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2006 / Acquisitions

BASF expands its portfolio. The aim is to acquire businesses that are even more customer-oriented, and driven by innovation and growth. The acquisition of the Engelhard Corporation, Iselin, New Jersey, which is the leading supplier of materials for catalysis and surface finishing, is the largest takeover in BASF’s corporate history. With the merger of the two companies, BASF becomes one of the world’s leading suppliers of environment and process catalysts, and at the same time expands into growth markets such as specialty pigments.

BASF takes over the worldwide construction chemicals business of German Degussa AG. BASF also finalizes its acquisition of Johnson Polymer B.V., a specialist in resins, thereby supplementing its resins portfolio with water-based technology and strengthening the company’s presence especially in North America.

Technical inspection of a BASF catalyst
Concrete additives – the so called admixtures – are used to change certain physical characteristics of concrete like flowability and thereby the way in which it performs under a variety of conditions. Print free of charge. Copyright by BASF. Betonzusatzstoffe bzw. –zusatzmittel – so genannte Admixtures – werden dazu verwendet, bestimmte physikalische Eigenschaften von Beton, wie das Fließvermögen, zu verändern und damit die Reaktion von Beton auf bestimmte Bedingungen zu optimieren. Abdruck honorarfrei. Copyright by BASF.,Concrete additives – the so called admixtures – are used to change certain physical characteristics of concrete like flowability and thereby the way in which it performs under a variety of conditions. Print free of charge. Copyright by BASF. Betonzusatzstoffe bzw. –zusatzmittel – so genannte Admixtures – werden dazu verwendet, bestimmte physikalische Eigenschaften von Beton, wie das Fließvermögen, zu verändern und damit die Reaktion von Beton auf bestimmte Bedingungen zu optimieren. Abdruck honorarfrei. Copyright by BASF.
Development work on concrete additives at the Construction Technology Center in Mumbai, India, in 2013