BASF commissions pilot coating lines for pressure sensitive adhesives

BASF has commissioned its newly modernized center for pressure sensitive adhesives at its Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The center houses two pilot plants, including a new coating plant for aqueous pressure sensitive adhesives - running at speeds up to 1,500 meters per minute - and a UV hot melt adhesive plant operating at a speed of up to 700 meters per minute.

The development and modernization costs of the coating center, which was designed and built in cooperation with Pagendarm BTT GmbH, totaled €5 million.

Dr. Martin Brudermller, head of BASF’s functional polymers division, commented, ‘From today, we can design the joint trials we carry out with our customers even more flexibly and efficiently. We can vary the interaction between coating technology, machine speeds, carriers and pressure sensitive adhesives to an extent never previously achieved. This makes us the ideal partner for customers wishing to optimize their production processes for the manufacture of self-adhesive products such as adhesive tapes or labels.’