● BASF offers biomass-balanced amino resins for the first time: Kaurit® ZERO and Kauramin® BALANCE
● Swiss KRONO Group became the first wood material manufacturer to use Kauramin® BALANCE in the production of new biocomposite products
● BASF’s customers in the wood-based panel industry can calculate the CO2 footprint of their products
BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and the Swiss KRONO Group (Lucerne, Switzerland) are further strengthening their long-standing partnership by offering more sustainable solutions and processes. With the development of new products and the calculation of the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF), the two partners are working together to reduce the carbon footprint of the wood-based panel industry.
Wolfgang, Vice President of Amino Resins and Nitrogen-based Chemicals, BASF
Gutting explains: “Our customers increasingly demand sustainably manufactured products. In BASF’s range of raw materials, we replace fossil materials with renewable materials and we are pleased to offer our entire range of amino resins as a biomass balance.” product.
The biomass used in the production of amino resins is distributed to our final products through a mass balance process. This means that all of our biomass-balanced amino resins have a significantly lower PCF than their conventional counterparts, while maintaining the same characteristics and quality as the original product. BASF is the first and only supplier of this type of glue and impregnation resin on the market. ”
Amino resins are the most important adhesives in the production of wood-based materials.
BASF has been producing amino resins at its Ludwigshafen site for more than 90 years. They have been pioneered as a more sustainable product alternative. This is the focus of the latest Rethink-Recalculate-Reinvent initiative. Since 2022, BASF has been using a standardized process to calculate the PCF of its products, and now customers can also calculate the CO2 emissions of their individual products on this basis.
With Kauramin® BALANCE (its production saves 50% CO2 emissions) and Kaurit®
With the launch of ZERO (which has a PCF of 0), BASF has recently started to offer a product portfolio with significantly reduced PCF compared to conventional fossil amino resins.
These offerings are just one example of the transformation of the product portfolio that the monolithic division is undergoing as part of its “sustainability roadmap”. The product portfolio with a lower carbon footprint will continue to expand:
By 2025, all major product lines will offer at least one recycled alternative. At the same time, the operating department will also give priority to adopting technical optimization measures to further reduce carbon dioxide emissions in production.
The Swiss KRONO Group, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of wood-based materials in the field of flooring, interior design and building materials, follows throughout its entire value chain: certified energy management, use of renewable energies, sustainably sourced raw materials and resources Economical manufacturing process. In the group’s integrated factories, more than 90% of heat energy comes from renewable sources, and recycled raw materials are used wherever possible to manufacture products.
Fabian, Head of Group Marketing, KRONO Group
Kölliker emphasizes: “We have 10 production plants in Europe and the US, which allow us to source resources locally, which minimizes transport distances. We are constantly working on innovation and optimization to make our products more comprehensive as a whole.” Ecological and develop future-fit wooden solutions for all areas of life and habitation.”
By using BASF’s Kauramin®
BALANCE, the Swiss KRONO Group is the first to produce a floor with an innovative design: the new biocomposite product of the Swiss KRONO Group, whose main material is made of 80% wood, thanks to the use of BASF’s Kauramin®
BALANCE, its PCF is at least 30% lower than traditional products.
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