Dr. Rainer Otter (BASF SE) spoke about "Regulatory safety" at CIEX 2025
The last event took place in Frankfurt, Germany during October 9-10, 2025 and Dr. Rainer Otter (Vice President, Regulatory Affairs BASF SE) gave insights into "Regulatory safety – Spurring innovation for safer alternatives". Among other things, he explained how you can turn regulatory requirements and compliance risks into positive innovation.
Trends for plasticizers in German freshwater environments - Evidence
Plasticizers are marketed in high volumes and Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is frequently detected in the environment and human populations. Industry had largely relied on DEHP until regulation started to restrict its marketing in 1999 due to environmental and human health concerns.
Plasticizers – Benefits, Trends, Health, and Environmental Issues
Plasticizers soften the PVC to make it flexible and bendable. This opens up a huge range of possibilities for new applications. One of the main benefits of plasticizers is the durability they confer onto PVC applications, which can ensure high performances for up to 50 years.
K-fair in Düsseldorf, Germany - Empowering the future together!
This year's K-fair was all about "empowering the future together". With more than 3.000 exhibitors and ca. 225.000 visitors from all over the world, it was a very international exchange on topics that shape the future: recycling and sustainability were key topics. The plasticizer team participated in the fair as part of the BASF corporate team.
Plasticizers | ADD-Chem Germany
Buy ADD plasticizers! ADD-Chem offers six different plasticizers: ESO (epoxidized soybean oil) DOTP (dioctyl therephthalate) DINP (dinonyl phthalate) DOA (dioctyl adipate) TOTM (trioctyl trimelity) Polymeric plasticizers The individual plasticizers differ in their chain length.
- What is the global demand for plasticizers in 2024?
- In the fourth edition of its Plasticizers market study, Germany's Ceresana forecasts that global demand for all plasticizers will increase to about 9.75 million tonnes in 2024, with typical volume growth rates for the different types of about 3–3.5%.
- What is the demand for plasticizers?
- Among the different types of plastics, demand for plasticizers is highest from polyvinyl chloride (PVC). In 2016, 2.14 million tonnes of plasticizers were used solely in films, followed closely by cables and profiles.
- How many plasticizers are there in the world?
- In 2016, 2.14 million tonnes of plasticizers were used solely in films, followed closely by cables and profiles. The study predicts that demand for plasticizers in cables and cable sheathing applications will see the highest increases until 2024.
- What are plasticizers & how do they work?
- Plasticizers are colorless and odorless esters, mainly phthalates, that increase the elasticity of a material (e.g., polyvinylchloride (PVC)). Plasticizers soften the PVC to make it flexible and bendable. This opens up a huge range of possibilities for new applications.
- What are the benefits of plasticizers?
- One of the main benefits of plasticizers is the durability they confer onto PVC applications, which can ensure high performances for up to 50 years. Without plasticizers, PVC can only be rigid, such as the PVC used in wastewater pipes.
- What polymers use plasticizers?
- Other polymer systems that use small amounts of plasticizers include polyvinyl butyral, acrylic polymers, poly (vinyldiene chloride), nylon, polyolefins, and certain fluoroplastics. Plasticizers can be used with rubber, although more often these materials fall under the definition of extenders, rather than plasticizers.
