BASF has signed a definitive agreement to sell its manufacturing facility for natural fish oils, medium-concentrated omega-3s, and customized bottled fish oil in Brattvåg, Norway, to Marine Ingredients, a leading manufacturer of quality marine-based ingredients and customized products.

BASF intends to build an additional production plant for sodium methylate in South America. Argentina is the planned location for the second plant with an annual capacity of about 60,000 metric tons.

The board of the Namur, the association of Germany’s automation users in the process industry has appointed Heinrich Engelhard as the new general manager of the organisation. Despite a negative business climate in late 2012, the industry remains cautiously optimistic…

BASF's rise to becoming a global battery giant takes the next step: The world's biggest chemical company opens its first manufacturing facility dedicated to commercial-scale production of advanced cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries in Elyria/Ohio, USA...

German industrial supplier RMA enters the Middle–Eastern Growth Markets: The firm has just launched its new subsidiary company, RMA Middle East, at the Bahrain International Investment Park. With this step, the company hopes to participate from growth in the local petro- and petrochemical industry...

The scale of US shale gas reserves is conjuring up scenarios that seemed unimaginable just a short time ago. Ammonia plants and crackers are now under construction in a country where the chemical industry appeared to be in terminal decline. Gold fever is currently gripping the plant engineering industry, and everyone wants to be first in line...

The modern laboratory environment is shaped by the same trends that affect most areas of today’s life: Flexibility, digitalization, communication — combined with the never-changing requirements for a lab such as safety, robustness, and cleanliness. In our article you will read more about the changes in hardware and software over the years and what the future of the laboratory might look like.

Reuters reports that Sinopec Corp is planning to increase its investment in fine chemicals at its Maoming-Zhanjiang refining base in southern China.

BASF announced plans to expand production capabilities at its Chattanooga plant to strengthen the company´s position as a supplier of emulsion polymers for the paper, paperboard and carpet industries in North America.

On April 6, 2011, BASF opened its new Polyurethane (PU) Solutions System House at the just recently completed BASF site in Dubai Industrial City (DIC) with an official ceremony.