ＢＡＳＦ　　　　　　　　　　変遷図　　　能力

2003/7 　BASF、MSAよりCallery Chemical事業部を買収

2003/5　　BASF-ＹＰＣ 社、中国・南京でのＤＭＦ生産能力を増強

2003/5 　ＢＡＳＦ、エクソンモービル・ケミカル社のポリイソブチレン事業を買収

2003/3　バイエル社の殺虫剤・殺菌剤の買収完了

2000/12/18 BASF, 医薬品事業をアボット・ラボラトリーズへ69億ドルで売却

2000/3/22 　BASF、アメリカンホームプロダクツ社より農薬事業を買収

BASF strengthens its plastics business
　・BASF to acquire Honeywell's worldwide engineering plastics business
　・BASF to sell its nylon fibers businesses to Honeywell

2003/9　　BASF、DSMとの提携解消、飼料用酵素Natuphos®を独自に生産・販売

2003/11 BASF 、ビタミン事業拡張に向けて大きな一歩を踏み出す

2003/12 BASF、米ダイバーサ社からキラル中間体向け酵素の使用ライセンスを取得

2003/12 ＢＡＳＦ、事業戦略に新たな要素を追加

2003/12 BASF to acquire Ticona's nylon 6,6 engineering plastics business

2004/1 BASF divests Phenoxy Business

2004/2 東レ・独ＢＡＳＦ合弁　PBTを生産　マレーシアで２００６年から

ＢＡＳＦ（PolyTHF）　：　日本　　　韓国　　　中国 　　　米・独

2004/8 BASF officially inaugurates its new citral plant in Ludwigshafen

2004/8 BASF plans to invest in a polyurethanes specialties site in Shanghai

2004/8 Dow & BASF to construct a world-scale PO, using HPPO technology

2004/12 BASF expands capacity of its world-scale MDI plant in Antwerp by 25 percent

2004/12 Polyisocyanate plant to be built in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park

2004/12 ＢＡＳＦ、米国で高吸水性樹脂のＳ＆Ｂ

2005/1 BASF acquires electronic chemicals business of Merck KGaA

2005/2 　BASF to strengthen business with engineering plastics in Asia by new production facilities

2005/3 　BASF shifting Texas plasticizers base from ethylene to butene

　　2006/9　BASF completes conversion of Pasadena, Texas, unit to 2-PH

2005/4 　　BASF to sell U.S., Canadian polystyrene business to INEOS Americas, LLC

2005/4　　BASF increases capacity for biodegradable plastic Ecoflex®

2005/5　　BASF and Shell to sell their stakes in Basell to consortium led by Access Industries

2005/6　　BASF、欧州での可塑剤事業体制を再編

2005/7　　BASF acquires Huntsman’s global TDI business

　　　　　BASF's US Freeport petchem site cuts emissions by 58% on year

2005/8　BASF invests Euro 200 million in expansion of cracker at Antwerp site

2005/9　独露３社でパイプライン　天然ガス直送調印

2005/9　BASF targets 10 percent of global chemical sales in China by 2010

　　　　　BASF and SINOPEC Joint Venture Officially Starts

2005/10　BASF increases capacity for polyisobutene in Ludwigshafen

2005/10　Europe Strategy 2015

2005/10　BASF とダウ・ケミカル、プロピレンオキサイドの新生産プロセスを共同開発

2005/11　BASF commissions amino resins plant in Shanghai, China

2005/11　BASF develops biodegradable plastic based on renewable raw materials

2006/9　BASF, Dow, Solvay partnership breaks new ground with innovative HPPO technology in Antwerp

2005/12　BASF、日本の中間体事業を再編

2006/1 　BASF Makes All-Cash Proposal To Acquire Engelhard

2006/4 エンゲルハード、ＢＡＳＦによる買収提案を拒否

2006/5 BASF、エンゲルハードの買収で再提案

2006/5 BASF と Engelhard、BASFによる買収で合意

2006/6　BASF receives majority of Engelhard shares

　　　　　BASF receives over 90% of Engelhard shares

2006/8 　BASF renames Engelhard as BASF Catalysts LLC

2006/11　 BASF announces full Engelhard integration

2006/11　BASF set to become supplier with the broadest pigment portfolio

2006/1 　BASF to open engineering plastics compounding unit at Altamira

2006/2 　BASF and Diversa Form Broad Alliance to Develop Innovative New Products

2006/3 　BASF reaches agreement to buy Degussa’s construction chemicals business

2006/12 BASF、独デグサ社建設用化学品事業の統合計画を発表

2006/3 　Dow Signs HPPO Joint Venture Agreement with BASF

2006/3 BASF increases capacities of Acrylic monomers and superabsorbents to meet growing demand

2006/4 BASF significantly strengthens polyurethanes business in North America

2006/4 東レ/ＢＡＳＦ、マレーシアにおけるＰＢＴベースレジン合弁会社の稼働開始

2006/4 BASF doubles production capacity for engineering plastic Ultrason(R) in Ludwigshafen

2006/5 BASF to acquire resins specialist Johnson Polymer

2006/5 BASF、エンプラ「Ultrason(R)」の生産能力を倍増

2006/5 BASF、ベルギーのバイオテクノロジー企業、クロップデザイン社を買収

2006/8 Opening ceremony marks successful start-up of integrated isocyanates complex at Shanghai Chemical Industry Park

　　　　BASF, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, and Solvay invest in Pangaea Ventures Fund II

2006/9 BASF and SINOPEC sign agreement on feasibility study for the expansion of the Nanjing site

　　　　BASF expands special amine manufacturing capacity

2006/10 BASF demonstrates renewed strength in North America

2006/10 BASF increases capacity of specialty plasticizer Hexamoll DINCH

2006/11 BASF set to become supplier with the broadest pigment portfolio

2006/11 BASF and Dow to Conduct Joint Feasibility Study for World-Class TDI Facility in Europe

2006/12 BASF to acquire motorcycle catalyst business in China

2007/2 BASF to build new DHDPS plant in Ludwigshafen

2007/2 BASF、POMの製造能力を増強

2007/2　BASF plans transformation into a European Company (SE)

2007/3　BASF Breaks Ground In China For Two New Manufacturing Plants

　　　　 BASF and Monsanto Announce R&D and Commercialization Collaboration Agreement in Plant Biotechnology

BASF AG to shut down lysine factory in S. Korea

2007/4 BASF to debottleneck Antwerp cracker mid Aug to end Sep

2007/5 BASF opens new engineering plastics compounding plant in Shanghai

2007/6 BASF Agrees to Sell its Minority Ownership Interest in Geismar Ethane Cracker

　　　　BASF rules itself out of ICI acquisition

BASF and INVISTA enter into ADN supply agreement

2007/7 BASF to Increase Capacity for Neopentylglycol in China

　　　　BASF evaluates strategic options for selected styrenics activities

2007/8 Basell : Leading contender for BASF styrenics?

