities in R&D provide the basis to develop innovative products and applications. In 2014, the Performance Materials division achieved global sales of €6.5 bn.

More information online: www.performance-materials.basf.com

 

About BASF

At BASF, we create chemistry – and have been doing so for 150 years. Our portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products and crop protection products to oil and gas. As the world’s leading chemical company, we combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Through science and innovation, we enable our customers in nearly every industry to meet the current and future needs of society. Our products and solutions contribute to conserving resources, ensuring nutrition and improving quality of life. We have summed up this contribution in our corporate purpose: We create chemistry for a sustainable future. BASF had sales of over €74 billion in 2014 and around 113,000 employees as of the end of the year. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (AN). Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com.