Keyword: BASF

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Wintershall DEA to Cut 1,000 Jobs

27.02.2019 - BASF and Letter One, a Luxembourg-based consortium of Russian investors, are anticipating regulatory approvals for the merger of their oil and gas businesses soon, BASF said at its...

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Solenis and BASF Close Paper and Water Merger

07.02.2019 - BASF has completed the merger of its wet-end Paper and Water Chemicals business into Solenis following all regulatory approvals. Financial terms were not disclosed. The combined...

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BASF Starts Shanghai Antioxidants Units

24.01.2019 - BASF has inaugurated the first phase of its new 42,000 t/y antioxidants plant at its Caojing site in Shanghai, China. The facility will produce antioxidants and associated forms...

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BASF Wins EU Approval for Solvay PA Buy

21.01.2019 - Following an in-depth investigation into BASF’s proposed purchase of Solvay’s polyamide business, the European Commission has allowed the €1.6 billion transaction to go ahead. In...

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BASF Studies Indian Acrylics JV

18.01.2019 - BASF has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India’s Adani Group to study a €2 billion investment in a joint acrylics complex at Mundra port in Gujarat. The investment...

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BASF Inks Framework Agreement for Guangdong

14.01.2019 - BASF has cemented its plans for a second integrated Chinese production hub, at Guangdong in the southwest, complementing the existing site opened at at Nanjing in the northeast two...

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SABIC in Feedstock Recycling Plan

14.01.2019 - To underscore its commitment to the EU’s drive to create a circular economy, Saudi Arabian chemical giant SABIC at the end of 2018 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with...

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BASF Lifting MSA Output at Ludwigshafen

03.01.2019 - BASF is expanding capacity for methane sulfonic acid (MSA) at its Ludwigshafen headquarters site by around 65% and at the same time increasing global output capability to 50,000 t...