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BASF Addresses Questions of Ludwigshafen Blast

28.10.2016 - Ten days after the deadly explosion that rocked its Ludwigshafen, Germany, headquarters site on Oct.17, BASF executives held a press briefing on the current state of play. As of...

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BASF Keen on Leveraging Dow-DuPont Deal?

07.03.2016 - The plot surrounding the proposed merger of Dow and DuPont continues to thicken. After the companies late last week signaled that the deal could take longer due to regulatory...

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BASF CEO Lists Options for Iran Presence

01.03.2016 - BASF continues to label as “rumor” remarks by executives of Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) that Germany’s and the world’s biggest chemical producer is negotiating...

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BASF to Refocus Plant Biotech R&D

29.02.2016 - BASF has announced it will refocus its R&D efforts in plant biotechnology to concentrate on projects with highest business and technical realization potential. The move, which will...

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DuPont May Sell its Own Agricultural Business

28.10.2015 - Just as analysts were talking up an acquisition by DuPont of the agricultural business US rival Dow Chemical may put up for sale, the company’s interim CEO, Edward Breen, appears...

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Global Chemicals Markets Still Volatile and Challenging

04.09.2015 - Around the globe, market conditions for chemical industry players remained volatile and challenging, corporate chieftains said unanimously in reporting on the second quarter and...

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First Asian PA Plant Inaugurated at Shanghai

11.05.2015 - BASF has inaugurated a wholly owned 100,000 t/y plant for PA 6 and PA 6.6, sold under the "Ultramid" trademark, at Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP). The new facility, the...

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Low Oil Prices Pose Challenges for European Chemical Industry

24.03.2015 - The sharp drop in oil prices in the second half of last year is causing some dilemmas not only for individual chemical producers in Europe, particularly those making petrochemicals...