Segment Plastics - Products

The Performance Polymers division is one of the world’s leading suppliers of engineering plastics, polyamides and polyamide intermediates, foams and specialty plastics.

We offer our customers a broad portfolio of engineering plastics based on polyamide 6 and polyamide 6.6 with the products Ultramid®, Miramid® and Capron®. This is complemented by our products Ultradur®, Ultraform® and Ultrason®. Due to their special mechanical properties which simultaneously combine low weight, high temperature and chemical resistance, our engineering plastics are widely used in the automotive, electric and electronics industries, for household appliances and in sports and leisure products.

For the packaging, textile and food industries, we offer Ultramid, an important base product for the manufacturing of fibers and foils. Our product range also includes Ecoflex® and Ecovio®, biodegradable specialty plastics for the packaging industry.

Styropor® and its innovative refinement Neopor® – both styrene-based precursors for foams – are used in insulating material for construction and packaging. Not only do our foams contribute to energy efficiency: the melamine-based foam Basotect® additionally provides excellent sound absorption in buildings and in airplanes, and is also marketed as a cleaning sponge in consumer goods industry.

The Polyurethanes division is one of the leading suppliers of basic products, systems and specialties. With its worldwide network of more than 30 polyurethane system houses and its comprehensive product and service portfolio, BASF is the preferred partner of its customers in many industries.

Polyurethanes make life more comfortable, safer and more pleasant – and they help to save energy sustainably. They help architects to better insulate buildings and automotive producers to design their vehicles more attractively and to construct lighter frames. The manufacturers of shoe soles, mattresses and household appliances as well as sports equipment use the manifold opportunities and advantages of this specialty plastic together with the knowledge and expertise of the polyurethane experts of BASF worldwide.

We can offer tailor-made polyurethane products for numerous customer applications. Under brand names such as Elastoflex® and Elastopor®, polyurethanes are used, for example, as rigid or flexible foams in construction for furniture and household appliances. The automotive industry is increasingly using our polyurethanes, for example our product Elastoskin®, in the manufacture of interior surfaces. Its visual and tactile qualities are nearly indistinguishable from those of leather. BASF develops, manufactures and sells components of cellular polyurethane elastomers under the brand name Cellasto®, which are used for automotive spring aids. Nine in ten automotive manufacturers use BASF springs – making us the market leader.

Our range of polyurethanes continues to include products with thermoplastic properties. On the market, we sell these under the brand name Elastollan® as granulates, which are used in almost all industries, especially in the automotive industry, in products of the electronic and shoe industries, and in sports and leisure articles.