MOSCOW (MRC) -- BASF is expanding its range of the melamine resin foam Basotect with a version which has been developed specifically for use in visible applications, reported the company on its site.
The new Basotect B is white and meets the highest demands when it is used as a sound absorber for optimizing the acoustics of rooms.
Basotect B opens up new design options. Bright rooms which are bathed in light can be impressively showcased with the white Basotect B.
"The demand from architects and designers for visually appealing sound absorbers is very high," says Johannes Kiefer, Professor in the Department of Design, Computer Science, Media at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden.
Basotect B offers attractive design possibilities thanks to its white color and the various options for shaping it. Besides the established properties of Basotect, such as excellent sound absorption, flame retardancy, high inherent rigidity, and ease of processing, Basotect B has a high light reflectance value which can help to lower the lighting demand and thus save energy.
As MRC wrote previously, BASF is significantly expanding its production capacity for about 20 specialty amines at its Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF says it will invest a double-digit million euro amount in expanding current production facilities, which are planned to go on stream gradually by early 2017. The specialty amines are especially used for the manufacturing of coatings, lubricants, crop protection products and pharmaceuticals.
The BASF Group’s Intermediates division develops, produces and markets a comprehensive portfolio of more than 700 intermediates around the world. Its most important product groups include amines, diols, polyalcohols, acids and specialties. Among other applications, intermediates are used as starting materials for coatings, plastics, pharmaceuticals, textiles, detergents and crop protectants. Around the globe the division generated sales to third parties of about EUR2.8 billion in 2013.
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