One year BASF steel passivation at voestalpine

Joint press release by BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany, and voestalpine Stahl GmbH, Linz, Austria

One year BASF steel passivation at voestalpine
• Fluoride-free and heavy-metal-free passivation for galvanized steel strip
• Multifunctional properties including direct paintability and transport protection
• BASF in Hall 12, booth B12, at Euroblech in Hanover, Germany, October 21-25, 2008

Ludwigshafen, Germany/Linz, Austria (September 30, 2008) – For the past year, voestalpine Stahl GmbH has been passivating its galvanized flat steel with Lugalvan® Passivation, the first heavy-metal-free and fluoride-free conversion coating product for galvanized flat steel. The environment friendly BASF anticorrosion product was developed into a ready-to-market product jointly by the two companies. For voestalpine customers, the use of this new type of passivation reduces the process costs: steel strip protected in this way can directly be painted, so further processing can become more economical.