BASF Plastic Additives

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1 BASF Plastic Additives Jointly enabling the future of plastics Hans W. Reiners Performance Chemicals Division BASF SE 0 BASF Plastic Additives: Global market leader The Original Our plastic additives portfolio unmatched in terms of broadness and quality Innovative solutions in cooperation with our customers Global commitment with strong investments in innovation and assets Pigments Antioxidants Light stabilizers Reliable partner for the plastics processing industry BASF Competitors 1

2 Global competence centers: Focused developments close to customers Focus on applications with high innovation potential Global bundling Close to key markets Regional customer service Global competence centers Regional customer service Cluster of excellence: global competence network with practical approach 2 Global production network with new pillar: CSB plant in Bahrain Customer Specific Blends State-of-the-art production site with annual capacity of 16,000 metric tons Good addition to sites in Europe, USA and Asia Highest European safety standards Global partner now even closer to the important growth market Gulf region Opening ceremony: Michael Heinz, BASF, Vivian Jamal, Economic Development Board Bahrain, Dr. Hassan Fakhro, Minister of Economic Affairs Bahrain, Sabine Taufmann, German ambassador in Bahrain, Hans W. Reiners, Volker Hammes, BASF, (from left) 3

3 Joncryl ADR: PET Recycling Recycling of PET bottles Pellets obtained are remarkably uncontaminated, however insufficient melt elasticity Functional Additives Repair the split polymer chains New properties for the recycled material Upcycling: additives facilitate high-performance recycling of plastics 4 Tinuvin XT 200: More than just sun protection for greenhouses Tinuvin XT 200: BASF NOR technology High weather resistance, even against strong solar radiation and intensive use of agrochemicals First trials with tomato crops: increase in yields Agronomical trials at the experimental station Las Palmerillas at the institute Fundación Cajamar in Almeria, Spain Innovative light stabilizers for improved yields and better environmental performance Picture: Fundación Cajamar NOR: N-Alkoxyamine 5

4 Antioxidants and catalysts: Together for improved stabilization Profound expertise in and important producer of catalysts for the production of polypropylene and polyethylene Catalysts define architecture of polymer chain Largest supplier and pioneer of polymer stabilization solutions Average molecular weight Molecular weight distribution Chain branching Catalyst residues: reduced properties and lifetime of polymers and final articles Innovative solutions for protection starting right after the polymerization step Improved polymer performance value as ONE company Additives safeguard properties through all steps of processing Optimally stabilized end-use article 6 Gas bottle in plastic jacket: News in packaging Significantly improved performance due to BASF s Plastic Additives Processing stabilization Versatile possibilities for design Longer plastic life cycle through light stabilizers Weight reduction in end-user product Analysis of environmental impact over the entire life cycle of the gas bottle The whole is more than the sum of its components 7

5 Plastic Additives: Jointly enabling the future of plastics performers originals global challenges partners enablers pioneers visionaries 8