2007/8 BASF to increase propionic acid capacity in Ludwigshafen and Nanjing

　　　　BASF Catalysts expands auto catalyst plants in China and India

2007/9 BASF ready to take out 10 bln eur in debt to finance acquisitions - CFO

BASF increases ethylene oxide capacity in Europe for EO derivatives

200710 BASF inaugurates polyamide 6 and superabsorbent plants at its Freeport, Texas, site

BASF: Official Partner of the “Germany and China - Moving Ahead Together” initiative

2007/11 BASF acquires SABIC Innovative Plastics'shares in the PBT joint venture

Nov 22, 2007 Reuters BASF CEO says not impossible to be acquired A takeover of Germany's BASF AG is not impossible, the chief executive of the world's largest chemicals company by sales said. "BASF is not that big that it can't be taken over," Juergen Hambrecht told reporters in Stuttgart late on Wednesday. He said he expected further consolidation in the chemicals industry because the top 10 global companies controlled only about 20 per cent of the global market.

2007/12　 BASF reorganizes its businesses

2008/1　　BASF expands plasticizers business in Asia Pacific

2008/2　　BASF interested in acquiring Albemarle for 4.9 bln US$

2008/4 　BASF ready for lawsuit against EU on GMO potato

　　　　　Dr Reddy's to buy BASF drug contract manufact unit

2008/5 　BASF Plant Science and Academia Sinica (Taipei) to cooperate on gene discovery

2008/7 　BASF delayed styrenics sale because of low offers

BASF looking at takeover targets

2008/8　BASF takes a further step in the divestment of its styrenic activities

Products

Cracker Products:

BASF operates its steamcrackers, "heart" of verbund sites (Ludwigshafen, Germany 1965 and 1980; Antwerp, Belgium 1994; BASF, along with FINA Port Arthur, Texas, 2001; Nanjing, China planned) mainly for captive use. In addition BASF markets cracker products e.g. within the chemical industry, refineries, plastic industry, steel- and automotive industry.

Verbund ­ a decisive factor for success
BASF has significant expertise ­ unequaled anywhere in the world ­ in the carefully planned networking of factories, with efficient integration of production and energy supply ­ the Verbund.
The concept of Verbund began with integrated production, which grew out of the history of the Ludwigshafen site. Integrated production implies effective utilization of resources and also reduced waste and emissions ­ synergies, which cut costs and increase cost-effectiveness.
Integrated systems are also used by BASF in relation to its wide-ranging technical expertise. Combining knowledge from different disciplines at one location maximizes the benefits to be obtained. Examples of areas included are research and development, toxicology, technical service and engineering technology.

Plastics - a core sector：

Plastics are a core sector for BASF. The BASF Group is among the largest plastics manufacturers in the world, with one of the most comprehensive product ranges.

The BASF plastics product range ：

Styrene copolymers
Polystyrene/PPE blend
Styrene polymers
Engineering materials
Foam materials
Vinyl chloride polymers　→　SOLVIN　
modifiers Intumescent Materials

Polyurethanes

　

BASF FINA Petrochemicals Limited Partnership

is a venture between BASF Corporation and ATOFINA Petrochemicals, Inc., a subsidiary of TotalFinaElf SA. The limited partnership, in which BASF holds a 60 percent share and ATOFINA holds a 40 percent share, was formed to manage the operations of the steam cracker project and related facilities.

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化学工業日報　2002/6/17

ＢＡＳＦフィナ、米でエチレン９２万トン稼働

　ＢＡＳＦとアトフィナの合弁会社であるＢＡＳＦフィナがこのほど、米国テキサス州のポートアーサー工場で世界最大級のナフサクラッカーを建設、稼働に入った。新クラッカーのエチレン年産能力は９２万トン。大規模生産により優れたコスト競争力が得られる。新プラントで生産された製品は、近隣にある両親会社の川下製品のプラントに原料として供給する。

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1998/5/8 BASF

BASF and FINA Boards Approve Construction of World's Largest Steam Cracker
　　http://www.basf.com/static/OpenMarket/Xcelerate/Preview_cid-976807284816_pubid-974236850984_c-Article.html

　

BASF Corporation (Mount Olive, N.J.) and FINA, Inc. (Dallas, Texas) jointly announced today that the boards of both BASF Aktiengesellschaft (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and PetroFina S.A. (Brussels, Belgium) have given final approval to build the world's largest single-train steam cracker.

The facility will use a special technology for enhanced propylene production, thereby providing a nameplate capacity of 1.9 billion pounds (860,000 metric tons) of ethylene and 1.9 billion pounds (860,000 metric tons) of propylene.

2003/1/14 BASF 　　　　　　　　　BASF completes transactions with Honeywell

BASF strengthens its plastics business

・BASF to acquire Honeywell's worldwide engineering plastics business
・BASF to sell its nylon fibers businesses to Honeywell

BASF will acquire the global engineering plastics portfolio of Honeywell, which is primarily comprised of the product line Capron® nylon and alloys (polyamide). These products will complement BASF's engineering plastics portfolio of Ultradur® thermoplastic polyester (PBT), Ultraform® acetal copolymer (POM), Ultrason® E polyethersulfone (PES) and Ultrason® S polysulfone (PSU), and Ultramid® nylon-based engineering plastics.

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Honeywell release

Honeywell's global engineering plastics portfolio includes nylon, polyester and alloys offered in the Capron® (nylon 6 and nylon 6,6), Petra® (post-consumer recycled polyester) and Nypel® (post-industrial nylon 6) product lines.

The agreement covers polymerization and compounding facilities, research and development assets and sales and technical service locations in North America, Europe and Asia. The Honeywell business currently employs about 500 people.

