Our experience

• Global presence: Dedicated & fully integrated plants in Germany (“Verbund structure”), France (Alsachimie JV) and South Korea.
• Over 60 years of continuous production.
• World-scale capacity guarantees cost competitiveness and consistent quality.
• BASF supports Adipic Acid business with continuous investments and regular maintenance to guarantee premium quality and supply reliability to our customers.
• Experienced team involving Production, Quality, EHS, Supply Chain, Sales and Marketing.

Benchmark CO2 footprint of adipic acid

• Responsibility: More than 30 years of continuous reduction of CO2 footprint leading to world benchmark.
• Nitrous oxide: Further use in our Verbund or Chemical and Thermal elimination.
• Continuous process optimizations.
• Transparency for our customers.
  • Digital solution calculates cradle-to-gate Product Carbon Footprints automatically.
  • More than 25 years of experience in methodologies to quantify sustainability performance.
  • BASF supports establishing global standards.

Mass balance for a green future

• BASF mass balance approach - all cation of alternative feedstock to products.
• Fossil feedstock is replaced (at the beginning of the Verbund) by renewable (bio-gas; bio-Naphta) or recycled (pyrolysis oil, syngas).
• Further reduction of carbon footprint.
• Certified allocation scheme (REDcert; ISCC) ensures the correct attribution of renewable/recycled resources in BASF’s value chain.
• Compliant with the EU Directive on Renewable Energy