An official groundbreaking marked the start of one of BASF's major projects: The company builds a new, world-scale chemical catalysts production facility at itss existing site in the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park, China.

BASF announced that it plans to increase its global Alkyl Polyglucosides (APG) production capacity with two production expansion projects at sites in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Jinshan, China.

German chemicals behemoth BASF has been the victim of scam accounts and billing frauds: Four employees of the chemical company are said to have cooperated with external firms to settle services that were never provided. This caused damage in the tens of millions.

Dystar continues its transformation process, moving production operations from Germany to Asia. With a further commitment on the Asian markets, the company expects to grow during a potentially unstable 2012.

The market research company Ceresana analyzed the global market for adhesives and sealants based on PUR in detail. Until 2024, Ceresana expects an increase in revenues generated with these products to over $ 9.7 billion.

BASF expects peak sales of approximately $ 4.3 billion for products in its crop protection pipeline by 2027. The company announced that product candidates from all indications had reached advanced development phases and global registration was proceeding for key technologies.

BASF and top universities jointly develop new process improving the bioavailability of active ingredients. The Supersonic spray-drying process yields stable and soluble amorphous nanoparticles.

BASF has launched a proprietary new Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) additive designed for butylene selectivity in refineries. The product called Evolve improves butylene yields while preserving unit conversion and valuable fuels yields when compared to existing technologies, the company claims.

Shell is lifting its petrochemicals production: A new 140,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) high-purity ethylene oxide purification unit and a new 140,000 tpa ethoxylates unit are supplying local and regional customers.

BASF inaugurated their first isononanol (INA) plant in China to serve growing demand for next-generation plasticizers. The plant has annual production capacity of 180,000 metric tons of INA.