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Discover how our additives support key formulation needs across eight industrial market segments

BASF Industrial Formulators supplies a broad range of additives tailored to the functional requirements of industrial formulators across multiple sectors. We serve eight core market segments: Agrochemicals, Construction, Biorefinery, Coatings & Adhesives, Metal Surface Treatment, Chemical Processing, Rubber & Plastics, and Leather & Textile. Each market segment is characterized by distinct application demands, which we address through targeted additive technologies and technical expertise.

Our Segments & Sustainable Solutions

Agrochemicals

We enable agrochemical formulators to enhance biological efficacy, improve formulation stability and selectivity, and contribute to regulatory compliance. Our portfolio focuses on additives for crop protection and micronutrients for crop nutrition. Discover our reliable offerings for maximum performance and environmental responsibility.

Construction

We help our customers to achieve outstanding formulations, advanced workability, and desired physical properties of their concrete admixtures. Our wide range of products covers many areas such as shrinkage reducers, air entraining agents, defoamers or superplasticizer raw materials

Biorefinery

We offer solutions to support your sustainability targets. Our technical expertise ranges from biofuel additives that help enhance the biological efficacy, stability, and selectivity of your formulations, to digesting aids, pitch control aids, chelating agents, de-inking aids, dispersants, and defoamers for pulp production.

Coating & Adhesives Raw Materials

We serve manufacturers in the Coatings and Adhesives sectors with a comprehensive range of raw materials such as surfactants, water-soluble polymers, and defoamers designed for innovative applications. Our deep industry knowledge improves formulation performance and helps to unlock the potential of your products.

Metal Surface Treatment

We cater to a wide range of industries, meeting the highest standards of performance in electroplating, electroless plating, corrosion protection, and post-treatment for metal. Our products provide protection against corrosion and mechanical damage and enable high-quality decorative effects.

Chemical Processing

We use our core competencies as well as our technological and operational excellence to deliver reliable solutions to the chemical processing industry.

Rubber & Plastics

From tires and rubber gloves to wire jacketing and fuel hoses – our products advance the formulations of a wide range of rubber goods. In addition, we offer solutions that enable an effective and economical processing of rigid plastic.

Leather & Textile

We provide a broad portfolio of raw materials such as alkoxylates, surfactants, dispersants, chelates, biocides, and wax emulsions as high-performance products to formulators in the textile industry.