By: ICN Bureau
Last updated : March 24, 2021 5:22 pm
These co-created products demonstrate how plastics can be part of the solution to increase energy efficiency, reduce emissions, minimize food waste, recycle material waste, and extend the shelf-life of products, thereby solving the challenges posed by population growth.
At CHINAPLAS 2021, BASF will showcase co-created products made from sustainable materials, including cold storage, a trunk floor, a laptop backpack, and an autonomous wireless charger. These co-created products demonstrate how plastics can be part of the solution to increase energy efficiency, reduce emissions, minimize food waste, recycle material waste, and extend the shelf-life of products, thereby solving the challenges posed by population growth.
“Our co-created products demonstrate the potential of BASF’s material solutions and competencies in supporting customers to overcome emerging challenges for demanding applications. These solutions also help them meet evolving and increasing stringent sustainability targets,” said Andy Postlethwaite, Senior Vice President, Performance Materials Asia Pacific, BASF. “With our material solutions, we help our customers save energy, reduce resource consumption, reuse and recycle waste throughout the value chain and lifecycle of the products.”
Cold storage with composite panels manufactured from pentane-blown polyurethane (PU) Elastopir rigid foam solution: Co-developed by BASF and Shandong Wiskind Steel Building Stock Co., cold storage can keep food fresh at an optimal temperature, all along the value chain, from farm to retailer.
Trunk floor, an automotive interior part made with recycled PU waste: Green & Light Automotive Components (Green & Light) and BASF jointly developed a trunk floor made with recycled PU waste using BASF’s PU binder Elastan CC 6521.
Laptop backpack made of Haptex and Infinergy: BASF jointly developed a backpack with Lenovo for its gaming laptop brand, “Legion”. Made with BASF’s Haptex, an ECO PASSPORT OEKO-TEX certified material made without the use of organic solvents, the synthetic leather meets stringent VOC standards and enhance the look and feel of the backpack with its excellent haptics.
MobiPOWER, an autonomous wireless charger: Conceptualized as a convenient solution to meet the growing demand for charging infrastructure of over 75 billion connected devices, such as autonomous vehicles and smart devices in the future. Co-created by ZMP, B&Plus, and BASF, MobiPower is made with BASF’s broad portfolio of advanced material solutions robust enough to house sophisticated components and sensors combining 5G, IoT, and AI capabilities, as well as durable enough for the outdoors.