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With the launch of Ultramid^® LowPCF (reduced Product Carbon Footprint) and Ultramid BMB (Biomass Balance), BASF expands its sustainable nylon 6 portfolio in North America and offers two new solutions that can help customers reduce PCF and achieve sustainability targets without sacrificing performance or changing existing operations or supply chains.
 

BASF and STOCKMEIER Urethanes USA, Inc. have announced the commercial production of Stobielast® S polyurethane binders for playground and recreational surfacing made with 100% domestically produced Biomass Balance Lupranate® methylene diphenyl diisocyanate.

Waterloo, Belgium, March 7, 2024 – One year after BASF’s Monomers division announced its ambitious sustainability roadmap, it is now celebrating the successful certification of production sites in all regions. With its MDI production site in Geismar, Louisiana, USA, joining the ranks of ISCC PLUS and REDcert²-certified locations¹, BASF can now offer its customers regionally produced ISCC PLUS and/or REDcert² certified isocyanates and polyamides all over the world. 

Effective March 1, 2024, or as contracts allow, BASF will increase prices for caprolactam, polyamide 6 (PA6), and copolyamide (PA6,66) by $0.20 per pound in North America.