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The HySorb^® portfolio offers the right solution for all kinds of diapers

Different diapers require different absorbent cores, and the materials that these diapers are made from are tailored toward the respective application like baby diapers, adult incontinence products and feminine care products.

Accordingly, BASF has a variety of SAP offerings tailored to specific hygiene articles to ensure optimal performance: From high-fluff to fluff-free diapers, our HySorb^® portfolio offers the right solution for all kinds of diapers. BASF's expert team provides a technical service to assist customers.

BASF's superabsorbent polymers (SAP) are engineered to have different primary properties:

Capacity: ensuring the ability to absorb
Absorption against pressure: retaining fluid under load
Permeability and wicking: allowing liquid transfer through a swollen layer of gel

HySorb^®

With HySorb^® the BASF’s Hygiene business offers a comprehensive portfolio of state-of-the art superabsorbents.

Im Werksteil Friesenheimer Insel des BASF-Verbundstandorts Ludwigshafen stehen 50 Tanks, die die Produktionsanlagen mit Einsatzstoffen versorgen. Die Tanks haben zusammen etwa ein Fassungsvermögen von 350 Millionen Litern an Petrochemikalien wie Butan, Benzol und Naphtha.

The Friesenheim Island section of BASF’s Verbund site in Ludwigshafen is home to 50 tanks that supply the production facilities with feedstocks. The tanks have a combined total capacity of around 350 million liters of petrochemicals such as butane, benzene and naphtha.

HySorb^® Biomass Balanced

It is the only available high-performance superabsorbent polymer based on renewable raw materials with a sustainability certificate.

SAVIVA^®

SAVIVA^®, the next generation of superabsorbent polymer is based on a pioneering technology platform, the droplet polymerization.