Shanghai, China – April 7, 2025 – At CHINAPLAS 2025, BASF will showcase medical tubes, and a conveyor belt made with a food contact (FC) grade of its Elastollan® Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) material innovation. BASF’s TPU plant in Shanghai is now certified to produce the Elastollan FC grade according to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). This brings the production of BASF’s Elastollan FC closer to customers in Asia Pacific.
“The GMP certification speeds up time-to-market of Elastollan FC grade to our customers in Asia Pacific. At the same time, it allows us to better serve our customers with optimized solutions to their specific technical requirements in Asia, as well as to capitalize on stricter food safety regulatory requirements globally,” said Rohit Ghosh, Vice President, Business Management TPU, Performance Materials Asia Pacific, BASF.
In addition to compliance with stringent food safety regulations, BASF’s Elastollan FC grade delivers superior performance across a wide range of applications, such as toys, food processing equipment (belt, hose, etc.) and medical devices.
GMP are guidelines ensuring products are consistently produced and controlled according to quality standards. Elastollan FC grade also complies with other major global food contact standards, including EU 10/2011 and FDA Regulation 21 CFR 177.2600.
Source: BASF
