BASF introduces Basotect EcoBalanced, a melamine resin foam which helps to reduce the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) of many sound absorption applications.

BASF introduces Basotect EcoBalanced, the melamine resin foam with the lowest PCF on the market.

Basotect EcoBalanced has an up to 50% lower PCF than the respective BASF standard grades because of two sustainability levers. First, it is manufactured in a resource-efficient process using 100% green electricity.

Second, the fossil raw materials have been replaced with renewable feedstock at the very beginning of the production. The renewable feedstock comes from organic waste and residual biomass and is attributed to the Basotect grade via a mass balance approach which is certified according to REDcert2 and ISCC PLUS.

Basotect G+ EcoBalanced shows a PCF which is more than two-thirds lower (at 9kg/m³), while in comparison to alternative insulation materials like PET fleece (30kg/m³), it achieves considerably lower emissions.

Basotect EcoBalanced is an easy drop-in solution. It shows the same material performance as respective standard grades.

Manufacturers of applications like engine covers, wall and ceiling sound absorbers, HVAC (heating, ventilation, air-conditioning) parts and air cleaners do not have to adapt their existing manufacturing process or invest into new processing lines. Most of these applications made of Basotect EcoBalanced do not have to be re-qualified, either.

BASF has developed a digital application to calculate the cradle-to-gate PCFs for its 45,000 sales products, including Basotect. The PCF comprises all product-related greenhouse gas emissions that occur until the BASF product leaves the factory gate: from the purchased raw material to emissions from operations and the use of energy in production processes.

BASF introduces Basotect EcoBalanced, a melamine resin foam which helps to reduce the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) of many sound absorption applications.

BASF introduces Basotect EcoBalanced, the melamine resin foam with the lowest PCF on the market.

Basotect EcoBalanced has an up to 50% lower PCF than the respective BASF standard grades because of two sustainability levers. First, it is manufactured in a resource-efficient process using 100% green electricity.

Second, the fossil raw materials have been replaced with renewable feedstock at the very beginning of the production. The renewable feedstock comes from organic waste and residual biomass and is attributed to the Basotect grade via a mass balance approach which is certified according to REDcert2 and ISCC PLUS.

Basotect G+ EcoBalanced shows a PCF which is more than two-thirds lower (at 9kg/m³), while in comparison to alternative insulation materials like PET fleece (30kg/m³), it achieves considerably lower emissions.

Basotect EcoBalanced is an easy drop-in solution. It shows the same material performance as respective standard grades.

Manufacturers of applications like engine covers, wall and ceiling sound absorbers, HVAC (heating, ventilation, air-conditioning) parts and air cleaners do not have to adapt their existing manufacturing process or invest into new processing lines. Most of these applications made of Basotect EcoBalanced do not have to be re-qualified, either.

BASF has developed a digital application to calculate the cradle-to-gate PCFs for its 45,000 sales products, including Basotect. The PCF comprises all product-related greenhouse gas emissions that occur until the BASF product leaves the factory gate: from the purchased raw material to emissions from operations and the use of energy in production processes.