17-12-2009

With immediate effect, BASF is increasing the sales prices for the Methylamines derivatives Dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) and Dimethylacetamide (DMAc) in Europe as follows: Dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) + 50 €/t Dimethylacetamide (DMAc) + 40 €/t Methylamines derivatives are versatile ...

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More than €100 million invested in Ludwigshafen

01-12-2009

After a two-year construction phase, BASF started up a new plant complex for the production of the chemical intermediates cyclopentanone (CPon) and cyclododecanone (CDon) at its Ludwigshafen Verbund site. The company has invested more than €100 million euros in the facility, which has a total ...

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25-11-2009

BASF received an award for the best German sustainability report in 2008. The award, which was made at the annual conference of the German government’s Council for Sustainable Development, is bestowed every two years by the German Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) and future ...

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19-11-2009

Coatings for trucks, busses and agricultural machines are a major capability of BASF Coatings. The company’s division covering the large business segment comprising transport and commercial vehicles is “Commercial Transport Solutions (CTS).” Oliver Birk, head of CTS at BASF Coatings, ...

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10-11-2009

Scientists are not usually known by their nicknames. Melanie Sanford, Professor at the University of Michigan, is an exception to that rule: Her commitment to new catalytic reactions for cleaner systems and greener processes in chemistry and her new approaches to molecule-building through ...

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09-11-2009

The Dow Chemical Company and BASF announced that they have received the Institution of Chemical Engineers’ Innovation and Excellence Award in Core Engineering for their jointly developed Hydrogen Peroxide to Propylene Oxide (HPPO) production technology. The annual award recognizes the project ...

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BASF to focus competencies at BASF Fuel Cell Inc. in Somerset, New Jersey, USA

06-11-2009

BASF is realigning its business for the fuel cell market. In the future, competencies for the production of high-temperature membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) will be concentrated in Somerset, New Jersey. Operational activities at the BASF Fuel Cell GmbH site in Frankfurt, Germany, will be ...

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Faster integration of Ciba negatively impacts 2009 earnings

02-11-2009

BASF’s figures for the third quarter of 2009 demonstrate the company’s operational strength in the global economic crisis. Third-quarter sales increased by 2% compared with the second quarter but fell 19% compared with the same period of 2008. Income from operations (EBIT) before special ...

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30-10-2009

The Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE has announced the following changes in the company’s leadership team: Dr. Alfred Hackenberger, currently President, Competence Center Specialty Chemicals Research, will become President of the South America regional division based in São Paulo, ...

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19-10-2009

BASF has expanded its application lab for epoxy resin systems at the Ludwigshafen site in which the company develops new systems and adapts their processing parameters to the specific processes of its customers. BASF markets the systems – which are used in particular for the production of ...

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