Dispersions for Paper Coating

BASF has a long tradition as a binder and additives supplier and is the market leader of dispersions and additives for paper coating in Europe. We are experts in dispersion chemistry, paper and board coating including paper barrier coating, product safety, regulatory affairs, biocides, quality control, analytics, and logistics. This expertise makes us the first choice when it comes to developing new paper and board grades, optimizing processes, supporting trouble-shooting, and future-proofing existing products to ensure regulatory compliance and meet sustainability targets.

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There are huge challenges ahead driven by upcoming new legislation, to which the paper industry needs to adapt. We firmly believe that we can create added value by working together with our customers on joint projects.

Prof. Dr. Thomas Schiele

Vice President, Business Management Dispersions for Adhesives, Fiber Bonding and Paper Coating, BASF

Collaboration is key: expertise meets challenges

We know that collaboration with customers is and will remain the way forward. Our European expert network of highly experienced technicians enables us to support our customers in product development for paper coating, process optimization, and trouble shooting. The combination of a pilot plant, an extensive product portfolio, a paper-specific testing laboratory, and experienced, qualified employees is unique in the industry.

Facing coating challenges

Facing coating challenges

Our technical infrastructure allows us to simulate customer processes - from paper coating to printing. Our experts help determine which products from our portfolio meet each challenge.

Find new solutions

Optimizing high quality processes

Optimizing high quality processes

We offer products of high and consistent quality, making our customers more successful, by optimizing process, coating color or other quality parameters.

Optimize various possibilities

Developing
new qualities

Regular exchange with our customers leads to new developments and tailor-made solutions. Our expert team helps to accompany the process.

Start at the best point

Pilot Coating Center

Our Pilot Coating Center underlines BASF's commitment to the paper and board industry. Its technical infrastructure allows us to simulate and optimize customer processes ‒ from paper coating to printing.

The Pilot Coating Center is available to our customers as well as any third parties interested in carrying out pilot coating trials.

Broad portfolio of products

Our products provide answers for today’s market challenges for coated paper and board – focusing on cost optimization, improved quality, and/or functionality. With our broad portfolio of styrene-acrylic (SA) and styrene-butadiene latexes (SB), and tailor-made solutions as well as our paper coating additives and water-based paper barrier coating solutions, we contribute to fulfilling our customers’ needs.

We offer products of high and consistent quality that make our customers more successful. Our modern plants, rigorous in-house quality management, and regular external and internal audits enable us to do so.

Coating Additives

At BASF, we are a premium provider of coating additives:

Sterocoll^®thickeners
Acrosol^® cobinders
Basocoll^®and Urecoll^®insolubilisers
Etingal^® defoamers

Coating Binders

At BASF, we offer a broad range of various binder solutions:

Acronal^® dispersions based on acrylic esters and styrene
Styronal^® dispersions based on styrene butadiene
Basonal^® binder concept to supply tailor-made solutions

Sustainability meets Paper Coating

Creating chemistry for a sustainable future: That is how we have summarized BASF’s contribution in our corporate purpose. BASF makes products that create value for our customers and the environment.