BASF has won an innovation prize at Interforst 2010 for insecticidal nets which protect logs at the roadside.
The Curatorium for Forestry and Forest Technology and Munich International Trade Fairs presented the innovation medal to BASF’s Complion forest protection system in recognition of highly innovative forestry solutions.
Insecticidal net technology is a new approach to the protection of wood products to control various insect species, such as bark beetles, which breed in bark and wood.
The nets are a further development of BASF’s Interceptor LLIN technology, developed with a slow-release insecticide to combat the spread of malaria.
BASF said initial field trials have confirmed the effectiveness of the net technology for use in forestry.
The insecticide, together with a polymer binder, is applied directly to the fibres of the net in an industrial process.
Nets are reusable and effective for up to a season.
The product is expected to be available commercially next year.
