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BASF
SE, of Ludwigshafen, Germany,
was incorporated in 1865. Eight years later, the company
became active in North America by establishing a partnership
with a New York City-based marketing company. In 1958,
BASF began to build its manufacturing base in North
America when the Company established a joint venture
with Dow Chemical in Freeport, TX, to produce basic
chemicals and fiber precursors. In 1969, BASF acquired
Wyandotte Chemicals Corporation, which included the
Wyandotte, MI, and Geismar, LA, manufacturing facilities.
The Freeport, Wyandotte and Geismar sites remain strong
pillars of BASF's manufacturing operations in North
America today. In 1985, BASF purchased American Enka
Company, which was later combined with Badische Corporation
to form the Company's Fiber Products Division. In 1986,
BASF Corporation, the North American affiliate of BASF
SE, was formed.
1986 |
- Jürgen Strube assumes responsibility
of BASF North American operations
- Acrylic Acid II plant in
Freeport, TX, completed
- Automotive Applications Research
Center in Southfield, MI, completed
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| 1987 |
- Blazer® herbicide
business acquired from Rohm and Haas
- Special Amines plant at Geismar,
LA, holds groundbreaking ceremony
- Elastocell® polyurethane
suspension unit plant opens in Wyandotte,
MI
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| 1988 |
- J. Dieter Stein succeeds
Jürgen Strube as Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of BASF Corporation
- Canadian headquarters open
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Expandable Polypropylene
(EPP) plant start-up in Wyandotte, MI
- Glyoxal plant under construction
at Geismar, LA
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| 1989 |
- Universal Foam Systems and
Urethane Specialties blending plant in Blackie
and Toronto, Canada, acquired
- Community Advisory Panels
inaugurated at BASF sites
- Government Relations Office
opens in Washington, D.C.
- Plastic Materials Compounding
plant opens in Wyandotte, MI
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| 1990 |
- Wyandotte, MI, site celebrates
100th anniversary - formally Michigan Alkali
Company
- Urethane Specialties plant
announced for Clemson, SC
- New corporate advertising
campaign begins: We don't make a lot of
the products you buy. We make a lot of the
products you buy better.®
- Wyandotte, MI, announces
TPU plant expansion
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| 1991 |
- Aniline and Nitrobenzene
plants completed at Geismar, LA
- BCF nylon plant expansion
announced at Clemson, SC
- Olin Corporation's polyurethane
foam business in North America and Europe
acquired
- Nylon resin expansion completed
at Freeport, TX
- Anderson, SC, site dedicates
Textile plant
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| 1992 |
- Construction begins at Mount
Olive, NJ, for new North American headquarters
- Geismar, LA, dedicates Aniline
facility
- Wyandotte, MI, expands Plastics
Compounding facility
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| 1993 |
- Wyandotte, MI, announces
expansion of Expanded Polypropylene plant
- Freeport, TX, is first site
to receive ISO 9000 certification
- Fiber Products Division reorganizes
and relocates headquarters to Charlotte,
NC
- TDI expansion completed in
Geismar, LA
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| 1994 |
- BCF nylon plant expansion
completed at Clemson, SC
- Carpet Fibers launches 6ix
Again® recycling program
- Greenville, OH, announces
resin manufacturing expansion
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| 1995 |
- World-scale polystyrene plant
announced for Altamira, Mexico
- North American Refinishing
Application Center in Whitehouse, OH, opens
- Plastic Materials group obtains
QS-9000 certification
- Expanded Polystyrene (EPS)
plant completed in Altamira, Mexico
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| 1996 |
- Nylon 6 resins expansion
announced at Freeport, TX
- Altamira, Mexico, selected
as site for a specialty styrenics plant
for North America
- High-impact polystyrene plant
capacity expansion announced at Joliet,
IL
- BASF to purchase Corn Herbicide
business from Sandoz
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| 1997 |
- Eggert Voscherau succeeds
J. Dieter Stein as Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of BASF Corporation
- BASF inaugurates new polystyrene
plant in Altamira, Mexico
- BASF and FINA announce plans
to build the world's largest liquids steam
cracker in Port Arthur, TX
- Acrylic Acid III plant in
Freeport, TX, completed
- BASF acquires Olin's surfactants
business and PPG's specialty chemicals business
