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Proven technologies:

A success factor for your investment projects

Chemicals
Intermediates
Technology Licensing

Intermediates

Technology Licensing

Looking to strengthen your investment projects with BASF expertise? We offer selected process technology licenses plus a full range of engineering and technical services. BASF delivers tailor-made designs that minimize capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operational expenditure (OPEX), while maximizing return on investment.

Our technologies

PolyTHF® 1800 technology
A mature, proven technology and the preferred choice for formulators who require consistent molecular weight, low unsaturation and reliable supply. PolyTHF® 1800 delivers high purity, controlled functionality and proven end-use performance, backed by a long operational history since 1983.
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Our strengths

Process

  • Efficient continuous operation with a water-free process and a simplified flow design
  • Low energy consumption  

Quality

  • Excellent stability, meeting clients’ requirements for consistent production and end-product quality

Safety and environment

  • No highly toxic materials involved or produced, ensuring safety and reliability
  • Minimal waste generation through optimized reaction and separation steps  

Investment

  • Polymerization catalyst is a natural mineral with abundant resources
  • Simple equipment: no requirement for high-value alloys
Methylamines technology
BASF’s methylamines technology is recognized as one of the industrial benchmarks: mature, scalable and enabling on-demand mono-/di-/trimethylamine ratios with low energy consumption.
 
  1. MMA
  2. DMA
  3. TMA

Our strengths

High-yield process

  • Ideally suited for DMA-focused product mix with high purity products: MMA, DMA and TMA ≥ 99.5 wt.%

High reliability

  • Currently operated reference plants in Germany, China and the USA demonstrate a high reliability and availability of this technology

Low operating cost

  • BASF’s proprietary silica-alumina catalyst with long-term stability, and low utility consumption due to high degree of heat integration and process automation
Formic acid technology
BASF’s two-step formic acid process transforms carbon monoxide and water with a high degree of automation into high-quality product grades of 85%, 94% and 99%. BASF’s unique extraction technology sets industry standards due to its low operating costs.   
 
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Our strengths

Our services

As part of our commitment to clients’ success, BASF provides the full spectrum of services associated with process technology licensing.

Download the whitepapers

PolyTHF® 1800 technology

(pdf, 1.11 MB)

Methylamines technology

(pdf, 633.52 KB)

Formic acid
technology

(pdf, 1.84 MB)

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