BASF considers sale of some agchem lines.(Europe/Mideast)

Chemical Week;  August 20, 2003 ;     446 words ......behind Syngenta and Bayer. BASF's 1.2-billion [euro] ($1.4 billion) acquisition...million [euro]-360 million [euro]/year, analysts say. BASF's overall agchem sales fell 8%, to 1.9 billion, [euro] in the first half. BASF is aiming to raise its agchem...

BASF beats earnings forecast...wants refund from Bayer for fipronil. (News...

Chemical Week;  March 26, 2003 ;     270 words ...BASF reported a 25% rise...and tax (EBIT), to [euro]2.88 billion ($3 billion...depreciation level of [euro]2.1 billion this year, [euro]300 million lower than in 2002. BASF says Asia remains its...items increased by [euro]320 million to [euro]74 million. BASF also ...

BASF continues to lead the field.(Company results)

Chemistry and Industry;  March 12, 2007 ;     522 words ......sales of nearly 53bn [euro] for 2006, up 23% on 2005, German chemicals giant BASF is making good its claim...were up 18% at 7.2bn [euro], BASF reported. BASF and Dow...Degussa, contributed 4.2bn [euro] to overall sales, BASF reported. By 2010, the...

BASF cuts jobs, shuts plants in Nafta.(top of the week)

Chemical Week;  March 24, 2004 ;     477 words ......regions. Separately, BASF reported a 25% increase...items, to 814 million [euro] ($992.3 million...annualized 450 million [euro] by 2005. Nearly half...achieved, Hambrecht says. BASF's performance polymers...loss, says Kurt Bock, BASF's CFO. Bock says the impact on BASF's profit is ...

Germany's largest share buy-back launched BASF to buy back Euro 2 billion...

M2 Presswire;  March 8, 2000 ;     495 words ......buy-back launched BASF to buy back Euro 2 billion of its shares...its capital costs. BASF Aktiengesellschaft...share capital of about Euro 1.59 billion divided...retained earnings of BASF Aktiengesellschaft compared with Euro 381 million in 1998...

BASF shows moderate recovery in 2004.(Results)

Chemistry and Industry;  April 5, 2004 ;     357 words ......EBIT increased 4% to 3bn [euro]. Jurgen Hambrecht, chairman of BASF's board, said that business...declined 5.6% to 2.2bn [euro] due to declining margins. BASF will continue to develop...America fell 56% to 10m [euro]. BASF has completed the first...

Sharp contrast: BASF & Bayer half-year results. (Analysis).(Brief...

Chemistry and Industry;  September 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ......the season'. BASF BASF's report on the...10% on 2001's [euro]822m ($810m) and...stressed again that BASF which booked savings of [euro]250m in 2001, intends...2001 period at [euro]1.6 bn and sales up 3.7% to [euro]16.6bn. Strube said BASF's income before...

BASF in top form again in 2007.(Annual results)

Chemistry and Industry;  March 10, 2008 ;     365 words ......was up 5%, at 7.6bn [euro]. And despite projections...the past year for BASF,' commented Jurgen...2007, nearly 2.6bn [euro] was due to higher...company's portfolio, BASF reported. Demand for...divestitures, added 3.5bn [euro] to sales. Further...Middle East, where BASF reported a 24% ...

Restructuring boosts BASF's profits. (Top of the Week).(Brief...

Chemical Week;  August 14, 2002 ;     297 words ......showing their effects. BASF says it expects full-year sales similar the [euro]32.5 billion reported...the second quarter, BASF says. The company...operations posted a [euro]77-million operating...expected to reach [euro]1 billion for full-year 2002, he says. BASF says twill scale ...

BASF boosts its plastics business; eyes JV for Asian PBT unit. (United...

Chemical Week;  March 26, 2003 ;     550 words ......account for 30% of BASF's total capital expenditure of [euro]2.l billion this year. BASF will decide next year...that deal closes, BASF's nylon polymers operation...will have sales of [euro]2 billion/year, putting...gain from e-commerce, BASF says. Its plastics...generated sales of ...

Polyurethane sales rise 9 percent for BASF in 2007.(europe...

Urethanes Technology International;  April 1, 2008 ;     330 words ......of more than 7600 million [euro] in 2007. In polyurethanes, BASF's sales rose by 317 million [euro] to 5166 million [euro], a...plant start-ups. Income from BASF's total plastics business...polymers--increased by 44 million [euro] to 1236 million [euro], the group said. ...

BASF's North American Business Posts 25 Percent Rise in Earnings.

PR Newswire;  November 2, 2005 ;     632 words ......related losses at euro 140 million FLORHAM...2 /PRNewswire/ -- BASF's North American business...available at http://www.basf.de/interimreport...special items were euro 732 million ($885...profitably. (Note: BASF AG reports financial...an exchange rate of euro 1.00 = $1.21 as of...

BASF's North American region delivers strong financial performance in 2004...

PR Newswire;  March 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ......found under http://www.basf.de/interimreport...America for 2004 were euro 8.165 billion (about...of 393 percent from euro 82 million in 2003...third consecutive year BASF's North American results...82.6 percent from euro 23 million compared...period a year ago. BASF is continuing to ...

BASF closes PA and plasticizers units in Spain. (Phthalates).(Brief...

Chemical Week;  July 31, 2002 ;     220 words ...BASF says it will permanently close its phthalic...plants at Ludwigshafen and Feluy, Belgium. BASF cites overcapacity and intense price competition. PA prices have fallen [euro]150/m.t. since April, to [euro]760-[euro]780/m.t. del. BASF will eliminate 40 jobs, 4% of its workforce...

BASF advances nylon intermediates, PO plans; restructures...

Chemical Week;  June 30, 2004 ;     408 words ......nylon intermediates jv with BASF in China in 1999 (CW, Aug...technology to the jv. Meanwhile, BASF has developed a three-pillar strategy for its 8.8-billion [euro] ($11.1 billion)/year plastics business--the largest of BASF's seven divisions, accounting...for major consolidation under ...