14.07.2014
- World's largest chemical producer BASF and Mexico's Alpek have agreed to restructure their 50:50 Mexican joint venture Polioles. Under the terms of the transaction set to close in...
08.07.2014
- The EU's goal for 2030 of cutting greenhouse gases by 40% against 1990 is not realistic, BASF chief Kurt Bock said at an economic conference of the German Christian Democratic...
07.07.2014
- Europe could eventually get a tenth of its power needs from shale gas if it can overcome reservations such as those voiced in recommendations from two German cabinet ministers, a...
01.07.2014
- BASF has decided to exercise the put option in its 2011 joint venture agreement with Ineos and sell its 50 % stake in Frankfurt, Germany-based styrenics producer Styrolution to the...
30.06.2014
- Chemical producers around the globe plan to invest as much as $72 billion in new US production facilities to take advantage of cheap shale gas-derived feedstock, says a report by...
27.06.2014
- BASF has announced plans to consolidate manufacturing operations at its Cinderford, Gloucestershire, precious metals recycling plant in the UK, exiting its "non-strategic"...
25.06.2014
- BASF is significantly expanding compounding capacity for its Ultramid PA and PBT in Asia to meet demand from automotive industry customers. Additionally, it is widening output of...
20.06.2014
- BASF has expressed its opposition to EU extension of permission to use hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) flame retardants - used mainly to fireproof polystyrene foam - as sought by...
