Intermediates

Intermediates

BASF’s intermediates make essential contributions to our daily lifes. Customers around the world use our chemicals to produce for example coatings, plastics, elastic textile fibers, detergents, pharmaceuticals and crop protectants.

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BASF ist weltweit führender Anbieter für funktionale Vinylmonomere. Diese hochwertigen Zwischenprodukte bewähren sich zum Beispiel bei der Herstellung von Lacken, Klebstoffen, Hochleistungsschmiermitteln, Aromastoffen und Druckfarben. Die jüngste BASF-Entwicklung in diesem Bereich ist Vinyl-Methyl-Oxazolidinon (VMOX). Es eignet sich speziell als Reaktivverdünner in UV-härtenden Lacken und Tinten. Gegenüber konventionellen Einsatzstoffen punktet VMOX mit einfacher Handhabung, ausgezeichneten Anwendungseigenschaften und vorteilhaftem toxikologischem Profil im digitalen UV-Druck und in der 3D-Druck-Technologie.
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BASF Intermediates in brief

Intermediates systems and solutions

Gas Treatment
As one of the leading companies in the field of gas treatment worldwide we are the preferred partner for complex new gas plants. BASF´s proven gas treatment technologies boast about 400 references around the globe, from the deserts of North Africa to the Arctic Circle, including the world´s largest gas treatment units.
10th furnace stack of the steam cracker at BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LLC in Port Arthur, Texas. The site produces basic petrochemicals and operates one of the world’s largest flexible feed steam crackers and the world’s largest butadiene extraction facility.
Butadiene extraction
BASF's butadiene extraction technology with NMP (N-methylpyrrolidone) solvent is the leading technology for recovery of high purity butadiene.
 
Glasfaserverstärkte Verbundwerkstoffe aus dem PET-Schaum Kerdyn®, dem Epoxy-System Baxxodur® und RELEST®-Beschichtungen ermöglichen größere und hochbelastbare Windflügel. Damit wird Windenergie zu einer wirtschaftlichen Energiequelle.
Epoxy Curing Agents
The advantages of BASF’s Baxxodur products are featured in many applications - as highly efficient curing agents in various coating applications and sealing compounds, for the electrical industry as well as in composites, adhesives and flooring.

Intermediates for special applications

Raw Materials for the Pharmaceutical Industry
BASF’s broad portfolio of products and services across the pharmaceutical value chain also includes a comprehensive portfolio of synthesis tools such as top quality building blocks, synthetic and protecting group reagents, solvents, high-purity iron salts an catalysts. 
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Rubber Additives
BASF supplies a wide range of intermediates for the rubber industry and has the world’s broadest portfolio of amines for rubber chemicals and the tire industry.
Intermediates for the Paint & Coatings Industry
BASF have supplied the paint & coatings industry for many years with a wide range of high-quality intermediates for the production of modern coatings. Binders, crosslinking agents and reactive diluents as well as solvents and additives form part of our portfolio.