BASF has been presented with a best supplier award by Yutian Group Co., Ltd—one of China’s largest producers of PU shoe soles and synthetic leather. The company granted the award in recognition of years of co-operation between the two companies, which has steadily expanded in recent years. BASF has been supplying the company with intermediates for the manufacture of polyurethane (PU) products, including butanediol (BDO), dimethylformamide (DMF) and polytetrahydrofuran (PTHF) since the mid-1990s.