SABIC and Lubrizol collaborate on sustainable soft-rigid compatible material solutions

19-Aug-2024 - SABIC and The Lubrizol Corporation have developed compatible material solutions well suited for various applications in the consumer electronics and mobility industries, among others. These solutions, which combine soft and rigid materials, can help customers advance their sustainability goals, ...

Inspired by the gecko: Better adhesion properties of plastics through combined micro- and nanostructures

Structured surface improves adhesion, wettability, optical reflection, hydrophobicity and recyclability.

27-Feb-2024 - With a patented process for micro-nano-structuring, the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS in Halle (Saale) has achieved significant improvements in the adhesion properties of polymers. The process, in which structured surfaces are produced by hot imprinting or ...

4D printing: heat shrinks printed objects

Shrinkage behavior and curvatures can be precisely adjusted

02-Nov-2021 - Printed polymers that change shape once in a predefined way when heated? This is now possible thanks to a 4D printing technology developed in the Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Programmable Materials CPM. The extent of the change in shape of the printed objects is drastic: they can shrink by up ...

BASF started piling of the first plants of its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong

Important milestone in the development of the company’s US$10 billion investment project

03-Jun-2020 - On May 30, BASF kicked off the piling work of the first plants of its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China. This came as another important milestone in the development of the company’s US$10 billion investment project since its official commencement in November 2019. The first ...

BASF commences its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang

Milestone for BASF’s US$10 billion investment project in China

26-Nov-2019 - BASF officially launched its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, China, and commenced building its first plants. It marks a milestone of the company’s US$10 billion investment project announced in July 2018. The first plants will produce engineering plastics and thermoplastic ...

BASF to build engineering plastics and thermoplastic polyurethanes plants at new Verbund site in Zhanjiang

22-May-2019 - BASF plans to build an engineering plastics compounding plant and a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) plant at the company’s proposed integrated chemical production (“Verbund”) site in Zhanjiang, China. These will be the first production plants to come onstream at the site. By 2022, the new ...

BASF Venture Capital leads a $3 million Series A financing in SLIPS Technologies Inc.

03-Nov-2014 - BASF Venture Capital has led a $3 million Series A financing with a $1.5 million investment in SLIPS Technologies Inc. based in Cambridge, Massachusetts . The Swiss entrepreneur and private investor Hansjörg Wyss has also participated in the financing. SLIPS Technologies develops customized, ...

Production begins at BASF’s largest Indian investment to date

BASF inaugurates chemical complex in Dahej, India

08-Oct-2014 - BASF India Limited inaugurated its large-scale chemical production complex at Dahej in Gujarat, India. With a project cost of INR 1,000 crore (approximately €150 million), the site represents BASF’s single largest investment in India. The site was jointly inaugurated by Smt. Anandiben Patel, ...

Less and less petroleum required for plastics production

New successes for Bayer’s CO2 research

28-Aug-2014 - Bayer MaterialScience’s research into carbon dioxide as a new raw material for making plastics is delivering further successes. In laboratory tests, the company has succeeded in significantly further reducing the need for petroleum at precursor level through the incorporation of CO2. Plastics and ...

Lubrizol and VELOX Announce New Distribution Partnership

16-Jun-2014 - Lubrizol Advanced Materials M.S. S.L. (FKA Merquinsa) announced a new distribution partnership with VELOX GmbH for its Merquinsa legacy TPU technologies. VELOX is a distributor of raw material specialities for the plastics, composites, rubber, paints and coatings industries across Europe. VELOX ...