2003/5/1 BASF　

BASF strengthens its plastics business
BASF completes transactions with Honeywell

・BASF acquires engineering plastics business from Honeywell
・BASF sells its nylon fibers business to Honeywell
・Businesses transferred on May 1, 2003

2003/03/24 ＢＡＳＦ

ＢＡＳＦ　農業製品部門、製品群を強化 　　　　　　　　　　　　　背景
　〜　バイエル社の殺虫剤・殺菌剤の買収完了〜
　　　http://www.basf-japan.co.jp/news/pdf/030324.pdf

●　バイエルの殺虫剤・殺菌剤製品の買収を完了
●　種子処理剤事業への重要な足がかり
●　拡大した事業活動でお客さまにさらなる価値を提供


このたびの買収を受けて、日本ではＢＡＳＦ　アグロが原体と単剤（一部製品除く）独占で販売します。

2000年3月22日　ＢＡＳＦジャパン

BASF、アメリカンホームプロダクツ社より農薬事業を買収
　　　http://www.basf-japan.co.jp/news/doc/000322.doc

ＢＡＳＦ（本社 ドイツ・ルートヴィッヒスハーフェン）は、アメリカンホームプロダクツ社（米国・ニュージャージー州）の農薬事業を約３８億ドルで買収することで合意し、両社は３月２１日に契約に調印しました。

■ ＢＡＳＦのこれまでの主な農薬事業買収
過去４年間、ＢＡＳＦは農薬事業において意義深い事業買収を成功裡に進めてきました。
・１９９６年：とうもろこし用除草剤事業をスイスのサンド社より買収。
・１９９８年：米国のジェネリック農薬製品で第２位のマイクロフロー社の株式の過半数を取得。
・１９９９年：欧州の種苗会社大手であるスウｪーデンのスバレフ・ベイブル社の株式の４０％を取得。

2003/05/13 ＢＡＳＦ

ＢＡＳＦ、エクソンモービル・ケミカルのＶｉｓｔａｎｅｘ ＬＭ　ポリイソブチレン事業を買収
　　　　http://www.basf-japan.co.jp/news/pdf/030513.pdf

ＢＡＳＦは、エクソンモービル・ケミカル社のビスタネックスＬＭ（Ｖｉｓｔａｎｅｘ ＬＭ）ポリイソブチレン（ＰＩＢ）事業の買収を発表しました。

中分子量ならびに高分子量ポリイソブチレンの世界有数のサプライヤーであるＢＡＳＦは、オパノール（Ｏｐｐａｎｏｌ^®）の商標で販売しています。ＢＡＳＦのＰＩＢ製品は、分子量の非常に小さいものから極めて大きなものまで、世界で最も広範囲の製品群を供給しています。

2003/5/22 BASF ジャパン

BASF-ＹＰＣ 社、中国・南京でのＤＭＦ生産能力を増強
　　　http://www.basf-japan.co.jp/news/html/030522.html

BASFと中国石油化工集団（SINOPEC ）の折半出資の合弁会社であるBASF-YPC 社は、ジメチルホルムアミド（DMF）プラントの年産能力を1万トンから4万トンに変更するとの決定を下しました。このプラントは現在中国・南京にある同社の統合石化拠点（IPS ）で建設が進んでいます。

■ BASF-YPC 社について
BASF-YPC 社はBASF とSINOPEC の折半出資合弁会社です。同社は最先端の技術を駆使し、揚子江沿いの拠点（220 ヘクタール）にスチームクラッカー（エチレン年産能力60万トン）と9基の川下製品プラントを建設・操業する予定です。

2003/7/23 BASFジャパン

BASF、マイン・セーフティ・アプライアンシズ・カンパニー（MSA）よりCallery Chemical 事業部を買収
　―BASF は無機製品群を拡充、MSA は、コアビジネスに特化―
　　　　　http://www.basf-japan.co.jp/news/html/030723.html

米国ペンシルバニア州ピッツバーグを拠点とするマイン・セーフティ・アプライアンシズ・カンパニー（MSA）のCallery Chemical（カレリー・ケミカル）事業部の買収で7月21日、合意に達しました。取引金額は約6,500万ドル（約5,800万ユーロ）となる予定です。

現在、Calleryにとって最大の市場は製薬業界ですが、同社の製品は農薬、界面活性剤、接着剤、ポリマー、電子工学、調味料、芳香剤、自動車などの分野でも幅広く使用されています。Calleryの製品群は、強塩基および触媒として使用されるアルカリ金属とアルコラートなどの有機合成用試薬、選択還元およびハイドロボレーションに使用されるボラン(水酸化ホウ素）類、そして急成長を遂げる化学技術である鈴木カップリング反応（Suzuki Coupling）を支える最新のホウ素製品から構成されています。

　

2003/11/11　BASF ジャパン

BASF 、ビタミン事業拡張に向けて大きな一歩を踏み出す
　　　http://www.chem-t.com/fax/images/031111basf.pdf

・ BASF の韓国における世界規模のビタミンB2 工場、計画通り操業開始
・ 年産3,000 トンの新工場は顧客需要の増加を満たす
・ 新工場はビタミン事業に本格的に取り組むBASF の姿勢を反映

2003/12/1　ＢＡＳＦ

BASF、米ダイバーサ社からキラル中間体向け酵素の使用ライセンスを取得
　〜バイオ触媒プロセス技術のさらなる発展で広がるビジネスチャンス〜
　　http://www.basf-japan.co.jp/news/html/031208.html

BASF （本社 ドイツ・ルートヴィッヒスハーフェン）はこのほど、ダイバーサ社（Diversa Corporation 本社：米国カリフォルニア州サンディエゴ）より、医薬中間体のバイオ触媒合成向け酵素を使用するライセンスを取得しました。この酵素を用いてBASF はバイオ触媒を生産し、それを独自のバイオ触媒プロセスのひとつに応用してキラル中間体を合成します。この酵素は、さまざまな化学品向けに、バイオ触媒とバイオプロセスの開発を目指す両社の広範な提携関係のもとで、ライセンスされた初の商品となります。

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http://diversa.com/corpinfo/corpover.asp

Diversa Corporation is a leader in applying proprietary genomic technologies for the rapid discovery and optimization of novel products from genes and gene pathways. Diversa is directing its integrated portfolio of technologies to the discovery, evolution, and production of commercially valuable molecules with pharmaceutical applications, such as optimized monoclonal antibodies and orally active drugs, as well as enzymes and small molecules with agricultural, chemical, and industrial applications.

Diversa has formed alliances and joint ventures with market leaders, such as The Dow Chemical Company, DuPont Bio-Based Materials, GlaxoSmithKline plc, Invitrogen Corporation, and affiliates of Syngenta AG.

2003年12月10日 BASF

ＢＡＳＦ、事業戦略に新たな要素を追加
〜収益性向上と顧客利益の拡大に向けた取組みをさらに強化〜
　　　http://www.basf-japan.co.jp/news/html/031211s.html

・世界最大の化学会社、事業戦略に新たな要素を追加
・新生コーポレート・ロゴは、パートナーシップを象徴

　ＢＡＳＦ（本社ドイツ・ルートヴィッヒスハーフェン）は、当社の基本戦略に新たな要素を加え、収益性の向上と顧客利益の拡大に向けた取組みをさらに強化していきます。これまでの戦略に加え、今後は以下の項目の実現も目指します。

【新コーポレート・ロゴの導入ついて】

新コーポレート・ロゴ：

2003/12/16　Celanese

BASF to acquire Ticona's nylon 6,6 engineering plastics business
　　http://www.celanese.com/mr_news_business-fullpage?id=20115

BASF and Ticona, the technical polymers business of Celanese AG, have reached an agreement under which BASF will acquire the worldwide nylon 6,6 business of Ticona, effective December 31, 2003. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. In 2002, the business to be sold generated sales of around Euro 45 million.

