OREANDA-NEWS. At the 62nd SEPAWA Congress in Fulda/Germany, BASF will present its latest solutions for applications in the Home Care and Industrial & Institutional Cleaning (I&I) and Personal Care markets from October 14 to 16. The chemical company will share booths 200-202 and 250-254 with its European sales company BTC. In the year of BASF's 150th anniversary, the focus is on new products and concepts that contribute to more sustainable detergents and cleaners as well as personal care products, in line with the corporate mission "We create chemistry for a sustainable future."

Solutions for Resource-efficient Detergents and Cleaners without Compromising on Performance

In Home Care, there is an increasing demand for detergents and cleaners that clean quickly and efficiently, provide care, are safe and easy to use, and that save resources. BASF offers various choices for the formulation of detergents and cleaners that enable this contribution to sustainable development.

BASF presents one of these solutions with Trilon(r) M, and the new types Trilon(r) M Max and Trilon(r) Ultimate. The chelating agents offer a particularly high-performance phosphate alternative for automatic dishwashing detergents. EU regulations stipulate that phosphate will be virtually prohibited for this application in Europe from 2017. The chelating agents actively bind water hardness ions, which cause limescale buildup on the dishes. Trilon(r) M Max offers further advantages in terms formulation flexibility and esthetic choice of the automatic dishwashing detergent. The 2-in-1 solution Trilon(r) Ultimate provides extra benefits such as improved stability of the dishwashing tablet or extra glass protection.

To keep clothes looking colorful for longer, BASF offers the special polymers Sokalan(r) HP 56 K and Sokalan(r) HP 66 K for color detergents. They prevent bleeding dyes from staining other garments in the washing process. It is thus possible to wash dark and bright colors together without them losing their original colors. As a result, the clothes look new for longer and the colors remain brilliant. On the basis of intensive applied research, visitors to SEPAWA will also experience how to optimally combine the special polymers with surfactant compositions in order to obtain high-performance, transparent, and stable formulations for color detergents.

Alongside efficient cleaning performance and practical and safe use of the cleaners, sustainability aspects are also growing in importance for industrial and institutional cleaning. There is a particular focus on the fulfillment of criteria for obtaining the EU Ecolabel. At SEPAWA, BASF will present numerous formulations for all-purpose cleaners and manual dishwashing detergents that fulfill these requirements without compromising on cleaning performance.