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Performance Chemicals
Adding value for our customers

We color
your creation!

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We color your creation!
Masterbatch solutions and the services you need
Due to many years of experience we are experts in
standard and tailor-made Masterbatches, liquid colorants
and dry blends. This means that we deliver all-embracing
solutions for plastics processing operations. Since the
coloration of plastics is a very complex issue, all proce-
dures need to be well defined in advance, always in close
interaction with our customers.
In fact, the optimal tailor-made Masterbatch depends on
many factors such as the used polymer, type and effi-
ciency of production facilities, area of use of the end-
product or product-demands in terms of foodstuffs- and
environmental-regulations. We help you to choose the best
possible solution within these complex considerations.
We color your creation and deliver the service you need!
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Regional and worldwide
A company of colorful ideas
BASF goes hand in hand with plastics and fiber process-
ing operations. As a leading supplier of Masterbatches
in granulate, dry blend and liquid form, we hold leader-
ship positions in key markets all around the globe.
Utilizing our innovative chemical know-how and techno-
logical strength, we offer a versatile range of standard
and tailor-made high performance products for a variety
of applications. We deliver our products and services to
plastics processors in the automotive, electronics, fibers,
household goods, toys, packaging, construction, sports
and leisure and many other sectors.
With regional production and distribution facilities, we
seek the vicinity to our customers. When choosing
Masterbatches, liquid preparations or dry blends from
BASF, our customers can count on comprehensive tech-
nical advice concerning products and end-applications
as well as excellent marketing support, offering them
significant competitive advantages. No matter what pro-
cessing method or polymer you use, our well-trained
sales personnel, technicians and expert colorists will
provide you with the best solution for your demands.
We color your creation!
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electronics / packaging, transport / sports, le
Innovative color matching
Thanks to superior color measuring equipment, our
color matching laboratories are able to create all ima-
ginable shades, tailored to our customers' specific needs
and enduse requirements. Our highly skilled colorists
make use of spectrophotometers and color libraries to
match the color shade you request but also develop
new products and colors, following recent trends and
chemical innovations. The composition of the right
shade, for example with classic or special effects (Sparkle
Special Effect Preparations), can be made in presence
of our customers.
Expect the best
Product quality and the resulting satisfaction of our
customers is always our first priority. Therefore, you
can be ensured that we utilize highest-quality carrier
materials, pigments and additives. Moreover, physical
and chemical analysis equipment is used to study the
material (light and weather fastness, mechanical tests…).
Certainly we provide immediate assistance in case you
should encounter any problems!
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s, leisure / fibers / automotive / construction

Speed and flexibility

Whether you request Masterbatches, liquid colorants
or dry blends for any applications in any imaginable
color – we color your creation – with fast color
developments, strict respect for delivery times and
rigorous production controls.
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Product Range

Masterbatch
Euthylen ® Coloration of polyolefin film
Euthylen P ®
Coloration of polypropylene film
Lufilen ®
Coloration of polypropylene and polyethylene yarns and fibers
Luprofil ® Coloration of polypropylene yarns and fibers
Palamid ®
Coloration of polyamide yarns and fibers
Sicolen ®
Coloration of polyolefin articles produced by injection molding, blow molding or extrusion
Sicolen E ®
Coloration of polyethylene cables
Sicolen ® P Coloration of polypropylene articles produced by injection molding, blow molding or extrusion
Sicolen V ®
Coloration of rigid PVC (PVC-U) articles. Sicolen® V is plasticizer-free.
Sicopas ® Coloration of polyamide articles produced by injection molding, blow molding or extrusion
Sicopos ®
Coloration of articles made of polyester (PET, PBT, PCT…)
Sicostyren ® Coloration of articles made of crystal polystyrene or impact resistant polystyrene
Sicoversal ®
Coloration of articles produced by injection molding or extrusion. The almost universal carrier allows a
large range of applications with thermoplastics.
Sicoversal ® X Coloration of articles produced by injection molding or extrusion. Sicoversal ® X preparations are not as
universally applicable as Sicoversal® preparations due to the constitution of the carrier material and colorant.
Sicovinyl® Coloration of rigid PVC (PVC-U) articles produced by extrusion
Sicovinyl® E Coloration of PVC-cables

Liquid Colorants
Liqui-Kolor ® Coloration of articles produced by injection molding, blow molding or extrusion
Sicopurol ®
Coloration of polyurethane foam based on polyether polyol
Refapox™ Coloration of epoxy systems
Sicoflush ® K Coloration of flexible PVC articles, plastisols or organosols
Siconyl™ K Coloration of all kinds of aqueous systems
Sicopol ®
Coloration of unsaturated polyester systems

Dry Blends
Sicoplast ® Coloration of all thermoplastic materials, intended for processors operating with pigment mixes
Sicoplast ® V Coloration of PVC, intended for processors operating with pigment mixes

For further information please

consult our technical information
sheets and safety data sheets
The information submitted in this publication is based on our current knowledge and or contact our technical experts!
experience. In view of the many factors that may affect processing and application,
these data do not relieve processors of the responsibility of carrying out their own BASF Pigment GmbH
tests and experiments; neither do they imply any legally binding assurance of certain Performance Chemicals
properties or of suitability for a specific purpose. It is the responsibility of those to
whom we supply our products to ensure that any proprietary rights and existing laws
Masterbatch
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and legislation are observed. Clevischer Ring 180

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