01/14/04 BASF

BASF divests Phenoxy Business
http://www.basf.de/en/corporate/news/presse/-systemdoc_news.htm?doc_id=1226901&id=UDAoq4Mlrbsf3lP

・Focus on higher growth products
・Nufarm to buy business

BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, Germany will divest the so-called phenoxy herbicide business (agrochemicals to control weeds, globally known under the trade names U 46® and Duplosan® ) to Nufarm Limited, Melbourne, Australia. The sale comprises the six active ingredients 2,4-D, MCPA, Mecoprop-P, Mecoprop, Dichlorprop-P and Dichlorprop with sales of about Euro40 million in 2002. The transaction includes registrations, trademarks, intellectual property rights, customer lists and inventories.

CHINA CHEMICAL REPORTER 2004/3/31

Integrated Isocyanates Complex Kick off
http://www.ccr.com.cn/news_view.asp?ID=417

On March 29, the integrated isocyanates complex, jointly invested by BASF, Huntsman, Shanghai Huayi (Group), Sinopec Shanghai Gaoqiao Petrochemical and Shanghai Chlor-Alkali Chemical, kick off at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park. The startup was put off by around three months than the planned schedule announced by Huayi (CCR 2003 No.33 page 6). The US$1.5 billion project is expected to complete in 2006.
After completion, it will supply annually 240 000 tons MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate) and 160 000 tons TDI (toluene diisocyanate) to the domestic booming polyurethane sector.

Bayer also has an intention to set up an isocyanates project in Shanghai.
Yantai Wanhua, a local MDI producer, is planning for the 160 000 t/a MDI unit in Ningbo, south to Shanghai.

2004/8/24 BASF

BASF officially inaugurates its new citral plant in Ludwigshafen
　　Total of Euro300 million invested in citral and its derivatives at the Ludwigshafen site
　　Citral becomes key building block for BASF’s fine chemicals
http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=1537&id=YZlwC5UQVbcp1Hv

Today, August 24, 2004, BASF will officially inaugurate a new production plant for the fine chemicals intermediate citral at its Ludwigshafen site. The world-scale plant, which has an annual capacity of 40,000 metric tons, replaces an existing plant with a capacity of 10,000 metric tons per year. As a result, citral will become the key building block for BASF’s fine chemicals, forming the starting point for the production of vitamins A and E, as well as carotenoids and an extended range of aroma chemicals. Products based on citral are used in animal and human nutrition and in the health and cosmetics sectors.

BASF 2004/8/31

BASF plans to invest in a polyurethanes specialties site in Shanghai
http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=1547&id=pc0h55Wi-bcp24f

・Site in Pudong, Shanghai establishes a new level of closeness to customers
・System house, product development and TPU production at a single site
・Chinese polyurethanes market expected to grow by about 10 percent per year in the next 10 years

BASF is expanding its polyurethanes activities in Asia with a planned investment in a new specialties site in Pudong, Shanghai. Polyurethanes specialties tailored to the requirements of Chinese customers are to be produced in Pudong from early 2007 onward. Approval for the project is currently being sought from the authorities in Shanghai. Construction is planned to start next year.

The project will comprise a polyurethane system house, a Technical Research & Development Center and a production plant for thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU). These activities will be integrated in one company, BASF Polyurethanes Specialties (China) Co. Ltd. The new site will use the cost advantages provided by the regional Production Verbund for polyurethane: MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate) and TDI (toluene diisocyanate) - basic materials needed to produce specialties in Pudong - will be supplied from Caojing, Shanghai. Here, BASF and its partners are planning to start up a world-scale production plant for these isocyanates in 2006.

Basic products and specialties from a single source

TPU production benefits from global network

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<参考>イソシアネート・コンプレックス
1)Shanghai Lianheng Isocyanate Co., Ltd.
　アニリンとニトロベンゼンの製造施設を含む年産24万トンの粗MDI工場。
　BASF、ハンツマン、上海クロールアルカリ、上海華誼公司、SINOPEC上海高橋石化のJV
2)Shanghai BASF Polyurethane Co., Ltd.
　MDI精製工場と硝酸とジニトロトルエンを含む年産16万トンのTDI工場。
　BASF、上海華誼公司、SINOPEC上海高橋石化のJV。
3)Huntsman Polyurethanes Shanghai Ltd.
　MDI精製工場。
　ハンツマンと上海クロールアルカリのJV。　　　

2004/12/3 BASF

BASF expands capacity of its world-scale MDI plant in Antwerp by 25 percent
http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=1657&id=6XraD6*XLbcp26*

Extension to 450,000 metric tons per year
Plant serves increasing demand in Europe and Asia
Polyurethanes market worldwide develops even more positively than expected

BASF will expand the capacity of its world’s largest plant for MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate) in Antwerp, Belgium, from a current figure of 360,000 metric tons per year to 450,000 metric tons per year. The expansion will be completed in the second quarter of 2005.

The capacity expansion to 450,000 metric tons is the third expansion within a short period. At the beginning of 2003, BASF expanded the capacity of the plant, which originally had an annual capacity of 230,000 metric tons, to 320,000 metric tons per year. In the same year, additional optimization measures were implemented to bring the plant to its current annual capacity of 360,000 metric tons.

In addition to Antwerp, BASF also operates world-scale MDI plants in Geismar, Texas, and Yeosu, Korea. Together with partners, the company is also currently constructing an integrated world-scale production complex for MDI and TDI in Caojing, Shanghai, which is scheduled for completion in 2006.

2004/12/21 BASF

Polyisocyanate plant to be built in Shanghai Chemical Industry Park 　　　　　　　塗料原料用
Worldwide expansion of coatings raw materials business continues
http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=1676&id=QOY5P63jDbcp.D4

BASF is investing in a new polyisocyanate plant in the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Caojing near Shanghai, China. Construction of the plant, with an annual capacity of around 8000 metric tons, is to begin mid-2005. It is scheduled to go into operation at the end of 2006. The resulting polyisocyanates, raw materials for the manufacture of automotive, industrial and wood paints, will supply the entire Asian market. The investment amounts to around $US30 million.

2005/2/23 BASF

BASF to strengthen business with engineering plastics in Asia by new production facilities
http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=1722&id=felhl6OdUbcp2aL

• New compounding facility in Shanghai, China
• Expansion of compounding plant in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia
• Asia Pacific engineering plastics market expected to grow by about 8 percent on average per year

The company will build a new compounding plant at its existing Pudong site in Shanghai, China. Construction of the new facility will start in the first quarter 2005. The plant will have an annual capacity of about 45,000 metric tons. It is scheduled to come on stream by end of 2006.

