BASF: ISCC Plus certification of two production sites for technical plastics in China

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BASF has had its production facilities for technical plastics in Minhang near Shanghai and at the Zhanjiang compound in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong certified according to the ISCC Plus standard. This enables the company to manufacture plastics at both locations in which renewable or recycled raw materials are taken into account via a mass balance process.

The certification confirms the sustainable origin of the raw materials utilized and their traceable allocation along the value chain. In the mass stability approach, conventional and alternative raw materials are processed together. The proportion of certified raw materials is then assigned to mathematically specific items and documented independently.

Through the certification, BASF is expanding the range of locally produced, ISCC-Plus-certified technical plastics in China. In particular, companies from the automotive sector as well as the electrical and electronics industries are addressed. These industries are increasingly faced with the task of meeting regulatory standards to the consumption of sustainable materials and reducing greenhouse gaseous releases associated with their items.

According to the company, the certified materials should enable a comprehensible accounting of renewable and recycled raw material shares without changing the technical characteristics of the plastics. The certification refers to the raw materials utilized and their allocation, not to a physical separation of the materials within the production.

BASF also sees regional certification as an opportunity to enhance the supply of Chinese customers with appropriately balanced materials. Production in Shanghai and Zhanjiang is expected to enable shorter supply chains and higher regional availability.

The two sites are part of a gradual expansion of ISCC-Plus certification in the Performance Materials division in the Asia-Pacific region. BASF had previously certified locations in South Korea and Malaysia. According to the company, almost 70 percent of the performance materials locations in the region now have ISCC Plus certification.

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