For more than one hundred years, BASF has been producing technical salts and alcoholates for various applications. As the world’s leading chemical company, BASF meets the highest standards at any time – especially regarding purity and reliability. The extraordinary broadness of our product range is a result of our unique network, the “Verbund”. It enables us an ideal use of raw materials and resources – to our customers’ benefit.
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The Inorganic Chemicals business of BASF is leader in the production and supply of inorganic salts and alcoholates. Often used as functional materials or catalysts in a multitude of applications, inorganic salts and alcoholates are building blocks of performance and value creation in demanding industrial process, as well as in sensitive uses such as nutrition, or animal feed. Because of the paramount importance of quality, reliability, and product stewardship for their applications, customers turn to BASF to find the solutions that they need, relying on the consistency or our products and many years of experience and technical support in those chemistries.
Inorganics salts and alcoholates are manufactured at our integrated manufacturing site (“Verbund”) in Ludwigshafen, Germany, with also a sodium methylate plant in Guaratingueta. Our portfolio of alcoholates, ammonium salts, sulfites, hydrosulfites, nitrogen salts, and metal chlorides is marketed globally through a network of direct sales channels and leading distributors in their respective fields. Together, we bring the expertise and the quality that defines BASF in the area of inorganic chemicals to large multinational users and niche regional organizations alike.
Our product line includes inorganic salts and alcoholates (also known as alkoxides) in powder, crystals and liquid forms, and is available in various types of packaging including bags, supersacks, and bulk depending on the product. Feed and food grades are available for several product families alongside technical grades used in industrial applications.
From supporting the development of sustainable energy solutions, to improving the taste and shelf life of food, to helping with the optimization of industrial processes, our inorganic salts and alcoholates are essential building blocks for better products in many industries. Discover here how our solutions and our innovations can help you take your business to the next level.
Sodium methylate and potassium methylate used as catalyst for the production of biodiesel, together with sodium nitrate for concentrated solar power systems, illustrate how inorganic salts and alcoholates create chemistry for a sustainable future.
From ammonium bicarbonate used as leavening agent in commercial bakeries to alcoholates used in the production of vitamins and supplements, our food and feed products are used by manufacturers globally to meet the nutritional needs of a growing world population.
Essential building blocks for industrial production in market segments as diverse as mining, constructions, glass manufacturing and new technologies.
A comprehensive range of conventional and enhanced sulfites and hydrosulfites (sodium dithionite) for the production of value-added products and the optimization of mill operations.
Alcoholates, metal chlorides and other inorganic salts used as catalysts, raw materials or reagents in water treatment, polymer synthesis, leather treatment, and many more.
From the reduction of product carbon footprint to the development of new grades and new applications, our team is passionate about pushing the boundaries of innovation for inorganic chemicals.
