BASF to increase kaolin prices globally for industrial applications

CHARLOTTE, NC, December 3, 2012 -- Effective immediately, or as contracts allow, BASF will increase kaolin prices globally for industrial applications. The increase will depend upon the product, with increases up to 7 percent for hydrous, calcined, and surface treated products.

About BASF industrial kaolin

BASF specialty kaolins improve performance, lower costs, increase efficiency, and enhance the value of customer products and processes in the plastics, rubber, ink, cosmetics, ceramics, adhesives, paints and many other industries. Major product lines include Satintone®, ASP®, Translink®, Ultrex®, and MetaMax®.  For more than 40 years, BASF has been a leader in mineral surface treatment technology and has the most advanced surface treatment processes in the kaolin industry.

BASF – The Chemical Company

BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has more than 16,000 employees in North America, and had sales of $20 billion in 2011. For more information about BASF’s North American operations, visit www.basf.us.

BASF is the world’s leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products and crop protection products to oil and gas. We combine economic success, social responsibility and environmental protection. Through science and innovation we enable our customers in almost all industries to meet the current and future needs of society. Our products and system solutions contribute to conserving resources, ensuring healthy food and nutrition and helping to improve the quality of life. We have summed up this contribution in our corporate purpose: We create chemistry for a sustainable future. BASF posted sales of about €73.5 billion in 2011 and had more than 111,000 employees as of the end of the year. Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com.

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