In addition, BASF is expanding its compounding facility in Pasir Gudang, Malaysia. The expansion from 30,000 metric tons to about 45,000 metric tons annual production capacity will be completed by the second quarter of 2005. Together with the plant in Pudong, the total investment will range in the double-digit million Euro area. Both plants produce Ultramid® (polyamide PA) and Ultradur® (polybutylene perephthalate PBT) compounds.

Raw materials for the plants in Pudong, Shanghai, and Pasir Gudang, Malaysia, will be partially supplied from BASF´s 50-50 joint venture with Toray in Kuantan, Malaysia. The joint venture is designed for an annual production of 60,000 metric tons polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) base resin.

Platts 2005/3/22

BASF shifting Texas plasticizers base from ethylene to butene

BASF announced late Monday $60-mil worth of plasticizer projects in Texas for its planned transition from an ethylene-based plasticizer producer to one which is based on butene.

This is meant to coincide with the expiration of an existing tolling agreement with Sunoco, BASF added.

　

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2006/9/1 BASF 　　　　　　　　　　

BASF completes conversion of Pasadena, Texas, unit to 2-PH

BASF has started operation of its new 120,000 mt/year 2-propyl heptanol plant at Pasadena, Texas, following the successful conversion of its former 125,000 mt/year 2-ethyl hexanol plant, the company said in a press statement Friday.

As the first part of plasticizer platform restructuring effort at the Pasadena site, BASF said this alcohol production unit is the basis for the company's domestic production of DPHP (di-propyl heptyl phthalate).



BASF also said start-up of its DPHP and diisononyl phthalate (DINP) unit at Pasadena was scheduled for Q1 2007.

2005/4/26 BASF

BASF to sell U.S., Canadian polystyrene business to INEOS Americas, LLC
http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=1812&id=atOt_6iGpbcp3ds

Divestiture to include Joliet, Ill., facility
Sale is part of ongoing NAFTA restructuring program
Transfer of approximately 140 employees to INEOS

The Joliet polystyrene facility has a total capacity of approximately 385,000 metric tons per year and produces general-purpose polystyrene (GPPS) and high-impact polystyrene (HIPS).

The company has sold polystyrene in the region continuously since 1992, when the company purchased the Joliet facility from Mobil Chemical.

2005/4/26 BASF

BASF increases capacity for biodegradable plastic Ecoflex®
http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=1809&id=atOt_6iGpbcp3ds

BASF starts up a new plant for its biodegradable plastic Ecoflex®

BASF will start up in early 2006 a new plant for the production of its biodegradable plastic Ecoflex® at its Schwarzheide site in Germany, thus almost doubling its capacity for this product. The new plant will have a total capacity of 6,000 metric tons a year, and complements the 8,000 metric ton plant in Ludwigshafen. Ecoflex is a specialty plastic, which belongs to BASF's Styrene Plastics operating division.

2005/6/20 BASF Japan

BASF、欧州での可塑剤事業体制を再編

　BASF（本社：ドイツルートヴィッヒスハーフェン）は2005 年第3・四半期中に、欧州のジエチルヘキシルフタレート（DEHP）とその関連アルコール、2 エチルヘキサノール（2-EH）の生産を終了します。本社のルートヴィッヒスハーフェンにある2-EH プラント（年産20 万トン）は停止し、2005 年10 月に解体します。
　ベルギーのフェルイ拠点にあるいくつかの生産施設についても、無水フタル酸や可塑剤、フマル酸、ブタンジオール誘導体の製造では競争力を維持できないと判断したため、同時期に停止します。フェルイにおける無水マレイン酸の製造は継続します。こうした動きの背景には、欧州市場の停滞、世界的な設備過剰、フェルイ拠点のコスト構造が好ましくないことが挙げられます。

画期的なソリューションを模索する可塑剤業界
　欧州の生産業者や顧客企業は、可塑剤として、DEHP から他の製品、特にC9 フタレートやC10 フタレートに移行しつつあります。この結果、DEHP 市場は、2000 年対比で50％も縮小しました。
　こうした変化を受け、BASF でも、画期的な可塑剤を販売しています。一般的な用途には、Palatinol（R） N（DINP）および、BASF のみが提供するC10 可塑剤、Palatinol（R） 10P（DPHP）です。玩具や医療機器、食品と接触するものなどのデリケートな用途向けには、Hexamoll（R）　DINCH という、人体との接触が多い用途向けに開発された画期的な特殊可塑剤も取り扱っています。
　欧州における今回の事業再編は、NAFTA やアジア地域でのBASF 可塑剤事業の展開に影響を及ぼすことは一切なく、両地域では今後も、2-EH とDEHP の提供を継続します。

BASF 2005/7/6

BASF acquires Huntsman’s global TDI business
http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=1907&id=Nq0m372lnbcp18d

BASF has acquired Huntsman’s global toluene diisocyanate (TDI) business, effective July 6, 2005. Financial terms for this agreement were not disclosed.

The transaction involves Huntsman transferring its TDI customer list and sales contracts to BASF. This agreement does not include any transfer of manufacturing operations or personnel. Huntsman and BASF will coordinate efforts to facilitate an effective transition of supply arrangements and support services for Huntsman’s TDI customers.


BASF has TDI production facilities in Geismar, Louisiana; Schwarzheide, Germany; Yeosu, Korea; and, commencing in 2006, in Caojing, China (in cooperation with Chinese partners).

BASFとHuntsmaは上海イソシアネート・コンプレックスで提携
1)Shanghai Lianheng Isocyanate Co., Ltd.
　アニリンとニトロベンゼンの製造施設を含む年産24万トンの粗MDI工場。
　　　BASF、ハンツマン、上海クロールアルカリ、上海華誼公司、SINOPEC上海高橋石化のJV
2)Shanghai BASF Polyurethane Co., Ltd.
　MDI精製工場と硝酸とジニトロトルエンを含む年産16万トンのTDI工場。
　　　BASF、上海華誼公司、SINOPEC上海高橋石化のJV。
3)Huntsman Polyurethanes Shanghai Ltd.
　MDI精製工場。
　　　ハンツマンと上海クロールアルカリのJV。　

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2005/7/6　Huntsman

HUNTSMAN SELLS TDI BUSINESS TO BASF
http://www.huntsman.com/pu/index.cfm?PageID=3557&News_ID=1352&style=8

Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) today announced the sale of its toluene di-isocyanate (TDI) business to BASF, effective July 6, 2005.

The sale involves the transfer to BASF of Huntsman’s TDI customer list and sales contracts. Huntsman’s Geismar, Louisiana TDI manufacturing plant will not be transferred pursuant to the transaction but will be closed.

