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BASF and the Borough of East Newark today marked the official opening of the East Newark Riverfront Park, a five-acre green space developed on a former industrial site along the Passaic River. The ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrated the culmination of a multi-year effort with federal natural resource trustees to restore and transform the property.

The BASF Coatings site in Greenville, Ohio has been named the 2025 Business of the Year by the Darke County Community Improvement Corporation (CIC). The Greenville site was recognized for consistently contributing to the community as an employer of choice, long-term business partner, and supporter of various social and education efforts throughout Darke County, Ohio.

BASF sites in South Carolina have joined together to sponsor and volunteer at the iMAGINE Upstate STEAM Festival, providing children of all ages an opportunity to learn about chemistry through experiments and demonstrations.
 

BASF has announced the expansion of its EcoBalanced portfolio for Care Chemicals in North America with the introduction of the first EcoBalanced products for personal care in the region. BASF’s cocoamidopropyl betaine products Dehyton® PK 45 and Dehyton® KE UP are now certified as EcoBalanced grades using a biomass balance (BMB) approach.

BASF Care Chemicals has announced the launch of Trilon^® G chelating agent, which utilizes GLDA (glutamic acid diacetate) chemistry. This latest addition to BASF's product portfolio complements the existing range of chelating agents, including MGDA (methylglycinediacetic acid) and EDTA (tetrasodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate), and helps to fulfill the growing demand for more sustainable solutions.