BASF and Gazprom celebrate 20-year partnership

24-Nov-2010 - BASF and its oil and gas subsidiary Wintershall commemorated 20 years of German-Russian economic history together with Gazprom at an anniversary event in Berlin. The companies laid the foundations for their cooperation in fall 1990 with a long-term agreement to market Russian natural gas in ...

BASF gears paper chemicals business toward growth markets

Expansion of business structures in Asia planned

12-Nov-2010 - With a view to future growth markets for paper chemicals and dyestuffs in China, Indonesia and India, BASF's Paper Chemicals division will reorganize its global business structures. The business in optical brighteners for paper is to be exited in Europe, and it is planned to close the ...

BASF to establish STYROLUTION

Existing BASF styrenics activities to be transferred to separate companies

11-Oct-2010 - BASF is continuing to pursue the strategic development of its styrenics business. STYROLUTION will be established to make the business even more viable for the future. BASF plans to carve out its businesses in styrene monomers (SM), polystyrene (PS), acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), styrene ...

BASF celebrates anniversary of Minden site

75 years of active pharmaceutical ingredient production in Westphalia: a look back at the site's turbulent history

16-Sep-2010 - What do caffeine, theophylline and ephedrine have in common? All three active pharmaceutical ingredients are manufactured in the world's largest plants at BASF's Minden site. Numerous guests were invited to attend the on-site 75th anniversary celebration incorporating a tour of the production ...

BASF declares end of Force Majeure on Plastomoll DNA, Palatinol N, Hexamoll DINCH and selected Palamoll grades

13-Aug-2010 - BASF SE has fixed the causes for the Force Majeure for its iso-Nonanol- (INA) based plasticizers produced in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and can hence declare the termination of Force Majeure. The Force Majeure was originally announced on July 21, 2010, due to a shortage of raw materials to produce ...

Organizational and Personnel Changes at BASF

02-Aug-2010 - The Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE announced the following changes in its organization and management team. In order to prepare for the integration of Cognis, BASF will establish a new division. Effective August 1, 2010, BASF’s Care Chemicals division will be split into two separate ...

BASF declares Force Majeure

23-Jul-2010 - Due to a shortage of raw materials caused by an unforeseeable technical defect in its iso-Nonanol (INA) plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany, BASF SE is currently unable to produce the plasticizers Plastomoll® DNA, Palatinol® N, Hexamoll® DINCH and selected Palamoll® grades (652, 654, 656 and 858). ...

Science and industry in dialogue: The future of boron chemistry

Focus on the latest developments in use of Boron Reagents and Organometallic Compounds in Organic Synthesis

23-Jun-2010 - From June 15 – 16, the 6th international BASF Boron Conference took place in Ludwigshafen. As in the years before, more than 100 participants from industry and academia attended the meeting to discuss current trends and new applications of boron compounds in fine chemistry. The increasing ...

BASF starts up new plant to increase polyisobutene (PIB) capacity

15-Jun-2010 - BASF has started up a new plant for the production of low-molecular-weight, highly reactive polyisobutene (HR PIB) at its site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, thus increasing its annual capacity by 25,000 metric tons to 40,000 metric tons. The polymer, marketed worldwide under the Glissopal® trademark, ...

Personnel Changes at BASF

07-Jun-2010 - The Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE announced the following changes in its management team. Jacques Delmoitiez (57), currently President of BASF’s Polyurethanes division located in Brussels, Belgium, will become President of BASF’s regional division Europe, located in Ludwigshafen, ...