BASF, Avery Dennison Team to Launch Renewable Electricity-Based Acrylates

BASF Corp., in collaboration with Avery Dennison, has launched Butyl acrylate RE and 2-Ethylhexyl acrylate RE, two acrylic ester products manufactured with attributed renewable electricity at BASF’s Freeport, Texas site. Avery Dennison, a materials science and digital identification company, was the first to commercialize the products within the adhesives and sealants value chain, according to the announcement.

The products reportedly support BASF’s goal of reducing Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions by 30% and increasing the use of lower-carbon raw materials across its supply chain.

BASF said the products are manufactured using electricity from wind and solar sources in Texas, attributed to replace 100% of the products’ electricity consumption at the Freeport site. According to the company, the process lowers CO2 emissions during manufacturing and improves the products’ carbon footprint compared to conventionally produced acrylic acid esters.

The company said the products are equivalent in quality and performance to conventional versions and can be used as drop-in materials across polymer dispersion applications, particularly in coatings, adhesives and sealants.

According to BASF, the launch aligns with broader investments in renewable energy supply, electrified production technologies and circular feedstock pathways. Avery Dennison said it is also pursuing emissions reductions across raw materials, manufacturing and logistics.

The launch follows other recent BASF investments in lower-carbon chemical production. Last week, the company inaugurated its Zhanjiang Verbund site in China, a project that BASF said was completed with an investment of approximately €8.7 billion ($10 billion). According to the company, the site includes 18 plants, 32 production lines and a steam cracker with 1 million tons of annual ethylene capacity powered by renewable electricity.