BASF and Avery Dennison collaborate to launch BASF’s newest acrylates based on renewable electricity

 BASF Corporation is launching Butyl acrylate RE and 2-Ethylhexylacrylate RE (#RenewableElectricity), two new products that are manufactured at BASF’s Freeport, Texas site with attributed electricity from renewable sources. This reduces CO2 emissions in the manufacturing process and improves the products’ carbon footprint compared to conventionally produced acrylic acid esters.

 


For products with the suffix “RE”, renewable electricity generated from wind and solar sources in Texas was attributed to the RE products to replace 100% of their consumption at the Freeport site.

 

Butyl acrylate RE and 2-Ethylhexylacrylate RE by #BASF are completely equivalent to their conventionally produced counterparts in terms of quality and performance and can be used in a wide variety of #polymerdispersion applications, with the #coatings and #adhesives industries as the primary target industries.

 

Avery Dennison Corporation has successfully pioneered the commercialization of these products manufactured with renewable energy. This achievement marks a step forward in the company’s commitment to reduce its Scope 3 GHG emissions by 30%, and accelerates the use of more sustainable raw materials across the #adhesives and sealants value chain.

 

“This announcement demonstrates how our collaboration with Avery Dennison fosters meaningful progress toward a lower-carbon future,” said Michael Limbach, Vice President, Industrial Petrochemicals, BASF North America. “This accomplishment highlights the power of investing in responsible production and efficient, future-ready operations, enabling BASF to deliver high-performance acrylates that #AveryDennison and the North American market expect.”

 

Avery Dennison, a global leader in materials science and digital identification solutions, prioritizes using lower-carbon and renewable-based materials across its product portfolio.

 

“The collaboration with BASF demonstrates our commitment to introducing more sustainable materials throughout our integrated supply chain,” said Collins Oluka, Vice President, Procurement, Avery Dennison Materials Group North America and Global Chemicals. “Innovations such as renewable-energy-enabled acrylic esters help advance our long-term sustainability goals. We look forward to collaborating further with BASF as we scale more sustainable material solutions for our customers.”

 

A mutual commitment to carbon footprint reduction:

 BASF and Avery Dennison have comprehensive environmental goals aimed at reducing emissions across operations and supply chains. BASF is investing in renewable energy supply, electrified production technologies and circular feedstock pathways, while Avery Dennison is actively pursuing decarbonization across raw materials, manufacturing processes and logistics.

 

source : Avery Dennison

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