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| 1998 |
- Peter Oakley becomes Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer of BASF Corporation
- Specialty Amines plant expansion
completed in Geismar, LA
- BASF acquires CIBA s U.S.-based
chelates business
- Animal Nutrition group dedicates
three vitamin premix facilities
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| 1999 |
- BASF begins building new
paper colorants plant in Altamira, Mexico
- BASF acquires Morton industrial
coatings business from Rohm and Haas
- The Automotive OEM Coatings
business earns the Henry Ford Technology
Award for the launch of Ureclear®
clearcoat
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| 2000 |
- BASF acquires Chemdal's superabsorbent
polymers business
- New power coatings plant
dedicated at Morganton, NC site
- BASF's Fiber Products unveils
new advanced engineered fiber
- BASF named 'most admired'
and 'best' among global chemical producers
and German companies, in Fortune
and Global Finance magazines
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| 2001 |
- BASF launches ULTRA-Cool™
coatings for metal roofs
- BASF and Fortitech announce
strategic alliance in sales and marketing
of human nutrition products in North America
- Start up of new ethylene
oxide plant in Geismar, LA
- Production starts at new
paper colorants plant in Altamira, Mexico
- Introduction of Glasurit
90® Line, a new generation of
water-based automotive paint technology
- World's largest steam cracker,
60/40 venture between BASF Corporation and
ATOFINA Petrochemicals, Inc. starts production
in Port Arthur, TX
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| 2002 |
- Klaus Peter Löbbe becomes
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
BASF Corporation
- BASF wins Society of Engineers'
"Environmental Excellence in Transportation"
award
- BASF launches Lupranate®
LP30, energy-saving polyurethane product
- Elastocell manufacturing
unit (in Wyandotte, MI) selected as the
first facility in the world to be audited
under new ISO 14001 EH&S Management System
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| 2003 |
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- BASF acquires engineering
plastics business from Honeywell
- Freeport facility wins Technology
& Business award from Start Magazine
- BASF completes acquisition
of Callery Chemical from Mine Safety Appliances
Company
- BASF donates $500,000 to
Jefferson County, Texas, school districts
and non-profit organizations for student
achievement program
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| 2004 |
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- BASF begins production of
Styrolux® styrene-butadiene copolymers
(SBCs) at Altamira, Mexico
- BASF acquires plasticizer
business from Sunoco, Inc.
- BASF moves North American
headquarters to Florham Park, New Jersey
- Freeport, Texas site wins
American Chemistry Council Energy Efficiency
Award
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| 2005 |
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- BASF ranked as America's
Most Admired Chemical Company
- BASF provides
$1 million in aid to Hurricane Katrina
relief efforts
- BASF breaks ground on
new ester plant in Pasadena, Texas
- BASF
acquires Huntsman's global Toluene Diisocyanate
business
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| 2006 |
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- BASF acquires Engelhard Corporation, Degussa
Construction Chemicals and Johnson Polymer
- BASF
becomes the second largest chemical company
in North America
- BASF has income from North
American operations that exceeds $1 billion
for the second consecutive year
- BASF showcases
its first Near-Zero Energy home in Paterson,
New Jersey, receiving widespread recognition
including the New Jersey Governor's 2006
Environmental Excellence Award
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The Near-Zero Energy home in
Paterson,
New Jersey |
| 2007 |
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- BASF and Monsanto Company announced a long-term joint research and development and commercialization collaboration in plant biotechnology.
- BASF started operations at two new plants in Freeport, Texas: a superabsorbent polymer plant with a capacity of 180,000 metric tons per year and a production line for polyamide 6 with a capacity of 120,000 metric tons per year.
- Kurt Bock becomes
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
BASF Corporation.
- BASF and Harvard University’s Office of Technology Development (OTD) announced an agreement to jointly establish the BASF Advanced Research Initiative.
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BASF Verbund site in Freeport, Texas |
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