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Color Admixtures are formulated for decorative concrete.

Suited for decorative concreting applications like driveways, pool decks, patios, and architectural decor, RHEOCOLORÂ-® L comes in 50 shades, including warm reds and golds to cool grays and browns. Custom colors can be made using base colors such as light red, medium red, yellow, and black. It is added during batching process, and provides color uniformity, fade resistance, color consistency,...

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Materials

BASF and Monsanto Team up for Co-Promotion of Headline on Seed Traits

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. and ST. LOUIS, June 29 / / -- BASF Corporation and Monsanto Company announced a co-promotional agreement today that will see each partner's sales force promote Headline(R) fungicide from BASF -- an ideal combination to help corn and soybean growers improve yields and manage risk. Today's agreement is significant for BASF and Headline, said Markus Heldt, Group Vice...

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Mergers & Acquisitions

BASF Acquires Intellectual Property for a New Manufacturing Process of High Molecular Weight Polyisobutene (HM PIB) from LANXESS

• Innovative production process • Additional capacities to support growth of global high molecular weight polyisobutene (HM PIB) market Ludwigshafen/KÃ-¶ln, Germany – BASF and LANXESS have signed an agreement on BASF’s purchase of the polyisobutene business consisting mainly of intellectual property for a new, innovative technology to produce high molecular weight polyisobutene (HM...

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Company News

BASF Supports Chemistry Programs and Exhibits at the Detroit Science Center

BASF Kids' Lab program provides hands-on chemistry starting April 2, 2011; Creates chemistry exhibits for Marathon Future Fuels Gallery DETROIT and FLORHAM PARK, N.J., March 29, 2011 - How do you remove impurities from wastewater, or identify additives in the foods that you eat? Starting Saturday, April 2, children can learn how chemistry relates to the world around us and provides answers to...

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BASF on Track with Integration of Cognis

o Synergies to generate euro 275 million of additional EBIT o One-time integration costs of euro 290 million expected LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany and FLORHAM PARK, N.J., March 25, 2011 - BASF today announced its integration plans for Cognis. BASF expects to achieve an additional EBIT of euro 275 million (10.6% of Cognis' 2009 net sales) through the integration. This consists of growth synergy targets...

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BASF Signs a Patent License Agreement with Metabolix, Inc.

WYANDOTTE, MI, February 4, 2011 - BASF Corporation today announced that it has received a license from Metabolix under U.S. Patent No. 5,883,199, titled Polylactic Acid-Based Blends, to produce and market PLA and PBAT compounds under the BASF trade name EcovioÂ-®. Ecovio biodegradable polymer is a blend of EcoflexÂ-® biodegradable aliphatic-aromatic copolyester and polylactic acid on the...

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BASF Adds Tail Gas Treatment Catalysts to Its Adsorbents Solution Portfolio

ISELIN, NJ, December 17, 2010 - BASF's Catalysts division has entered into an agreement with Haldor TopsÃ-¸e A/S, Denmark, to market Haldor TopsÃ-¸e's line of tail gas treatment catalysts for sulfur recovery units. Tail gas treatment catalysts are used to remove sulfur compounds as the last stage of a Claus sulfur recovery unit in order to meet local emission standards. The Haldor...

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Mergers & Acquisitions

BASF Completes Acquisition of Cognis

Integration process started Detailed integration plans expected at the end of Q1 2011 LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, Dec. 10, 2010 - BASF successfully completed its acquisition of Cognis Holding GmbH from Cognis Holding Luxembourg S.a r.l. controlled by Permira Funds, GS Capital Partners and SV Life Sciences yesterday (December 9, 2010). The equity purchase price was euro 700 million. Including net...

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BASF's Eco-efficiency Analysis Comparing Astroturf-® and Natural Grass Athletic Fields Verified by NSF

FLORHAM PARK, NJ, November 15, 2010 - BASF Corporation has performed an Eco-Efficiency Analysis comparing the environmental and economical impacts of three synthetic turf athletic fields with natural turf grass alternatives. NSF International, a not-for-profit organization committed to protecting public health and the environment verified the results of the analysis against the NSF Protocol,...

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People in the News

BASF Names Michael McHenry as Vice President, Resins and Additives in North America

FLORHAM PARK, NJ, October 29, 2010 -- BASF has appointed Michael McHenry as Vice President, Resins and Additives, in North America. He will be based in Wyandotte, Michigan. McHenry joined BASF in 2009 as part of the Ciba Corporation acquisition. He has served in a variety of leadership positions in the specialty chemicals markets, and has worked for BASF's Dispersions & Pigments business since...

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BASF Breaks Ground for North America's Most Advanced Production Facility for Lithium-ion Battery Materials Elyria, Ohio

Plant Represents the Next Step in Company's Strategy to Serve the Lithium-ion Battery Market with Advanced Cathode Materials FLORHAM PARK, NJ, October 27, 2010 - BASF, the world's leading chemical company, today broke ground on a $50+ million facility in Elyria, Ohio, to produce advanced cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries that will power the hybrid and full-electric vehicles of the near...

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Basf Named Industry Supplier of the Year for Emerging Battery Materials Component Market

ISELIN, NJ, October 7, 2010 - BASF has been named Industry Supplier of the Year for the battery materials component market at the Battery Show Expo held yesterday in San Jose, California. Judged by a panel of renowned journalists and independent specialists from various countries, the award acknowledges engineering excellence in the emerging field of battery materials manufacturing. BASF was...

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