BASF Dispersions and Paper Chemicals Group expands
content and languages on its internet site

CHARLOTTE, September 25, 2000 - To reflect the informational and service needs of its North American customer base, BASF Corporation's Dispersions and Paper Chemicals business group recently expanded the content and language capabilities of its Internet site. Information on the group's Internet site is now available in English, Spanish and French.

Two Internet addresses can be used to reach the Dispersions and Paper Chemicals group's home page: www.basf.com/dispersions or www.basf.com/paperchemicals. Information and resources now available on the site include:

• Overviews on the group's five business units (Paper Chemicals, Coatings Raw Materials, Adhesive Raw Materials, Asphalt Modifiers, and Textile Nonwovens and Carpet Backings);
• E-commerce capabilities for customers to place orders and review Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS);
• Case studies of BASF providing business solutions to meet customers' needs; and
• Reviews of resources, technical expertise and future-driven innovations.

The Dispersions and Paper Chemicals group, part of BASF Corporation, is a leading worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of high-performance products for the industrial and architectural coatings, papermaking, graphic arts, asphalt and the textile nonwovens and carpet backing markets in North America. With headquarters in Charlotte, N.C., this BASF business unit operates a state-of-the-art Technical Center in Charlotte, as well as production facilities in Monaca, Pa., Chattanooga, Tenn., Freeport, Texas, Appleton, Wis., and Altamira, Mexico.

BASF Corporation and its subsidiaries ranks as the third largest producer of chemicals and related products in the United States, Canada and Mexico, with sales of $7.2 billion in 1999. Based in Mount Olive, N.J., BASF Corporation is the North American affiliate of BASF AG (Ludwigshafen, Germany), which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol "BF." "We don't make a lot of the products you buy. We make a lot of the products you buy better.®" summarizes BASF's diverse product mix including chemicals, polymers, automotive and industrial coatings, colorants, pharmaceuticals, nylon fibers and agricultural products. BASF in North America employs more than 16,000 people at more than 50 locations and has an Internet site at http://www.basf.com.