BASF expands center of competence for adhesive coatings

- New coater to allow development of adhesive systems for flexible packaging and more

 

- Installed at coating center at headquarters in Ludwigshafen, Germany

 

Global chemical company BASF has expanded its coating center in Ludwigshafen, Germany by adding a tailor-made and flexible coating and laminating unit in its laboratory.

 

The center of competence for adhesive coatings is located at the global headquarters of BASF. Coating experts closely cooperate with all relevant BASF research and development centers for adhesive raw materials and the respective regional business units.

 

The centerpiece of the competence center is the existing pilot coater for dispersions. With a coating speed of 1,800m/min, the coating team holds the world record with this machine.

 

To further drive innovation, BASF invests more than €800,000 each year in the modernization and maintenance of its adhesive coating facilities. ‘Together with our customers we are working today on solutions to tomorrow’s problems,’ said Andree Dragon, technical manager of the coating center.

 

The new universal laboratory coater adds to BASF’s competences, and will allow the development of adhesive systems for flexible packaging, labels, tapes and functional film coatings.

 

BASF said it increases the capacity for customer tests and speeds up the development of new products, as well as the adaption of existing adhesive formulations to new carrier materials.

 

The universal laboratory coater produces exact, reproducible coatings of water-based and UV acrylate hotmelt systems, only requiring a minimum quantity of one kilo of adhesive.

 

The pre-treatment and lamination of a variety of film combinations is possible without any problems.

 

Dr Jürgen Pfister, head of dispersions for adhesives and fiber bonding in Europe at BASF, said: ‘By expanding our coating center, we are able to further strengthen our technical leadership and innovation power when it comes to water-based adhesive systems and UV acrylic hotmelts.’

 

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