10.02.2014
- BASF has inaugurated a new R&D and application centre for battery chemicals at Amagasaki, Japan. It is the German chemical group's first combined facility in Asia-Pacific. The...
07.02.2014
- Germany's gas industry is turning up the heat on the new coalition government to drop its reluctant attitude to shale gas exploration in the country. With energy prices rising, the...
04.02.2014
- Insulation For The Environment - The debate about global warming and the rising prices of raw materials have brought the subject of sustainability firmly into the public spotlight...
30.01.2014
- New Ways to Lighten Up - Saving weight in the automotive sector is still a major topic in resource conservation. Established glass-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic materials such as...
28.01.2014
- BASF and Sinopec have broken ground for the world-scale isonanonol (INA) plant the two groups are building at Maoming, China and scheduled for start-up in 2015. The facility, which...
24.01.2014
- BASF will cut a total of 250 jobs in moves to improve the efficiency of its Performance Chemicals segment by the end of 2015. As part of plans to adjust production to demand in its...
22.01.2014
- BASF is spending some €7 million to expand and upgrade coating resins production at its Münster, Germany, site by 2016. Along with lengthening capacity by an undisclosed margin...
21.01.2014
- BASF is in the process of starting up a new 6,000 t/y plant for the high performance thermoplastics polyarylsulfone at its site in Yeosu, Korea, to supply markets in Asia-Pacific...