Commenting on the sale, Huntsman’s polyurethanes U.S. Vice President, Greg Geaman, said, "This sale represents a win-win-win situation for our TDI customers, Huntsman and BASF. We are focused on our MDI (diphenylmethane diisocyanate) business, with TDI representing approximately 2% of our total polyurethanes segment revenues in 2004.

Platts 2005/7/21

BASF's US Freeport petchem site cuts emissions by 58% on year

BASF's petrochemical hub in Freeport, Texas reduced its total emissions in 2004 by 58% compared with the previous year, and by 84% since 2000, the firm said in a statement.

BASF reduced air emissions for 2004 by 9% on the year, and water emissions by 85%. The improvements were made possible, in spite of increased production, by an on-site waste water treatment plant and an $8.5-mil nitric acid recovery process set up in 2001. The process extracts nitrates from by-product streams and converts them into nitric acid, which is then sold or reused. The recovery process reduces water consumption, eliminates waste and generates annual cost savings of $1-mil, BASF said. The Freeport site produces chemicals for a wide range of applications, including the manufacture of adhesives, paints and coatings, nylon and plastics. The firm employs about 600 employees and 300 contractors in Freeport.

2005/8/30 BASF

BASF invests Euro 200 million in expansion of cracker at Antwerp site
http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=1948&id=fQlMe7Kwgbcp2Or

BASF will expand the capacity of its naphtha steam cracker at its site in Antwerp, Belgium. The expansion project will be conducted during the next regular turnaround of the plant scheduled for the fall of 2007 to avoid any additional shutdown. The investment of about Euro 200 million will raise ethylene capacity from 800,000 metric tons per year to 1.08 million metric tons per year - making the plant the largest single-train steam cracker in Europe.

BASF operates other steam crackers in Ludwigshafen, Germany; Port Arthur, Texas; and Nanjing, China.

2005/9/27 BASF

BASF targets 10 percent of global chemical sales in China by 2010
http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=1989&id=SK-QV7UwJbcp2Gv

* Site in Nanjing will make an important contribution to profitable growth in Asia
* Additional EUR1 billion budgeted for Asia until 2009

BASF aims to achieve 10 percent of its global sales and earnings in the chemical business in China by 2010. The importance of the company’s activities in China was stressed in a press conference in Nanjing on the day before the opening ceremony of the company’s first Verbund site in China. The site is the largest single investment in BASF’s 140-year history and an integral part of BASF’s strategy in the Asia Pacific region.

BASF has, therefore, commissioned the German Society for Technical Cooperation (GTZ) to carry out a study to analyze the economic, environmental, and social effects of its investment in Nanjing.

2005/10/6 BASF

BASF increases capacity for polyisobutene in Ludwigshafen
http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2004&id=e2KYK7X_6bcp*8n

BASF is to increase its production of medium molecular weight polyisobutene (MM PIB), which is marketed worldwide under the Oppanol(R) trademark. It will increase capacity for MM Oppanol(R) at its Ludwigshafen, Germany, site by 6 000 tonnes to a total of 18 000 tonnes per year. Work on extending the plant is expected to be completed by the middle of 2007.

2005/10/6 BASF

BASF’s Strategy for Europe
http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2005&id=e2KYK7X_6bcp*8n

* Growing faster than the market
* Cooperating more closely with customers
* Systematically expanding market position

BASF is raising its European profile in order to be even more successful in a fast and dramatically moving environment. The company presented its new Europe Strategy 2015 at a press conference in Ludwigshafen today. Over the next few years, BASF wants to outperform the market, in this way winning market share, cooperating more closely with its customers, and expanding its market position even more systematically in certain countries.

2005/10/26 BASF

BASF とダウ・ケミカル、プロピレンオキサイドの新生産プロセスを共同開発

・ 2006 年初頭、アントワープBASF 生産拠点にHPPO プロセスのプラントを共同で建設
・ 原料の過酸化水素の供給は、製造プラントをソルベイ社（ベルギー）と共同で建設中
・ 米国とアジアでもHPPO プロセスのプラント建設を検討

　BASF（本社：ドイツ ルートヴィッヒスハーフェン）とザ・ダウ・ケミカル・カンパニー（本社：米国ミシガン州） はこのほど、過酸化水素（HP）を使ってポリウレタン等の原料となるプロピレンオキサイド（PO）を生産するHPPOプロセス（過酸化水素法）と呼ばれる画期的な生産技術を共同で開発しました。

　このPOプラントで使用する過酸化水素は、ソルベイ社との合弁企業により供給を確保します。ソルベイ社が開発した生産性の高い技術を用いて、年産23万トンのシングルトレイン過酸化水素工場を建設する予定です。ソルベイ社は、この高い技術を過酸化水素の生産拠点のすべてで採用しており、これまでに十分な実績を持っています。

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2006/9/27 BASF

BASF, Dow, Solvay partnership breaks new ground with innovative HPPO technology in Antwerp
Environmentally friendly plant reduces waste water and energy usage


The HPPO plant will be fed with hydrogen peroxide (HP) from a second new plant at the Antwerp site.
The HP plant will have a capacity of 230,000 metric tons per year and will be constructed by Solvay, BASF and Dow.
The 300,000 metric tons per year HPPO plant, which is being built jointly by BASF and Dow, is scheduled to start up in early 2008.

Platts 2005/11/14

BASF commissions amino resins plant in Shanghai, China

BASF has started commercial production at its new amino resins plant outside Shanghai, China, the company announced Monday. The plant is located at BASF Auxiliary Chemicals Co Ltd in Pudong, Shanghai. Amino resins are produced from urea and formaldehyde, and are used commonly as adhesives for plywood or as durable surface coatings.

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Wholly Owned Production Facilities

BASF Auxiliary Chemicals Co. Ltd.(BACC)
BASF Auxiliary Chemicals Co. Ltd. (BACC) has a strategic role in BASF's global Verbund network with the production of colorants, leather and textile auxiliaries, acrylic dispersions, acrylic copolymers, blending of fire resistant hydraulic fluids and resin products. BACC is established in 1994 and became a wholly owned production facility of BASF in 2000. It has several hundreds employees .

BASF Chemicals Co. Ltd. (BACH)
BASF Chemicals Co. Ltd. (BACH) was established in 2002 to build and commission an integrated production facility for polytetrahydrofuran (PolyTHF) and tetrahydrofuran (THF) at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park. The plants are planned with an annual capacity of 60,000 metric tons of PolyTHF and 80,000 metric tons of THF, scheduled to start production in 2005.

