Basotect®, a melamine resin foam from BASF, ensures the right sound effects under the hood of the Porsche Panamera Diesel. The foam is used for both sound and thermal insulation in the four-door Gran Turismo’s engine compartment, transmission tunnel, and paneling near the engine. In addition to its good acoustic properties and high thermal resistance, the low weight of the foam is what especially attracted developers.

Basotect® is going to be used in Bonn’s trams to provide effective sound absorption and thermal insulation. In a large-scale project, the municipal works of the city in Western Germany will be modernizing 25 old trams over the next few years. Each of the vehicles will be clad with around 150 square meters of the Basotect G grade in a thickness of three centimeters. The intention is that the first fully modernized tram is to run in the Rhein-Sieg district in 2012.

Nuove Dimensioni Ambientali, S.p.A., the Italian supplier of acoustic building insulation solutions, uses Basotect® to absorb sound and thermally insulate its Zeus® ventilation system. Zeus is designed to provide thermal insulation and sound absorption in building air vents and the inside is lined throughout with light gray Basotect G. This type of ventilation system is specified for Italian kitchens for safety reasons, as gas is the primary cooking fuel.