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Nov. 6, 2009

Environmental Challenges Drive Research in Catalysis

Heidelberg, Germany – November 6, 2009 – Scientists are not usually known by their nicknames. Melanie Sanford, Professor at the University of Michigan, is an exception to that rule: Her commitment to new catalytic reactions for cleaner systems and greener processes in chemistry and her new approaches to molecule-building through breaking the normally unreactive, very strong carbon–hydrogen (CH) bond has earned the 34 year-old chemist the title “bond-breaker” in the science press.

Nov. 5, 2009

BASF to realign fuel cell business

Ludwigshafen, Germany – November 5, 2009 – BASF is realigning its business for the fuel cell market. In the future, competencies for the production of high-temperature membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) will be concentrated in Somerset, New Jersey.

Nov. 5, 2009

Dow and BASF win IChemE Award 2009 for jointly developed HPPO Technology

Ludwigshafen, Germany and Midland, Michigan: November 5, 2009 – The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) and BASF announced today that they have received the Institution of Chemical Engineers’ Innovation and Excellence Award in Core Engineering for their jointly developed Hydrogen Peroxide to Propylene Oxide (HPPO) production technology.

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