BASF Polyurethanes (China) Co. Ltd. (BAPC)
In 1998, BASF set up a polyurethane system house and production lines for elastomer bumper (Cellasto) used in automobile suspension system in Nansha, Guangzhou, Guangdong. Current capacity for systems is 30,000 metric tons, while 3.2 million parts for elastomer bumpers, supplying customers from the electrical appliance, construction, footwear, automotive, furniture and other industries.
This wholly owned production facility of BASF has close to 100 employees

2005/11/28 BASF

BASF develops biodegradable plastic based on renewable raw materials
http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2071&id=o7JZE7nn6bcp01X

* Ecovio(R) consists of 45 percent polylactic acid obtained from corn 　　ポリ乳酸
* Global launch planned for 2006
* World market for biodegradable plastics expected to grow by more than 20 percent per year

BASF has developed its first biodegradable plastic based on renewable raw materials. The plastic Ecovio（R） consists of 45 percent polylactic acid, a material obtained from corn (maize). The other component is BASF’s existing biodegradable plastic Ecoflex(R), which is derived from petrochemicals. BASF plans to start marketing Ecovio(R) in Europe next spring. The product is also to be launched in Asia and North America in 2006.

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エコフレックス―消費者と環境に利益をもたらす革新技術
http://www.basf-japan.co.jp/news/html/021206.html

BASF のエコフレックスは、石油化学品をベースとした完全な生分解性を持つプラスチックです。エコフレックスは、バクテリアや菌などの微生物によって、植物が分解されるのとほぼ同じ速さで、水、二酸化炭素、バイオマスに変換されます。現在、販売されたエコフレックスの約80%が再生可能な原材料の機能改善のために使用されています。このプラスチックは、澱粉や紙から作られる食品用パッケージに耐水性・耐油性を与えることによって汎用性が拡大します。さらにエコフレックスは、農業用シートにも使用されています 。

エコフレックスは、1995 年にプラスチック見本市（K フェア）で初めて発表され、その3 年後に商用販売が開始されました。生分解性プラスチックには数多くの利用用途が考えられていますが、エコフレックスは当初から特殊用途向けに開発されました。この革新的な製品は、消費者や環境に対する利益が最も重要となる分野において、従来の材料を補完します。例えば、BASF は2001 年に生分解性のラップフィルムを初めて開発しました。

ルートヴィッヒスハーフェンでは、現在年間8,000 トンのエコフレックスが生産されています。エコフレックスの販売開始から3年で、BASFは化学合成原料をベースとする生分解性材料の分野で・マーケットリーダーとしての地位を確立しました。2001年に売上は前年比35％増を達成し、今後2桁成長が期待されています。中期的には、生分解性材料の世界市場規模は10万トンを超えるとBASFは予想しています。エコフレックスの成功を受け、スチレン部門は生産能力の拡大を検討しています。

In the production of Ecoflex, the chemists at BASF combine the constituents adipic acidアジピン酸, butanediol and terephthalic acid to form the finished polymer. The length of the molecular chains along with their branchings and interconnections affects the properties of the biodegradable plastic. This variable composition allows Ecoflex to be used as a molecular construction kit for making customized products. Regardless if they are formed as flexible films or sturdy containers, they are always biodegradable. The fact that the constituents are derived from petrochemicals has no effect on the biodegradability.

2005年12月13日　BASFジャパン

BASF、日本の中間体事業を再編
http://www.basf-japan.co.jp/news/html/051213.html

* 日本の中間体事業はスペシャルティ製品に資源を集中
* 三重県四日市事業所でのTHF/PolyTHF(R)生産活動を終了

2006/1/3 BASF　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　エンゲルハード、ＢＡＳＦによる買収提案を拒否

BASF Makes All-Cash Proposal To Acquire Engelhard
http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2112&id=E-nDT7zc4bcp0_K

* BASF Intends To Offer US$37.00 Per Share For a Total of US$4.9 Billion
* Acquisition Would Make BASF a Leading Provider in the Global Catalyst Business

BASF Aktiengesellschaft, the world's leading chemical company, has made an all-cash proposal to acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of Engelhard Corporation, Iselin, New Jersey, USA, a Fortune 500 company and leading supplier of goods for catalysis and surface finishing, for US$37.00 per share or an aggregate of US$4.9 billion. This price represents a 23% premium above the December 20, 2005 closing price of Engelhard's stock of US$30.05 and a 30% premium over Engelhard's 90-day average share price (VWAP) of US$28.42 as of December 20, 2005. This price also represents a premium to Engelhard's 2005 year-end closing price of US$30.15 and to the four-year-high closing price of US$32.49 achieved on July 14, 2004.

2006/4/26 Engelhard

Engelhard Board Announces Recapitalization Plan Including $45 Per Share Self-Tender Offer For 20% Of Company's Shares

Engelhard Corporation (NYSE:EC), one of the largest surface and materials science companies in the world, today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved a recapitalization plan consisting of a self-tender offer for 26 million shares for $45 per share in cash, continued execution of the company's business strategy and incremental cost savings the company expects will deliver $15 million annually beginning in 2007. The 26 million shares represent approximately 20% of the company's outstanding shares including exercisable options.

Engelhard also announced that its board has unanimously rejected a BASF proposal of $38 per share made in response to the company's request for BASF to increase its offer following BASF's access to non-public information. Approval of the recapitalization plan completes a value-maximization process Engelhard's board authorized in January after determining BASF's unsolicited offer of $37 per share was inadequate and not in the best interests of Engelhard shareholders because it does not adequately recognize the company's current performance or future prospects. The board made the same determination with respect to BASF's $38 per share proposal.
（当初：BASF Intends To Offer US$37.00 Per Share For a Total of US$4.9 Billion）

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2006年05月02日 Chemnet Tokyo

BASF、エンゲルハードの買収で再提案

　BASFは1日、エンゲルハードに対する買収について、買収価格を1株38ドルに引き上げ、買収期間を6月5日に延長すると発表した。

　エンゲルハードでは既報の通りBASFによる買収価格の38ドルへの引き上げ提案を拒否し、株数の20%相当分の45ドルでの自社株買いを行うことを発表しているが、BASFでは38ドルで全株式を買収することを狙い、この方が株主にとって有利であるとしている。

　BASFの当初の買収提案（37ドル）は4月28日までの期限で、1%以下しか応じていない。

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2006/5/30 BASF

BASF and Engelhard Reach Agreement
Engelhard recommends that Engelhard’s shareholders accept BASF’s offer
BASF CEO Hambrecht: “Crucial step towards acquisition of Engelhard.”

BASF Aktiengesellschaft announced today that it signed a definitive agreement with Engelhard Corporation. According to the agreement, Engelhard will recommend that Engelhard shareholders tender their shares to BASF in exchange for $39 per share in cash and will withdraw its $45 per share self-tender offer for approximately 20 percent of the company’s shares.

“We are very pleased that BASF and Engelhard were able to reach agreement on a negotiated transaction. This is a crucial step towards our goal of acquiring Engelhard,” said Dr. Jurgen Hambrecht, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF Aktiengesellschaft. “We are confident that Engelhard’s shareholders will tender their shares into our offer, following the recommendation of Engelhard.”

