BASF Expands Ultradur Portfolio With Recycled PET Grades
BASF SE BASFY is expanding its engineering plastics portfolio with new Ultradur RC1 grades containing up to 30% post-consumer recycled content, strengthening its ability to meet sustainability and technical requirements. The new glass fiber-reinforced PBT/PET compounds are designed to deliver technical performance that can match conventional grades based on virgin raw materials while helping customers increase recycled content.
The Ultradur RC1 grades are engineered for demanding structural automotive components, including brackets, housings, connectors and other components requiring high strength, stiffness and dimensional stability. The new materials use PCR-PET sourced from packaging waste that does not compete with established bottle-to-bottle recycling streams and is often used toward energy recovery. Through this, BASFY aims to increase the high-value application of recycled materials.
The portfolio expansion also supports customers’ sustainability goals by reducing Scope 3.1 emissions and helping manufacturers and suppliers meet evolving regulatory requirements for recycled content in plastic components. The company will showcase the Ultradur RC1 grades at Fakuma 2026 in Friedrichshafen, highlighting its potential in sustainable automotive components.
BASFY shares have gained 15% in the past year against the industry’s 2.2% decline in the same period.
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BASFY currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
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