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Article: This Just In.(BASF Corp. to expand in Detroit)(briefs)
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- Crain's Detroit Business
- Article date:
- September 11, 2006
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BASF to expand here
BASF Corp. on Friday announced a plan for a more than $100 million expansion of its plant in Wyandotte, as part of moving operations from Sturtevant, Wis., pending approval from the company's board.
BASF plans to shift to Wyandotte its emulsion and resin production activities along with related business and R&D jobs of Johnson Polymer, which it acquired in June. An estimated 65 employees on the business side could be expected to move to Wyandotte, but that number has not been finalized, said John Schmidt, BASF communications manager.
The number of relocating manufacturing jobs also has not been determined, Schmidt said.
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