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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
