BASF has increased its global annual capacity for the production of the chemical intermediate PolyTHF (chemical name: polytetra­methylene ether glycol – PTMEG) from 185,000 metric tons to 250,000 metric tons. The company has continuously developed and expanded its production processes.

BASF has opened its first production plant for dispersions in South Africa located at Umbogintwini Industrial Complex in Durban. With this new production facility BASF will serve its customers in the fast growing South African and Sub-Saharan African coatings and construction industry with acrylic dispersions based on state-of-the-art technologies.

BASF has opened its first production plant for concrete admixtures in Russia located at its existing site in the Podolsk District of the Moscow Region. With this new production facility BASF will serve its customers in the Russian construction industry with a wide range of concrete admixtures.

BASF will acquire the electrolytes business for high-performance batteries from German Chemical and Pharmaceutical Company Merck. The companies have agreed not to disclose financial details of the transaction.

BASF announced its plans to build a world scale production plant for formic acid at its site in Geismar in the state of Louisiana. The new plant has an annual capacity of more than 50 000 tons.

According to a Malaysian news agency Petronas and BASF propose to build a new petrochemical complex in Pulau Muara Besar, Brunei.