BASF further invests in growth field enzymes with three transactions

17-05-2013

With three separate transactions, BASF has strengthened its technology footprint in industrial enzymes, one of BASF’s identified growth fields: BASF has completed the acquisition of Henkel’s detergents enzyme technology. Additionally, BASF has entered into a research and license agreement ...

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13-05-2013

BASF plans to begin production of 1,4-butanediol based on renewable feedstock (renewable BDO) using the patented process of Genomatica, San Diego, California. The one-step fermentation process is based on sugars as a renewable feedstock. The license agreement allows BASF to build a ...

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Sales of approximately €8.5 billion in 2012 from new products

08-05-2013

BASF had sales of approximately €8.5 billion in 2012 from new products that have been on the market for less than five years. “Our research Verbund has increased its innovative strength to a new level of performance in 2012,” said Dr. Andreas Kreimeyer, member of the Board of Executive ...

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Restructuring of the businesses with plastic additives, pigments, water, leather and textile chemicals

24-04-2013

BASF is taking a number of steps to strengthen the competitiveness of its Performance Products segment. The segment bundles BASF’s businesses with chemicals that improve the properties of many different end-user products. The portfolio includes ingredients for personal care, cosmetics, ...

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23-04-2013

After a solid first half, the BASF Group maintained good business performance in the third quarter. The increased sales was by 8% to €19 billion, particularly due to higher volumes. Sales volumes grew principally as a result of increased crude oil production. Positive currency effects also ...

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BASF has contacted distributors offering counterfeit Irgacure® 819 products for sale

17-04-2013

BASF is taking firm steps to stop the distribution of counterfeit versions of its Irgacure® 819 photoinitiator product. After repeatedly issuing notifications, BASF has contacted distributors identified as offering counterfeit Irgacure 819 products for sale and legally insisted that they ...

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In September 1913, the first industrial-scale ammonia production plant came on stream at BASF in Ludwigshafen

25-03-2013

Even a hundred years after the beginning of the industrial production of the basic chemical ammonia, a visit to BASF's two ammonia plants in Ludwigshafen still impresses. Standing in front of the approximately 20 meter high reactor of the older plant and reflecting upon the elemental forces ...

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15-03-2013

BASF has announced that it will start-up a new multi-million euro fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts testing and research laboratory at the hte Aktiengesellschaft (hte) facility in Heidelberg, Germany. The new BASF laboratory will begin operating in the first half of 2014, and will be ...

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14-03-2013

BASF has successfully completed its acquisition of parts of Ciech’s TDI (toluene diisocyanate) business. The TDI production facility of Ciech’s subsidiary Zachem, Poland, is not part of the transaction. TDI is a key component for the polyurethane industry. To a large extent it is used in the ...

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06-03-2013

BASF and Xinjiang Markor Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Markor) plan to establish two joint ventures for the production of butanediol (BDO) and polytetrahydrofuran (PolyTHF® , chemical name: polytetramethylene ether glycol ) in Korla, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Northwest China. The joint ...

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