Aerogel-it acquires SLENTITE® polyurethane aerogel technology from BASF

In 2021 BASF ended its R&D and sales activities of the polyurethane-based aerogel SLENTITE®. The product will continue to be available on the market, as the newly founded Aerogel-it GmbH is taking over all activities from the beginning of 2022.

SLENTITE® is the first high-performance insulating material based on a polyurethane aerogel to be made available as a mechanically strong panel. As a pioneering product, its superfine, open-porous structure ensures highly efficient thermal insulation solutions and supports the drive towards higher energy efficiency and lower energy costs. Aerogels are highly porous materials consisting of up to 99% air, with a large internal surface area and superfine pore structures.

Aerogel-it was founded 2021 in Osnabrück, Germany by former BASF employees Dr. Marc Fricke and Dr. Dirk Weinrich together with three aerogel experts from the TUHH group of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Irina Smirnova and two senior business advisors. Aerogel-it researches, develops and manufactures novel aerogels such as bioaerogels based on natural raw materials, biomineral aerogels as well as next-generation aerogels based on the SLENTITE® technology. The company concentrates globally leading aerogel expertise in its founding team and partners.

Resource and energy efficiency, carbon footprints as well as product end-of-life solutions are urgent topics businesses face. This translates into a growing demand for new materials, which Aerogel-it addresses with its sustainable aerogels for numerous applications. Managing Director Dr. Marc Fricke: “We achieve outstanding combinations of properties with our aerogels based on natural raw materials. Our customers are supplied with advanced products that are employed as high-performance insulation materials or for the load and release of active substances.”