Keyword: BASF

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Kurt Bock: Electricity Grid Fees Put Jobs at Risk

11.11.2013 - BASF chief executive Kurt Bock said German jobs could be lost if the chemicals giant has to start paying electricity grid fees to shift the burden of funding a renewable energy...

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BASF Files Legal Challenge in EU’s Fipronil Restrictions

08.11.2013 - BASF has taken the European Commission (EC) to court over plans to include the German group's insecticide fipronil in a two-year moratorium on products suspected of playing a role...

Plant Construction & Process Technology

A Shaky Platform?

29.10.2013 - Monitoring The Supply Chain - The globalization of chemical raw material procurement is presenting significant challenges to the pharmaceutical industry. Adopting basic good...

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BASF Chief Upholds 2013 Earnings Forecast After Strong Q3

28.10.2013 - At the start of the year's fourth quarter, BASF is on track to match its 2012 sales and earnings figures again in 2013, despite the continued "challenging" environment and the fact...

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Some 650 European Jobs to Go as BASF Shifts Pigment Focus

24.10.2013 - As part of an ongoing drive to improve the competitive position of its pigment business, BASF plans to close at least one European production plant, at Paisley, Scotland, in 2015...

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BASF Lifts Crop Protection Sales Target for 2020

22.10.2013 - BASF has raised the 2020 sales target for its crop protection division by about a third. The German chemical group said it now expects to achieve revenues of €8 billion by 2020, up...

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Styrolution and Braskem in Brazilian Styrenics JV

18.10.2013 - Styrolution, the Frankfurt, Germany-based styrenics joint venture of BASF and Ineos, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Brazilian plastics giant Braskem on a 100...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Enhanced Oil Recovery Chemicals Market Trends

04.10.2013 - Maximizing Oil Fields' Output - Oil producers have resorted to innovative techniques to retrieve trapped oil from rock, sandstone and other formations. In most cases, stimulation...