BASF recognized as Manufacturing Leadership Awards winner

Monaca, Pennsylvania, site honored for enabling manufacturing excellence

FLORHAM PARK, NJ, March 21, 2018 – BASF has been recognized as a Manufacturing Leadership Awards winner for outstanding achievement in operational excellence at its Monaca, Pennsylvania, facility.

The Manufacturing Leadership Awards, sponsored by Frost & Sullivan, honor manufacturing companies and individual manufacturing leaders that are shaping the future of global manufacturing.

BASF’s winning project improved manufacturing performance while systematically reducing waste, and increasing production capacity of Acronal^®, an acrylic dispersion product at the Monaca location, a critical manufacturing site for BASF’s Dispersions Network.

Project findings contributed to several 2017 product launches together with BASF customers, demonstrated the benefits of employee engagement and idea sharing throughout the organization, and were implemented to other Dispersions sites in North America and Asia.

The Dispersions and Resins business of BASF develops, produces and markets a range of high-quality resins, additives, colorants and polymer dispersions worldwide. These raw materials are used in formulations for coatings and paints, printing and packaging products, construction chemicals, adhesives, fiber bonding, nonwovens, and paper manufacturing.

BASF will be recognized at the 14th Annual Manufacturing Leadership Summit Awards Gala on June 13, 2018, at the Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa in Huntington Beach, California.

About BASF

BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has more than 18,200 employees in North America, and had sales of $17.9 billion in 2017. For more information about BASF’s North American operations, visit www.basf.com.

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. The more than 115,000 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 €64.5 billion in 2017. 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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