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BASF breaks ground on acrylic acid complex
BASF has broken ground on a new production complex at its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China, that includes plants for glacial acrylic acid (GAA), butyl acrylate (BA) and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (2-EHA). ...
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BASF Shanghai Coatings opens new technical centre
BASF Shanghai Coatings (BSC) announced the opening of its new technical center building at the BSC Minhang site. As one of the key highlights of the Minhang extension project, the launch of the technical...
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New distribution agreement between BTC Europe and Sudarshan
BTC Europe, BASF’S European distribution organisation, and Sudarshan Chemical Industries, a manufacturer of high-quality pigments based in Pune, India, have signed an agreement on the distribution of...
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BASF publishes “Color Report 2022 for Automotive OEM Coatings
As they have for several years, achromatic colours dominated the automotive market around the globe in 2022. But as BASF’s designers found in the company’s Color Report for Automotive OEM Coatings,...
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BASF breaks ground on MDI capacity expansion project
BASF has broken ground on the third and final phase of the methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) expansion project at its Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana, announced in July 2022.
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BASF inaugurates its largest surface treatment site
The Surface Treatment global business unit of BASF’s Coatings division, operating under the Chemetall brand, has celebrated the inauguration of its state-of-the-art surface treatment production site...
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BASF opens surface treatment centre in China
The Surface Treatment global business unit of BASF’s Coatings division, operating under the Chemetall brand, opened its first regional innovation and technology centre for applied surface treatment technology...
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First Boeing 777 with new Surface technology takes off on passenger flights
For the first time, a Boeing 777-300ER operated by Swiss International Air Lines (Swiss) took off on a passenger flight with a surface technology jointly developed by Lufthansa Technik and BASF.
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BASF to build new Neopentyl Glycol plant
BASF will invest in a new world-scale Neopentyl Glycol (NPG) plant with an annual production capacity of 80,000 metric tons at its new Zhanjiang Verbund site, China.
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BASF: NPG and PA with product carbon footprint of zero
According to the company, BASF for the first time offers neopentyl glycol (NPG) and propionic acid (PA) with a cradle-to-gate product carbon footprint (PCF) of zero.
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BASF closes divestiture of its kaolin minerals business to Ka Min
BASF has closed the divestiture of its kaolin minerals business to Ka Min, a global performance minerals company headquartered in Macon, Georgia, United States, following the fulfillment of clearance conditions....
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BASF Coatings inaugurates new research center
BASF Coatings has inaugurated a new research center for electrophoretic dip coating at its headquarters in Münster-Hiltrup, Germany.
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Energiekontor and BASF agree on program to increase wind turbines efficiency
Energiekontor has teamed up with the international maintenance company Omega-Tools and BASF’s Coatings division to gradually equip its wind turbines with a special film, thus making them more efficient....
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BASF publishes “Automotive Color Trends 2022-2023
Each year, designers for BASF’s Coatings division create a new collection to inspire automotive designers around the globe.