January 9, 2009 - Styrofan NX 4628 styrene-butadiene latex for carpet backing adhesives and precoats gives manufacturers ability to make greater use of recycled materials. Able to properly disperse and stabilize all ingredients, product is designed to help carpet manufacturers incorporate non-traditional post-industrial and post-consumer fillers and additives into their carpet backing systems.

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BASF Corp.
1 James St.
Belvidere, NJ, 07823, USA

DALTON, GA, January 5, 2008 - BASF has launched Styrofan NX 4628 styrene-butadiene latex for carpet backing adhesives and precoats to enable greater use of recycled materials.

"BASF continues to look for ways to add value to our customers' business," said Bert Templeton, Carpet Business Manager for the BASF Acrylics and Dispersions business in North America. "This new latex provides important benefits to help our customers more easily incorporate recycled materials into their carpet products."

"Carpet makers are looking to include more recycled content into their carpet adhesive compounds," said Barry Fowler, Carpet Technical Manager for BASF in North America. "To achieve this improved sustainability objective, more robust latex is needed to properly disperse and stabilize all of the ingredients. Styrofan NX 4628 latex meets that need well."

Styrofan NX 4628 styrene-butadiene latex is specifically designed to help carpet manufacturers incorporate nontraditional post-industrial and post consumer fillers and additives into their carpet backing systems. It replaces Styrofan NX 6690 X.

For more information about Styrofan NX 4628 styrene-butadiene latex, please visit www.basf.com/dispersions, or send an e-mail to bert.templeton@basf.com.

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For more information contact:
Bill Pagano
BASF Corporation
Tel: (973) 245-6071
E-mail: william.pagano@basf.com

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