The Intermediates Topstory
Flooring paves the way for growth
KLB’s industrial floor coating business is flourishing – and relies on BASF.
(Not) gone with the wind…
Huettenes-Albertus – HA for short - and BASF look back on a long-term business relationship. Chemistry underlies their partnership. As a producer of chemical specialties and systems for the foundry industry, HA has been relying for decades on products from BASF, “The Chemical Company”.
Koresin keeps wheels turning
Koresin®, a phenolic resin that serves as a tackifier in tire production, has proved valuable for more than 70 years - and is the benchmark for this product category even today.
Amines washing machine
From the pilot plant to leading supplier status for natural gas treatment: success stories like BASF's aMDEA® technology are few and far between.
The chemistry is good
“Customer focus” is the keyword that best captures the cooperation between BASF and its customer Oemeta, on of the world’s leading suppliers of industrial lubricants. A clear focus on the needs of its customers is the foundation on which Oemeta Chemische Werke GmbH has built its success.
PolyTHF: 25th anniversary of “Verbund” product, still going strong
Twenty-five years ago, in September 1983, BASF brought its first plant for the production of polytetrahydrofuran on line at its “Verbund” (integrated production) site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The product is now marketed under the name PolyTHF® throughout the world.
Boosted by cooperation
Epoxy resins are set for growth around the world. And epoxy resin manufacturer LEUNA-Harze in the Halle-Leipzig chemical triangle in the center of Germany is growing just as fast. For the Leuna company, the key to success is its combination of experience, customer focus and innovativeness. Supplying high-grade intermediates and expertise, BASF has for years contributed to this success. Now the two companies have signed a cooperation agreement. Read a story about success based on excellent cooperation.
Tradition of ideas: Reppe Chemistry
BASF chemist Walter Reppe makes history: he is the first ever to produce vinylether from acetylene and alcohols, establishing the so-called Reppe chemistry. Learn more about the famous chemist, and how his inventions caused BASF’s operations to change significantly.
Standing by each other
An efficient partnership is based on reliability and trust. BASF and its Spanish customer Campi y Jové, one of Spain’s major chemical raw materials distributors, have proved this rule for many years. Find out what “standingy by each other” really means.
Lasting bonds of friendship
For more than 30 years, Collak, S.A., a customer in Spain, has been purchasing the intermediate tetrahydrofuran (THF) exclusively from BASF. Take a look at the history of a successful customer relationship.
No two days are alike
Day after day, “innovation scout” Xavier Sava scans the whole world in search of new applications for one of BASF’s classic products: formic acid. Dip into the world of innovations in which no two days are alike.
Tradition of ideas: formic acid
An innovative process for manufacturing formic acid catapulted BASF to the position of world leader in the nineteen-eighties. Learn here in what applications BASF’s customers use this fascinating acid, and what ants have to do with it.
Acidic all-rounder
Formic acid is the stuff that innovations are made of, be it in preserving feedstuffs, in removing rust or in disinfecting kegs and barrels in breweries. - Have a look at the exciting variety of applications for this BASF classic.
The Great Preserver
For better freshness and health: propionic acid. Read about the effects of the environmentally benign all-round product in protecting feed grain from molding, how it acts against pests, and how you can even use it to make vitamin E.
Getzner dampens everything, except expectations
BASF’s Austrian customer Getzner provides special plastics that make trams and trains travel silently and keep vibrations away from opera houses and bridges. Read more about the interesting field of “damping,” and about BASF’s contribution.
Lightweight as hard as steel
When it comes to the intermediates for the high-performance fiber Twaron, the Dutch company Teijin Aramid has for many years relied on BASF as its source. Learn more about this fiber, which is light as a feather, yet hard as steel and super strong – and suitable for many different applications.
Cleaner service in the Sahara
Energy-saving and environmentally friendly: BASF teaches the Algerian state-owned Sonatrach company to use aMDEA® gas-treatment technology, which allows for the profitable production of natural gas at Krechba. Read on to find out why this project is literally a “hot” affair.
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