BASF(China)Co.,Ltd

BASF is the world¡¯s leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics and performance products to agricultural products, fine chemicals and oil and gas. As a reliable partner BASF creates chemistry to help its customers in virtually all industries to be more successful. With its high-value products and intelligent solutions, BASF plays an important role in finding answers to global challenges such as climate protection, energy efficiency, nutrition and mobility.

BASF posted sales of more than €50 billion in 2009. BASF has about 6,500 employees in Greater China. The company operates 23 BASF wholly owned subsidiaries and 16 BASF joint ventures in Greater China.
As a highly elastic synthetic fi ber, spandex, or elastane, is currently a very popular textile material. The advantage of spandex is its elas ticity,making spandex-containing clothes very comfortable to wear. Besides clothing, spandex is being gradually applied in decoration, the medical and other industries. BASF is one of the world¡¯s most important manufacturers of PolyTHF^TM, which is used to produce spandex.

BASF¡¯s PolyTHF is used to produce high-quality spandex or elastane fibers.PolyTHF is also an important intermediate in manufacturing thermoplastic polyurethane elastomers (TPU). These products are made into highly abrasion-resistant and flexible hoses, films and cable sheathing. Other applications include thermo ¨Cplastic polyesters, polyetheramide and cast polyurethane elastomers, proven in their use for skateboard wheels and inline skates. PolyTHF is the raw material used to produce spandex fibers.It is a polymer which, depending on its molecular weight, solidifi es between 20 and 30 ¡ãC in a waxy-like manner. PolyTHF is transferred by further reactions into polymers with molecular weights of 40,000 and higher.