BASF’s $39 per share all-cash offer for all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Engelhard Corporation is scheduled to expire at midnight, New York City time, on Monday, June 5, 2006.

BASFは5月30日、エンゲルハード買収について同社と合意したと発表した。
エンゲルハードが株主に対し、BASFによる１株39ドルでのＴＯＢに応じるよう勧めるとともに、同社が出していた45ドルでの株式20%分の自社株買いのオファーを取り下げる。

BASFは昨年末にエンゲルハードの友好的買収を提案したが拒否されたため、本年1月3日に総額49億ドル（1株当たり37ドル）で買収する敵対的買収を発表した。

これに対してエンゲルハードはBASFに対してオファー価格を引き上げるよう要請し、BASFは38ドルを提案したが、エンゲルハードはこれを拒否したため、4月26日にBASFに対抗して株数の20%相当分について1株45ドルで自社株買いを行うことや、コスト削減策などを決めた。

BASFではこれを受け、5月1日にＴＯＢ価格を1株38ドルに引き上げると発表した。しかし、このＴＯＢへの応募が少ないことから、エンゲルハードの大株主とも協議した結果、22日に買収価格を39ドルに引き上げるとともに、「これが最良の、最後のオファーであり、これ以上価格を引き上げる考えはなく、これが受け入れられないなら撤退する」と宣言した。

エンゲルハード側がこの案を評価し、今回の合意となったもので、ＴＯＢの締め切りは6月5日となっている。

Platts 2006/1/19

BASF to open engineering plastics compounding unit at Altamira

BASF will expand its North American engineering plastics manufacturing operations with the installation of compounding capacity at its Altamira, Mexico, site, the company said in a press statement Thursday.

BASF 2003/6/3

Altamira site vital for BASF's commitment to North American styrenics market
Global grades of ABS, ASA and new production for Styrolux SBC are key highlights
http://www.basf.com/corporate/news2003/newsinfo_altamira_062303.html

2006/2/16 BASF/Diversa

BASF and Diversa Form Broad Alliance to Develop Innovative New Products
http://www.diversa.com/presrele/2006/view_release.asp?id=20060216

Diversa Corporation and BASF announced today that they have entered into a broad alliance that will leverage Diversa's leadership position in novel enzyme development and BASF's expertise in biotechnology, process development, product applications, and global marketing and distribution. Under the agreement, Diversa will be responsible for discovery and optimization of new enzymes, and BASF will be responsible for product and process development and all commercialization matters.

About Diversa
Diversa Corporation is a leader in applying proprietary genomic technologies for the rapid discovery and optimization of novel protein-based products. Diversa is directing its integrated portfolio of technologies to the discovery, evolution, and production of commercially valuable molecules with agricultural, chemical, industrial, and pharmaceutical applications. Diversa has established alliances and joint ventures with market leaders, such as BASF, Cargill Health and Food Technologies, DuPont Bio-Based Materials, Medarex, Merck, and Xoma. In addition, Diversa has formed a broad strategic relationship with Syngenta AG, a world-leading agribusiness company. Diversa has commercialized products both independently and in collaboration with strategic partners and licensees. Additional information is available at Diversa's website:
http://www.diversa.com/

2006/3/1 BASF

BASF reaches agreement to buy Degussa’s construction chemicals business
http://corporate.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2175&id=IK9w28FQfbcp2-9

Transaction value Euro 2.7 billion for BASF
Attractive forward integration for BASF
4 to 5 percent annual growth in global construction chemicals market

BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, reached an agreement with Degussa AG, Dusseldorf, to acquire Degussa’s construction chemicals business. The purchase price for equity is just under Euro2.2 billion. As a result, the transaction value for BASF is Euro2.7 billion. The transaction, which still requires approval from the relevant authorities, is expected to close by the middle of 2006.

In fiscal 2004, Degussa’s construction chemicals division posted sales of approximately Euro1.8 billion and an EBIT of Euro201 million, with a global workforce of about 7,400 employees. As the market and technology leader as well as the largest supplier of construction chemical products, the division markets about 40,000 products worldwide and is organized in two segments - Admixture Systems and Construction Systems.

デグサ　ジャパン　http://www.degussa.co.jp/japan/ja/company/structure/fine_industrial_chemicals.html

コンストラクション ケミカルは建設業界の顧客を対象とした化学システムとフォーミュレーションから成り立ちます。デグサはグローバルマーケットリーダーとして、強固な流通ネットワークを築き、アプリケーション開発の豊富な経験を蓄えています。このセグメントに含まれるビジネスユニットは混和剤システム（北米）、混和剤システム（ヨーロッパ）、混和剤システム（アジア/パシフィック）、建材システム（アメリカ）、建材システム（ヨーロッパ）です。

株式会社エヌエムビー （デグサ AG 100％）
http://www.degussa.co.jp/japan/ja/company/degussa_japan_group/nmb.html

コンクリ−ト用化学混和剤、モルタル・グラウト用混和剤、コンクリ−ト製品用混和剤、吹付けコンクリ−ト用混和剤、コンクリ−ト用高性能床材、高性能無収縮材、コンクリ−ト用補修材、塗膜防水材

2006/3/22 BASF

BASF increases capacities of Acrylic monomers and superabsorbents to meet growing demand
http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2203&id=ahNGK8Mn-bcp44N

BASF plans to increase its existing production capacities for acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymers (SAP) in Antwerp and for butylacrylate in Ludwigshafen.

The plans involve increasing the capacity of the existing SAP plant at the Antwerp site from the current figure of 115,000 metric tons to 175,000 metric tons annually. Capacity for the precursor acrylic acid will be extended as a result. A second plant with a capacity of 160,000 metric tons is to be built to back the existing acrylic acid plant. The additional acrylic acid produced will be needed for SAP production in Antwerp and will supply additional volumes for Ludwigshafen as part of the European integrated production system: Plans to expand the capacity of the existing butylacrylate plant in Ludwigshafen will cause increased demand for the precursor, acrylic acid. The new capacities will be available by 2008 at the latest.

2006/4/5 BASF

BASF significantly strengthens polyurethanes business in North America
http://www.corporate.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2227&id=JyVHp8R-Ebcp.6U

Expansion of polyol production at Geismar site in United States
Acquisition of DNT plant from Air Products completed

BASF plans to increase the existing production capacities for polyols at its Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana.

In addition, BASF plans to transfer a major part of the polyol production from its site in Wyandotte, Michigan, to Geismar. These measures will lead to an increase in the annual capacity of polyols in the U.S. from currently 250,000 metric tons (including external tolling arrangements and purchases) to 350,000 metric tons in 2008. BASF’s own capacity will better support the existing business and replaces to a large extent external tolling arrangements and pu