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At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. Our ambition: We want to be the preferred chemical company to enable our customers’ green transformation. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 108,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises, as core businesses, the segments Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, and Nutrition & Care; our standalone businesses are bundled in the segments Surface Technologies and Agricultural Solutions. Optimism is what drives all human beings. At BASF, this motivates us every day to develop solutions for the greatest challenges of our time – so we can better protect the climate, make optimal use of limited resources and provide food, energy and clean water for a booming world population. Our Research Focus: Overcoming the challenges of our time As a global leader in chemical R&D, BASF develops solutions for a sustainable future. Our research helps secure safe, high-quality food, advances cleaner and safer mobility through battery materials, and supports a circular economy with biobased products and new recycling processes. We also drive climate-smart production by improving energy efficiency, expanding renewable energy use and developing CO2-free technologies such as methane pyrolysis. Across hundreds of projects worldwide, our researchers help customers meet changing needs, regulations and sustainability goals. BASF generated sales of around €60 billion in 2025. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the United States. Credits: https://www.basf.com/global/en/legal/credits Data protection information: https://www.basf.com/global/en/legal/data-protection-at-basf.html

We’re one of the world’s leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. We operate manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employ approximately 35,900 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $45 billion in 2023.

With a global presence, JSP serves the automotive, HVAC, packaging, sports and a variety of consumer goods markets. JSP continues to develop new products and applications. The company has research and development, as well as manufacturing strategically located industries in Americas, EMEA and Asia. Our goal is to WOW! our customers with innovative high function, high value products. ARPRO, produced by JSP, is an impact energy management material that provides a unique combination of material properties, making it ideal for use in a wide range of product applications. As a high performance engineering material, ARPRO provides a range of performance benefits for both manufacturer and end user, including; energy absorption with structural strength but very low weight, chemical resistance, thermal, acoustical and sound insulation. ARPRO is recyclable. Typical uses are; safety components for automotive applications, multi-use transport packaging (dunnage), HVAC housings and many more. For product specific information please visit ARPRO.com. ARPLANK, our sustainable material made out of expanded polyethylene, EPE is a highly resilient closed cell bead foam product. In Europe, it contains 30% recycled content to form an end product that is 100% recyclable. ARPLANK is ideally suited as an energy absorbing cushioning material for products requiring shock absorption, vibration dampening, insulation and chemical resistance. It withstands multiple impacts without damage, is very lightweight and is non-abrasive for Class A surfaces. It is available in blocks sized 2000 x 1200 x 150 mm, it can be cut on most existing machinery. Visit ARPLANK.eu for more information.