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08/31/10
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A rather acidic success story started at BASF 50 years ago: in 1960, the company brought on stream the first large-scale manufacturing plant for propionic acid at its integrated Ludwigshafen Verbund site.The inauguration of another facility that produces this carboxylic acid followed at the Nanjing site in China in 2005. Having expanded the annual capacity at these sites in 2009, which brought its total annual capacity to 149,000 metric tons, BASF is now one of the world’s major propionic acid manufacturers
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08/24/10
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For the first time, BASF will showcase its current portfolio for manufacturers of wind energy plants at the “Husum WindEnergy” trade show. The offering includes products and solutions that allow efficient production and coating of rotor blades, towers and foundations. BASF experts will give brief presentations at the congress center on September 23, from 2:00 PM through 3:00 PM, to introduce their ranges.
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07/30/10
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Yokohama, Japan – JGC, INPEX and BASF announced today that they have entered into an agreement to jointly carry out demonstration tests on a new technology for effectively capturing and recovering CO2 contained in natural gas. The tests are carried out at INPEX’s Koshijihara natural gas plant (Nagaoka city, Niigata prefecture) starting August 2010.
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07/29/10
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Ludwigshafen, Germany – July 29, 2010 – The Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE announced the following changes in its organization and management team.
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07/16/10
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BASF is raising its prices for isophorone diamine (IPDA) in Europe by €200 per metric ton, or by the corresponding amount in local currency, effective immediately or as existing contracts permit.
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06/18/10
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Effective immediately, or as existing contracts permit, BASF is raising its prices for propyl-, butyl- and 2-ethylhexylamines in Europe.
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06/17/10
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BASF and U.S. research institute RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina/USA, are joining forces to develop a new, exceptionally cost-effective technology to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from waste gases emitted by coal-fired power plants and other industrial sources.
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03/16/10
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BASF will present its novelties for composites at the Paris “JEC Composites Show” from April 13 through 15, 2010, in hall 1, booth G 17. This trade show is one of the world’s major exhibitions for this type of specialty materials.
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01/28/10
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Using cesium and potassium formates in completion fluids that stabilize boreholes in gas production is more eco-efficient than the application of brines based on zinc bromide, calcium bromide and calcium chloride. This is the result of an eco-efficiency analysis performed by BASF. Formates are salts of formic acid, a BASF intermediate.
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01/15/10
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BASF and Linde-KCA-Dresden GmbH (LKCA), a Linde Group subsidiary, will jointly market licenses and plants for the capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) from flue gases in the future. The companies today, (date), signed the cooperation agreement.
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