Sportswear an important segment for BASF
According to Germany-based chemicals company BASF, sporting
apparel is an important end use for its products and solutions.
It points out that footballers at this year’s UEFA Euro 2012 tournament in Poland and Ukraine will
wear football boots containing Elastollan, a specialty polyurethane supplied by
BASF Polyurethanes. Used in soles, toe guards, stiffener and absorption
elements, Elastollan helps to make shoes more flexible, lightweight and sturdy.
Sporting apparel such as football shirts contain an intermediate called PolyTHF, an important component of stretchy elastane or spandex fibers.
BASF also produces components for functional textiles including thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) for breathable sports and leisure textiles and Ultramid, a polyamide with a light protection factor of up to 80 to block out the sun’s rays.
