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• BASF licenses Argonne battery technology

  Strategy Eye - 2009-06-07

  German chemical firm BASF has signed a global deal to license composite cathode materials developed by the US Department of Energy’s DoE Argonne National Laboratory. BASF is applying for funding from the American Investment and Reinvestment Act’s Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative and, if approved, plans...

  Tags: Battery, BASF AG, Argonne National Laboratory, Engineering, Editorial

• BASF to develop DoE battery technology

  Strategy Eye - 2009-06-07

  German chemical firm BASF has signed a global deal to license composite cathode materials developed by the US Department of Energy’s DoE Argonne National Laboratory. BASF is applying for funding from the American Investment and Reinvestment Act’s Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative and, if approved, plans...

  Tags: Battery, BASF AG, Argonne National Laboratory, Engineering, Editorial

• BASF and Sion Power to develop battery technology

  Strategy Eye - 2009-05-17

  German chemical firm BASF is partnering with Arizona-based Sion Power to commercialise lithium-sulphur (Li-S) battery technology. The pair will develop battery materials to improve the battery life and energy density of the Li-S technology, which was developed by Sion. The batteries will be targeted at the electric vehicle market....

  Tags: Battery, Sion Power Corp., BASF AG, Engineering, Editorial

• Sud Chemie buys BASF catalysts facility

  Strategy Eye - 2009-04-20

  Sud-Chemie is paying BASF an undisclosed sum to acquire a catalysts production facility in China. Located in Nanjing, the facility produces more than 30 types of synthesis gas syngas catalysts. "Acquiring syngas catalyst production in Nanjing is an important strategic...

  Tags: China, Catalyst, BASF AG, Sud Chemie, Sud-Chemie, Editorial

• Sud-Chemie buys BASF catalysts facility

  Strategy Eye - 2009-04-20

  Sud-Chemie is paying BASF an undisclosed sum to acquire a catalysts production facility in China. Located in Nanjing, the facility produces more than 30 types of synthesis gas syngas catalysts. "Acquiring syngas catalyst production in Nanjing is an important strategic...

  Tags: China, Catalyst, BASF AG, Sud-Chemie, Editorial

• German group gets USD28m to develop batteries

  Strategy Eye - 2009-03-31

  A consortium led by BASF Future Business BASF FB is receiving EUR21m (USD27.8m) from the German Ministry of Education and Research BMBF to develop lithium-ion batteries for use in plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles. The HE-Lion consortium consists of 18 members, including Freudenberg Viliesstoffe, SGL Carbon, Fraunhofer Institute Itzehoe, Gaia, Bosch...

  Tags: Lithium-ion, Battery, BASF AG, Lithium-ion Battery, Production Process, Engineering, Fraunhofer Institute, Volkswagen (VW), Robert Bosch, German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Ranil Pilimatalawa

• Pigments market panel discussion

  - 2009-01-01

  For this year's annual pigments market update, Coatings World asked a panel of experts to address key issues facing the market including the economy, new technology and strategies for moving forward in 2009. The panel is made up of individuals from some of the world's largest and most diverse pigment...

  Tags: BASF AG, Clariant Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.

• Top 10 earners: Neil Sinclair reveals the best paid chief executives in chemicals and pharmaceutical industries with extensive European operations

  - 2008-09-08

  [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Establishing a direct causal link between remuneration and company performance is, at best, an inexact science. Uniformity between executive incentive packages is rare, making detailed comparisons of remuneration and its relationship with company performance difficult, if not impossible. Nevertheless, the top ten best paid chemical and...

  Tags: Air Liquide S.A., BASF AG, Bayer AG, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Exxon Mobil Corp., The Dow Chemical Co.

• The buyers' guide: raw materials

  - 2008-09-01

  Adhesion Promoters Aqua Based Technologies, A Division of ADM Tronics, Inc. Arizona Chemical Ashland, Inc. Bomar Specialties Co. BYK USA Inc. BYK-Gardner USA Chartwell International Chattem Chemicals, Inc. Ciba Inc. Cognis Corp., Coatings & Inks Division Colloides Naturals, Inc....

  Tags: Apollo, Aqua, BASF AG, Clariant Corp., Pidilite Industries Ltd., Rohm, Sun Chemical Corp., The Dow Chemical Co.

• Minnesota Farmers Receive $17 Million Money Judgment From BASF

  - 2008-08-20

  Verdict in farmers' class action lawsuit challenges chemical industry's marketing practices MINNEAPOLIS -- After more than a decade in litigation, which included two U.S. Supreme Court appearances and five trips the Minnesota Supreme Court, Minnesota farmers will finally receive payments from a class action lawsuit brought against BASF Corporation...

  Tags: BASF AG, MARKETING, Minnesota, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency