International. BASF has recently celebrated the official inauguration of its new water-based dispersion production line in Heerenveen, the Netherlands.
Thanks to this new facility, production capacity will be increased without additional CO2 emissions. The expansion has been carried out using existing infrastructure and buildings. The plant will be powered by electricity and will be supplied with renewable energy from the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm, which BASF manages in collaboration with Vattenfall and Allianz.
"I am proud that we have achieved this expansion without generating additional CO2 emissions. Our goal at this site is to become CO2 neutral and contribute to BASF's climate protection goals. At the same time, we want to continue to grow in order to serve our customers with products with a low ecological impact," says Sjoerd Visser, BASF's site manager in Heerenveen.
The coatings, printing and packaging market, which BASF supplies with its products, is undergoing a major transition. There is a growing consumer demand for sustainable solutions.
Sjoerd Visser adds: "The expansion will allow us to grow with strategically important products to facilitate the change in the value chain, moving from plastic packaging to paper-based packaging, and with our water-based products to endow them with functional properties, such as barrier properties. In addition,we have the opportunity to increase the number of bio-based products in our portfolio for the printing and packaging industry, as well as in the coatings market."
