Premiere – BASF develops world's first light grey for Design-MDF
Premiere – BASF develops world's first light grey for Design-MDF
Keywords: Pigments, Paints, Colour technology
Another milestone in through- colouring of MDF (medium- density fibreboard).
Presentation at ZOW in Bad Salzuflen, Germany.
Black, yellow, orange, brown, red, blue and green – BASF's range for through- colouring of MDF is extensive. But the development of a light-grey pigment preparation by BASF's research and application technology constitutes a real breakthrough. Now, for the first time, it is possible to give yellowish wood fibres a light grey colour. Together with a customer, Sonae Indústria/Glunz,of Meppen, Germany, BASF has produced the first light-grey Design-MDF. It will be launches at ZOW 2006, a trade fair for the furniture and furniture suppliers industry, in Bad Salzuflen, Germany, on February 20-23, 2006. Grey is seldom the result of mixing black and white. A mixing ratio of blue, red, yellow and green shades determines the specific grey value. Grey, therefore, contains the entire colour spectrum. With light-grey Design-MDF, designers and architects can set new accents in the furniture and object sector. Light- grey Design-MDF produces soft transitions and gives a high-quality feel to products created with it. Along with black, designers and architects will soon regard grey as their most important shade for Design-MDF. BASF is the world's pioneer in the field of pigment preparations for through-colouring of MDF. In close cooperation with Sonae Indústria/ Glunz, a leading manufacturer of derived timber products, BASF has in recent years developed a new generation of colourful,through- coloured MDF: Design-MDF. The wood industry initially used colour only to differentiate products with different qualities and characteristics, for example, green for laminated floors and red for flame-resistant MDF. This changed completely with the development of Design-MDF. The new MDF generation is colourful and offers opportunities for modern design. The wood fibres remain clearly visible and convey the impression of a natural material. In 2003 Design-MDF was awarded the MATERIALICA design award.
