MOSCOW (MRC) -- At its Lemforde site BASF has commissioned a new pilot line for the development and discontinuous production of polyurethane insulating panels, said the company in its press release.
The new flat laminating line facilitates the production of panels up to ten meters long using two different application techniques: Flat coating in which the material is applied into the open mold; and injection technology that optimally delivers the polyurethane into the closed mold using a novel mixing head.
Customers have also responded very positively to the new plant in Lemforde. Reinhard Beelmann, Technical Manager at Schmitz Cargobull in Vreden: “We believe this is another positive step in our many years of good business relations with BASF that makes it possible to develop new foam systems with much greater focus and independently of production processes. We can now save time and money in the qualification of new materials and accelerate market launch."
For the flat laminator, a new testing center hall with a total of 900 square meters has been built in Lemforde. Installations for the development of other polyurethane applications such as insulated pipelines will also be accommodated here.
As MRC wrote before, BASF, Huntsman, Shanghai Hua Yi (Group) Co., Shanghai Chlor-Alkali Chemical Co. and Sinopec held a ceremony Tuesday kicking off the construction of a new 240,000 tpy plant for crude MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate) at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP) in Caojing, China.
BASF is the leading chemical company. It produces a wide range of chemicals, for example solvents, amines, resins, glues, electronic-grade chemicals, industrial gases, basic petrochemicals and inorganic chemicals. The most important customers for this segment are the pharmaceutical, construction, textile and automotive industries. BASF had sales of about EUR74 billion in 2013 and over 112,000 employees as of the end of the year. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (AN).