Keyword: BASF

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BASF Starts 6,000 t/y Polysulphone Plant in Korea

21.01.2014 - BASF is in the process of starting up a new 6,000 t/y plant for the high performance thermoplastics polyarylsulfone at its site in Yeosu, Korea, to supply markets in Asia-Pacific...

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BASF Wins F&S Awards for Coatings Portfolio

07.01.2014 - BASF has won the 2013 Product Line Strategy Leadership Award of Frost & Sullivan for its coatings raw material portfolio. The international consultancy said the Ludwigshafen...

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BASF and Gazprom Finalize Asset Swap

29.12.2013 - Shortly before Christmas, BASF and Gazprom finalized a previously announced asset swap that will give the German chemical giant a bigger share of Russian gas exploration rights in...

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BASF Reported to be Bidding for Dea

23.12.2013 - BASF has declined comment on rumors it is preparing to bid for Dea, the German oil and gas exploration subsidiary energy giant RWE has put up for sale. Bids for the business must...

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Court Overturns EU Approval of BASF’s GM Potato

16.12.2013 - The EU General Court has overturned on procedural grounds a 2010 decision by the European Commission (EC) authorizing sales of the genetically modified potato Amflora, developed by...

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BASF to build engineering plastics compounding plant in Yesan, Korea

16.12.2013 - BASF will build a compounding plant for engineering plastics Ultramid (polyamide) and Ultradur (polybutylene terephthalate, PBT) compounds in Yesan, Chung Nam Province, Korea. The...

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China’s chemical industry

13.12.2013 - In Move Toward Consumption-Led Economy, Specialty and High-End Chemical Segments Will Further ExpandA World Leader - The chemical industry in China is both a key driver and prime...

Strategy & Management

Energy Costs and the European Chemical Industry

13.12.2013 - Competitive Edge - The European chemical industry would like to be exempted from any additional energy costs stemming from state subsidies of renewables. Without being freed from...