Keyword: BASF

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BASF to Cut European Caprolactam Output

14.09.2016 - BASF has announced it will cut its European caprolactam production by 100,000 t/y to 400,000 t/y in response to what it called “a difficult market environment.” Most of the...

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BASF Expands Ultrason Capacity in South Korea

08.09.2016 - In response to global market growth, BASF is to install additional capacity for Ultrason polyarylsulfone in Yeosu, South Korea. A new 6,000 t/y production line will start up at the...

Strategy & Management

The Winning Formula

08.09.2016 - Despite tremendous challenges facing the pharmaceutical industry, it continues with its commitment to innovation and the discovery of novel drugs to address unmet medical needs...

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Bayer May Make Hostile Bid for Monsanto

06.09.2016 - At its next meeting on Sept. 14, the supervisory board of Germany’s Bayer may discuss whether to up the ante on its latest takeover offer for Monsanto, worth $64 billion, to...

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BASF Global Photoinitiators to IGM Resins

30.08.2016 - BASF has sold its global photoinitiator business to IGM Resins based in the Netherlands to focus on resin and additive technologies for radiation-curing markets. Financial terms...

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BASF Starts Admixtures Plant in Sri Lanka

24.08.2016 - BASF has opened a new plant for construction chemicals in Sri Lanka, its first in the country. The German chemical company said Sri Lanka’s growing construction industry is...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Chemistry is ... Game Changer

15.08.2016 - BASF has made a game-changing breakthrough towards sustainable snack packaging that can help companies and communities everywhere get closer to their goal of zero-waste. The...

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BASF and Toda Kogyo Eye North American Battery Market

11.08.2016 - Germany’s BASF and Japan’s Toda Kogyo are in exclusive talks to extend an existing Japanese collaboration in cathode active materials (CAM) and precursors to North America. Last...