Daniel Freidank (left) and Wei Leng (right), lab managers, check the quality of viscoelastic polyurethane foam. The density of a foam product depends on the type and amount of blowing agent, and the flexibility or rigidity on the structure of polyols and isocyanates involved.
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Chemetall runs its Blackman Township production facility in the USA entirely on renewable electricity

The Surface Treatment global business unit of BASF’s Coatings division, operating under the Chemetall brand, has switched its electricity supply for its production site Blackman Township in Jackson County, Michigan, USA, to 100% renewable electricity*. The energy provided by the partner BASF Renewable Energy is generated by a subset of renewable resources, including solar and wind, resulting in an approximate reduction of 950 tons of CO2 emissions** in 2025.
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BASF and its partners publish 2024 results of the world’s first sustainable castor bean program, Pragati

Pragati, the world’s first sustainable castor bean program, completed eight years of operation in the 2023/2024 season. More than 8,000 farmers are now certified under the program, and individual farmer yields have increased significantly. The program has grown to more than 9,000 hectares of mostly semi-arid land under the SuCCESS® sustainability code.
Products from Greenville, such as E-Coats for OEM coatings, are produced using renewable energy, thereby reducing the carbon footprint for customers.
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Trade News | February 7, 2025

BASF Coatings implements 100% renewable electricity at key sites in North America

BASF’s Coatings division has successfully transitioned to 100% renewable electricity at its North American sites in Greenville, Ohio, and Blackman Township in Jackson County, Michigan, effective January 2025. The switch to renewable electricity will bring a significant reduction of more than 11,000 tons of CO2 emissions annually, benefiting both BASF Coatings’ operations and customers.
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BASF introduces first superabsorbent polymer with product carbon footprint of zero

BASF is taking the next step in expanding its sustainable portfolio by offering HySorb® B 6610 ZeroPCF, the first polyacrylate-based superabsorbent polymer (SAP) marketed with a product carbon footprint1 (PCF) of zero for the hygiene industry. The zero PCF is achieved by utilizing renewable energy in addition to the established biomass balance approach (BMB) in the production process at the Antwerp Verbund site. HySorb® B 6610 ZeroPCF is ISCC PLUS-certified.
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For sustainable sound absorption: the world’s first high-quality melamine resin foam with a reduced PCF

As the world’s first melamine foam manufacturer, BASF now introduces Basotect® EcoBalanced which helps to reduce the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) of many sound absorption applications in the transportation as well as in the building and construction industries. Basotect® EcoBalanced has an up to 50% lower PCF than the respective BASF standard grades because of two sustainability levers: It is manufactured in a resource-efficient process using 100% green electricity; and the fossil raw materials needed to produce it have been replaced with renewable feedstock at the very beginning of the production. The renewable feedstock comes from organic waste and residual biomass and is attributed to the Basotect® grade via a mass balance approach which is certified according to REDcert2 and ISCC PLUS.