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Performance and Formulation Additives specializes in just one thing: supporting you in achieving your strategic goals. Across all of the industries we serve – from Architectural, Automotive and Industrial coatings, Furniture and Flooring solutions to Printing and Packaging, Adhesives and Composites – our focus is always on the specific challenges each customer faces and how to deliver solutions that turn those challenges into opportunities. Drawing on BASF’s vast scientific capabilities coupled with our highly specialized expertise in additive technologies, we work with our customers to continuously improve formulations.
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Applications

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Product Brands

Dispex®
Dispersing agents with different performance properties in water-based systems and universal pigment concentrates with outstanding viscosity reduction, increased color intensity and hiding power.
  1. Dispex
Efka®
Highly efficient and effective dispersing agents, wetting agents and surface modifiers, defoamers and rheology modifiers for non-aqueous formulations, including eco-friendly solutions.
  1. Efka
Foamaster®
Defoamers and deaerators for water-based systems, delivering a perfect balance between excellent foam suppression, micro-foam removal, high compatibility, long-term efficiency, easy handling and environmental compliance.
  1. Foamaster
FoamStar®
Defoamers and deaerators for water-based systems, delivering a perfect balance between excellent foam suppression, micro-foam removal, high compatibility, long-term efficiency, easy handling and environmental compliance.
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Hydropalat®
Outstanding substrate-wetting, colorant-compatibilizing, flow-control, slip-control and anti-mar agents for water-based formulations.
  1. Hydropalat
Irganox®
Reliable antioxidants to prevent oxidation of polymers from heat exposure that extends from production and application – e.g. processing and curing or baking at high temperatures – to service life.
  1. Irganox
Loxanol®
Excellent film-forming and coalescing agents, open-time prolongers and plasticizers that focus on low VOC and sustainable raw materials.
  1. Loxanol
Rheovis®
Trusted synthetic rheology modifiers for water-based systems, including non-ionic associative (HEUR / HMPE), anionic associative (HASE) and non-associative thickener (ASE) technologies.
  1. Rheovis
Tinuvin®
Light stabilizers that deliver excellent protection from degradation through ultraviolet radiation coupled with compatibility in both water- and solvent-based systems.
  1. Tinuvin

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