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BASF's Polyamide 6 Plant in Shanghai Receives ISCC PLUS Certification

20 November 2024 – BASF’s Monomers Division announced that its Polyamide 6 (PA6) plant in Shanghai has been awarded the ISCC PLUS certification. The PA6 plant is now ready to supply both biomass balanced and Ccycled® PA6 & PA6/6.6 copolymer.

For Ultramid® BMB CertTM PA6, bio-circular feedstock instead of fossil feedstock is used in the very first steps of chemical production. The bio-circular feedstock is then allocated to the product using the certified method, resulting in a reduced product carbon footprint (PCF). Ultramid® Ccycled® PA6 is a mass-balanced PA6 that supports the use of alternative raw materials derived from pyrolysis oil chemically recycled from end-of-life tires and mixed plastic waste. BASF incorporates this type of pyrolysis oil into the production process from the beginning, effectively replacing fossil resources otherwise needed for the production.

Chris LEE, vice president, Business Management Polyamides & Precursors Asia Pacific, said, “We are immensely proud of this achievement and the hard work of our team that led to it. We appreciate our customers along the PA6 value chain who recognize the importance of sustainable products with a lower product carbon footprint, and we look forward to collaborating with them to create a more sustainable PA6 value chain.”

With the plant’s recent ISCC PLUS certification, BASF’s Monomers Division Asia Pacific now offers certified circular or lower PCF product alternatives across all product chains, ranging from MDI/TDI to Polyamides 6/6.6. This internationally recognized certification demonstrates the division’s consistent commitment to enabling its customers’ green transformation by offering circular or low PCF product alternatives.

BASF’s Monomers Division offers a broad portfolio of sustainable solutions and continues to pursue the goals outlined in its “Sustainability Roadmap”. The division’s sustainable offerings are an essential part of BASF’s path to net zero CO2emissions by 2050.

Source: BASF