Industries and Applications

BASF Performance and Formulation Additives specializes in just one thing: supporting you in achieving your strategic goals. 

BASF offers a large and innovative portfolio of adhesive raw materials and additives, including water-based acrylic and styrene butadiene emulsions and ultraviolet (UV) cure hot melt polymers.

BASF is a leading raw material supplier in the paints and coatings industry, offering an extensive portfolio of binders, colorants and additives as well as technical expertise  for interior coatings, exterior coatings, primers and specialty applications.

BASF offers single source, end-to-end solutions for the automotive and transportation coatings industry. Thanks to the diversity in product and application expertise, depending on customer needs we can deliver a wide range of resins, functional additives, curing agents, rheology modifiers and light stabilizers.

Structural durability. Reduced energy consumption. Shrinking labor force. These are just a few of the demands facing the construction industry. We take a full formulation approach to tackle these challenges head on. 

Looking for a floor finish that holds up to heavy foot traffic? We've got you covered.

No matter what your desire for your furniture and flooring applications, we create chemistry to provide coating raw material solutions that meet your performance and environmental needs.

BASF advances the industrial coatings market by offering an extensive portfolio of binders and additives that make coatings more durable, efficient, functional, and sustainable. 

Safe, long lasting, and cost-effective solutions for infrastructure construction, pavement markings and pavement preservation.

BASF offers depth and breadth of technological knowledge in raw materials for nonwovens, including acrylic, styrene acrylic and styrene butadiene polymer emulsions as well as formulation additives for optimal performance.

BASF is your partner for paper and paperboard coatings. Our products provide answers to today’s market challenges for coated paper and board, focusing on cost optimization and improved appearance and functionality.

We bring printing solutions to the packaging industry that are differentiated, innovative, and sustainable. Our broad product portfolio of binders, eco-friendly resins, and additives allows your customers to achieve high quality printing results.

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