BASF donates $190,000 for Hurricane Harvey relief in Port Arthur and Beaumont

PORT ARTHUR, TX, October 9, 2017 – The Port Arthur and Beaumont communities are benefitting from a portion of $500,000 BASF is donating to support Hurricane Harvey relief efforts in Texas.

Three Golden Triangle organizations will receive $190,000 to aid with critical needs as the Port Arthur and Beaumont communities recover.  The United Way of Mid & South Jefferson County and the United Way of Beaumont & North Jefferson County will each receive $82,500 and the Southeast Texas Food Bank will receive $25,000.

“Never has the need in our community been greater,” said Greg Masica, Vice President and Manager of the BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LLC site in Port Arthur. “In addition to the monetary donation, BASF employees are volunteering throughout the community to assist those affected by this unprecedented flooding event.”

To date, BASF employees from Port Arthur and Beaumont have volunteered more than 1,800 hours to assist co-workers, contractors and neighbors who were impacted by the storm.  Adding to these efforts, BASF employees donated cleaning and household supplies to the City of Port Arthur and various non-profit organizations in the region.

“On behalf of both of our regional United Way agencies and the Southeast Texas Food Bank, I express our gratitude to BASF,” stated Dan Maher, Executive Director, Southeast Texas Food Bank.  “This support will help area residents recover from the effects of Hurricane Harvey and provide critical social services.”

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Suggested caption: Port Arthur employee Gary Archer and his wife Denise, an employee at the Beaumont site, stand at left with BASF colleagues who helped to remove damaged contents from their flooded home in Lumberton, Texas.

BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals, LLC

BASF TOTAL Petrochemicals LLC is located in Port Arthur, Texas and manufactures a range of chemicals used in hundreds of consumer products. BASF TOTAL is a joint venture partnership between BASF Corporation, 60 percent ownership, and Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, 40 percent ownership. For more information about BASF Corporation and Total Petrochemicals& Refining USA, Inc. visit www.basf.us or www.us.total.com.

About BASF

BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has more than 17,500 employees in North America, and had sales of $16.2 billion in 2016. 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 114,000 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 about €58 billion in 2016. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (BAS). Further information at www.basf.com.

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