Dear Customers and Business Associates, chemical intermediates have multifaceted uses in daily life, often benefiting not merely our customers, but their customers in turn. 
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Compared to conventional processes, BASF's Basil process for scavenging acids in the chemical synthesis of phosphorous compounds provides decided advantages. This was the conclusion of an eco-efficiency analysis performed by BASF in its comparison of several processes.
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As the result of a strategic partnership between Degussa AG, Duesseldorf, Germany, and BASF Degussa’s Goldschmidt Polyurethane Additives Business Line in Essen, Germany, will take over with responsibility for the worldwide sales and technical service of triethylene diamine (TEDA).
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The exchange of know-how is being promoted for customers by the Operating Division Intermediates at international workshops. The objective is to make customers more successful by keeping them up-to-date on technologies, improvements, services and tailor-made solutions.
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The classification of N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) as "toxicologically questionable" is currently being discussed by the European Union's Commission. BASF has been on top of the issue almost from the start and began to search for a replacement. In recent years NMP gained substantial acceptance as a multi-faceted solvent in various industrial sectors.
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The Indol plant has made its first batch of
(R)-(3-chlorophenyl)oxirane oxide, a chiral intermediate. The Operating Division Intermediates developed a new biotechnological process for the purpose and as a result expanded its technology platform.
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The Operating Division Intermediates of BASF has signed a cooperation agreement with Solvias AG, Basel, Switzerland. Solvias is a leading global player in the development and marketing of asymmetric hydrogenation technologies and has one of the world's largest ligand libraries.
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Quick, compact and flexible - the Indol factory at the Ludwigshafen site is truly a specialist! From some 200 feedstocks it produces more than 50 innovative products.
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Actually, the intermediate 2-methoxy-
ethylamine (2-MEA) was to be phased out of production within BASF altogether. Heretofore it had been used mostly in the production of textile dyestuffs. But now it has emerged as an important component for a pharmaceutical product.
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The Operating Division's exhibition at this year's ChemSpec Fair in Duesseldorf drew considerable interest with a stand designed to appeal to various industries. The displays featured innovations for the pharmaceutical, crop protection and plastic industries as well as coatings, electronic chemicals and mechanical engineering.
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Dr. Karin Sperling, head of New Business Development since March 1, 2004, earned a doctorate in chemistry and has been with BASF since 1984. Initially she worked in research, ten years thereafter in application technology and development of cosmetic raw material products, before she switched to marketing.
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The Operating Division Intermediates has issued three new brochures on its businesses in ChiPros® chiral products, gas scrubbing and ionic liquids.
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How does BASIL™ work? What are the benefits of the new technology? What has been BASF's experience of it to date? Two BBC radio journalists from London quizzed Dr. Matthias Maase, ionic liquid marketing manager at the Operating Division Intermediates, on everything to do with ionic liquids.
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It is now possible for customers of the Operating Division Intermediates to have Koresin® phenolic resin orders shipped either on wooden or plastic palettes. The use of the new type of platforms made with recycled plastic contributes to the improvement of the intermediate. Moreover the plastic version weighs about 1.7 kilograms less than its wooden counterpart.
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