For more than forty years, BASF is a leading supplier of tailor-made high-performance footwear materials for all type of shoes and soles – from safety shoes to running shoes to casual shoes. With our portfolio of polyurethane systems (PU), thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) and engineering plastics, we offer leading companies in the footwear industry a unique and integrated toolbox of solutions. We not only have material expertise, we have a full understanding of the value chain: from how the material is produced to how to attach the shoe sole.