BASF and community agencies test emergency response capabilities

WYANDOTTE, MI, August 19, 2016 – BASF’s crisis management and emergency response teams at its Wyandotte, Michigan site participated in a coordinated effort with Marine Pollution Control (MPC), a Detroit-based private spill clean-up company, to simulate an oil spill in the Detroit River.

The August 11 drill allowed emergency response personnel an opportunity for hands-on training and preparedness in the event there was ever a real emergency.

During the exercise, MPC responded to the Wyandotte site and deployed temporary floating barriers called booms, used in containment and clean-up efforts of oil spills. The team implemented their boom deployment plan and tested a portion of the U.S. Coast Guard’s plan.

The drill tested BASF’s crisis management plan, equipment and the capabilities of the response team, while keeping site employees, the community, and environment protected.

“Safety is a core value at BASF and we take our responsibility of emergency preparedness seriously,” said Greg Pflum, Vice President and General Manager of BASF’s Midwest Hub. “We conduct emergency drills regularly to provide additional training and ensure BASF and our community’s emergency preparedness systems are well-designed and understood.”

Download photo on right, suggested caption: Marine Pollution Control deploys a containment boom as part of BASF Wyandotte’s mock emergency response drill.

About BASF

BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has nearly 17,500 employees in North America, and had sales of $17.4 billion in 2015. For more information about BASF’s North American operations, visit  www.basf.us.

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. The approximately 112,000 employees in the BASF Group work on contributing to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio is organized into five segments: Chemicals, Performance Products, Functional Materials & Solutions, Agricultural Solutions and Oil & Gas. BASF generated sales of more than €70 billion in 2015. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (AN). Further information at www.basf.com.

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