CHARLOTTE, NC and WEST CHESTER, OH—BASF recently signed an expanded distribution agreement with GMZ., a CASE distributor of Azelis Americas. Through this expansion, GMZ becomes the sole distributor of BASF’s Dispersions & Resins Division portfolio of products across the Midwest and Northeast markets including Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana and Michigan. “This represents a new way … Continued
CHARLOTTE, NC—BASF has sold its global photoinitiator business to IGM Resins bv, Netherlands, a global producer and supplier of radiation curable material. High performance photoinitiators dedicated to specific needs of electronics customers are not part of the divestment, as the electronics industry is one of BASF’s strategic focus areas. Photoinitiators are used in radiation curing … Continued
LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany & SOUTHFIELD, MI—BASF announced the launch of its Colors & Effects brand, bundling BASF’s global pigments business. The new brand encompasses BASF’s distinct colorants and effect pigments portfolio, and serves customers across five key industries, including printing, coatings, plastics, cosmetics and agriculture. “To continue to grow and develop their businesses, our customers need a … Continued
LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany—BASF is reorganizing its paper, water, oilfield and mining businesses within the Performance Chemicals division to foster customer and industry focus and increase competitiveness. In the water solutions and paper chemicals businesses, cost leadership, operational and commercial excellence as well as efficient and reliable supply are key success factors. Thus, BASF is combining these … Continued
CHARLOTTE, NC—BASF will form a global business unit (GBU) combining all of its pigments activities, effective January 2016. In the second half of 2016, BASF intends to carve out its pigments business and establish separate legal entities. With sales of about €1 billion in 2014 and 2,500 employees globally, BASF holds a leading position in … Continued
REINACH, Switzerland—Archroma, a global leader in specialty chemicals for the textile, paper and emulsions sectors and a portfolio company of U.S. based private investment firm SK Capital Partners, announced that they have entered an agreement to acquire the global textile chemicals business of BASF. The business being acquired delivers products and technologies across the entire … Continued
CHARLOTTE, NC—BASF has announced the appointment of Gerry Podesta as the senior vice president for the dispersions and pigments business in North America effective Nov. 1. Podesta succeeds Derek Fairclough, who will lead BASF’s Environmental, Health, Safety & Security organization, also effective Nov. 1. Most recently, Podesta served as the senior vice president for BASF’s … Continued
GIRONA, Spain—Comexi Group held a two day seminar on Dec. 11 and Dec. 12 titled Solventless Printing Technologies, along with Sun Chemical, BASF and ESI, during which the firm presented its innovations in flexo and offset to more than 80 professionals. Attendees were able to learn firsthand the benefits of ink technology and solventless printing … Continued
WYANDOTTE, MI—BASF has introduced Joncryl 2136-A, a low foaming, low gassing emulsion for brilliant metallic inks that are viscosity stable and resist hard settling. Joncryl2136-A enables the formulation of stable bronze and aluminum water-based printing inks with excellent printability and good resolubility. The film forming attributes of the polymer contributes adhesion and mar resistance properties … Continued
CHARLOTTE, NC—BASF announced plans to expand manufacturing capabilities for products marketed under the Joncryl trade name at plants located in Wyandotte, MI; and Monaca, PA; to support customer growth in the printing, packaging, and industrial coating markets. These investments will provide additional capacity, operational flexibility and reliability as BASF continues to invest in the industry’s … Continued
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