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BASF introduces new brand image of Chemetall

It is just over one year since BASF’s Coatings division acquired Chemetall, a leading global surface treatment supplier. Being well-known within the industry for its...

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Construction chemicals: “Demand in Russia is approaching that one of Europe“

BASF opens a production site of plant for concrete additives, alkali-free concrete setting accelerators, and tunneling shield lubricants in Saint Petersburg, ...

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BASF intends to acquire Henkel’s Western European building material business

BASF and Henkel have signed an agreement under which BASF intends to acquire Henkel’s professional Western European flooring, tiling and waterproofing business in ...

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BASF divests global photoinitiator business to IGM Resins

BASF has sold its global photoinitiator business to IGM Resins B.V., Netherlands, a global producer and supplier of radiation-curable material.

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BASF acquires global surface treatment provider Chemetall

BASF has signed an agreement to acquire Albemarle’s global surface treatment business, Chemetall. The purchase price is EUR2.84 billion.

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Top 25: Europe’s largest coatings companies

ECJ has ranked the largest 25 coatings companies by its revenues, headquartered on the continent. The Top 10 manufacters combined have coatings sales worth over 20 ...

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BASF sales slump by 29%

In the first quarter of 2016, BASF Group sales decreased by 29% to EUR14.2 billion compared with the same quarter of the previous year.

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For the first time BASF produces binders for interior paints based on mass balance process

For the first time ever BASF is producing dispersions for interior paints based on the mass balance approach.

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New effect pigments enable warm colors with antique look for interiors

A gold that is elegant and unobtrusive and a bold reddish brown with the shine of metal: With "Firemist Velvet Gold" and "Firemist Velvet Russet", BASF has ...

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Bio-based polyol for VOC free 2K PU applications

A new bio-based polyol is used for manufacturing low-emission 2K PU coatings for interior and exterior applications.

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New Chevrolet concept car draped in dazzling colour from BASF

With its streamlined design featuring BASF’s "Mid-night Glimmer” coatings, Chevrolet-FNR concept car has made its stunning global debut at Auto Shanghai 2015. ...

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Pigments: BASF expands production capacity and colour range for effect pigments

BASF will expand its capacity for the production of "Paliocrom” effect pigments by more than 20 percent by 2017 in Ludwigshafen, Germany.