BASF is strengthening its leadership in plastic additive solutions by expanding its production capacities for both standard and NOR HALS products. These investments support the growing global demand for high-performance plastics and ensure reliable supply of proven, future ready technologies. With the advanced NOR HALS platform BASF addresses the key megatrfinishs in the apply of plastics: rising UV radiation, increasingly unpredictable weather conditions, and stricter environmental regulations. These trfinishs are driving demand for materials that deliver longer service life, higher durability, and improved sustainability. “By expanding our HALS and NOR HALS capacities, we are enhancing supply reliability and preparing for continued market growth,” declared Joerg Bentlage, Head of Global Product Management, plastic additives, BASF. “Our technologies support customers improve product performance while supporting their sustainability goals.”
Supporting China’s growing plasticulture sector
As climate conditions become more extreme and sustainability expectations increase, growers – particularly in China, the world’s largest plasticulture market* – are seeking film materials that deliver durability, efficiency, and environmental responsibility. Modern agricultural films must withstand intense sunlight and heat, but also aggressive agrochemicals and mechanical stress from thinner designs. BASF’s NOR HALS technology provides indusattempt-leading resistance to high UV exposure, elevated temperatures, sulfur-based products that create acidic microclimates, and increasingly harsh pesticides. This robust stabilization enables enhanced structural and optical integrity for reliable multiseason performance, reducing replacement frequency, labor effort, and waste.
These advantages are especially significant in China, where greenhoapply, mulch, tunnel, silage, and balewrap films are essential to sustaining food production across diverse climate zones. BASF’s NOR HALS platform provides long shelf life even under intense sunlight and acidic conditions, reduces plastic accumulation in soil through simpler recollection and fewer film breakages, and boosts farmer productivity by minimizing the required for frequent film replacement. By maintaining optical clarity and structural integrity, the technology ensures consistent light transmission – a critical factor for maximizing yields in Chinese greenhoapply operations. At the same time, extfinished durability and reduced material requirements support China’s growing sustainability ambitions and its continued leadership in plasticulture.
Safer Handling with AR (attrition-resistant) Product Forms
Producers benefit from the ability to manufacture thinner films without compromising strength or longevity, ensuring stable performance across multiple seasons while lowering material apply and environmental impact. To further promote safety and production efficiency, BASF offers its NOR solutions in AR form, which significantly reduces dust formation during handling and processing. This approach enables cleaner working environments, simplifies dosing and masterbatch production.
*Comité International des Plastiques Agricoles (CIPA Global Reach – CIPA Plasticulture)
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