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BASF shares list on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the trading symbol BF. BASF delisted from the NYSE in 2007 to reduce “complexity and cost.”

BASF employees from the U.S., Mexico, Canada and Germany donate $550,000 toward the BASF Corporation 9/11 fund. All donations were matched by BASF and a total of $1.16 million was donated to the New York Police & Fire Widows and Children’s Benefit Fund.

World’s largest steam cracker, a 60/40 joint venture between BASF Corp. and Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc., starts production in Port Arthur, Texas.

BASF acquires Engelhard Corporation, the leading supplier of materials for catalysis and surface finishing. This is
the largest acquisition in BASF’s corporate history. Headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, Engelhard was renowned for its development of catalytic converters. With the acquisition, BASF became one of the world’s leading suppliers of catalysts.

BASF acquires the Swiss specialty chemicals company Ciba. In North America, BASF adds sites at McIntosh, Alabama; Tarrytown, New York; and West Memphis, Arkansas.

BASF acquires COGNIS and strengthens its positions in personal care and human nutrition.

BASF establishes Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, as the global headquarters for BASF plant science division.

BASF opens its new North American headquarters in Florham Park, New Jersey. The headquarters building is the first in New Jersey to achieve LEED® Double Platinum certification.

BASF Mexicana dedicates its newly renovated regional headquarters in Mexico City.

BASF acquires Ames, Iowa-based Becker Underwood to increase the existing Crop Protection business.

BASF and Yara announce they are jointly building a “world-scale” ammonia plant at BASF’s Freeport, Texas, facility.

BASF celebrates its 150th anniversary. Among the many events the company hosted across North America to examine the challenges of a growing world population, the Creator SpaceTM tour in New York City was one of the most prominent. More than 650 external guests proposed solutions related to urban living.