Q2/2011 was mixed for the chemical industry with political unrest and appreciation of the Swiss franc affecting results

Tobias Ritter, Harvard University, USA, receives the BASF Catalysis Award

Over the next five years, BASF will be investing in researching, developing and production of battery materials

Dr. Wolfgang Weber is the new head of BASF’s Brussels office

BASF is entering into electrolyte activities by expanding its portfolio for lithium-ion batteries

BASF to build world’s largest single-train TDI (toluene diisocyanate) plant in Europe

BASF to build new dispersions plant in Durban, South Africa, in 2012

Kurt Bock takes over from Jürgen Hambrecht as the chairman of the Board of Executive Directors for BASF

BASF to acquire ultrafiltration specialist inge watertechnologies AG

BASF and PETRONAS will commence a feasibility study for a new plant for superabsorbent polymers