BASF Pest Control Solutions Adds to Marketing Team
ST. LOUIS, MO, October 7, 2009 - BASF welcomes Ryan Weber as Termite Product Manager for the Pest Control Solutions business. Weber will oversee operational activities for the company's termiticide portfolio, including Termidor® termiticide/insecticide, Phantom® termiticide-insecticide and the Advance® Termite Bait System.
"Ryan Weber brings an outstanding combination of experience and a strong businesses skill set to our team," said Keith Holmes, Business Unit Manager for BASF Pest Control Solutions. "His experience - which is rooted in his family-owned pest control business and spans industry sales and marketing - is a true asset for BASF."
Prior to joining BASF, Weber worked in sales and marketing as a termiticide/insecticide product manager. Weber earned a bachelor's degree in Communications with an emphasis in business and marketing from Azusa Pacific University.
For more information about BASF Pest Control Solutions or to find a sales representative in your area, please visit pestcontrol.basf.us.
About the Crop Protection Division
With sales of 3.4 billion in 2008, BASF's Crop Protection division is a leader in crop protection and a strong partner to the farming industry providing well-established and innovative fungicides, insecticides and herbicides. Farmers use these products and services to improve crop yields and crop quality. Other uses include public health, structural/urban pest control, turf and ornamental plants, vegetation management, and forestry.
BASF aims to turn knowledge rapidly into market success. The vision of BASF's Crop Protection division is to be the world's leading innovator, optimizing agricultural production, improving nutrition, and thus enhancing the quality of life for a growing world population. Further information can be found on the web at www.agro.basf.com.
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BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has more than 15,000 employees in North America, and had sales of approximately $17.5 billion in 2008. For more information about BASF's North American operations, or to sign up to receive news releases by e-mail, visit www.basf.com/usa.
BASF is the world's leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics and performance products to agricultural products, fine chemicals, as well as oil and gas. As a reliable partner, BASF helps its customers in virtually all industries to be more successful. With its high-value products and intelligent solutions, BASF plays an important role in finding answers to global challenges, such as climate protection, energy efficiency, nutrition and mobility. BASF has approximately 97,000 employees and posted sales of more than 62 billion in 2008. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (AN). Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com.
For more information contact:
Andie Belfry
Padilla Speer Beardsley
on behalf of BASF
Tel: (612) 455-1786
E-mail: abelfry@psbpr.com
Trish Grove
BASF Corporation
Tel: (636) 861-4247
E-mail: Trish.Grove@basf.com
