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BASF is the largest chemical company in the world. We aim to increase
and sustain our corporate value through growth and innovation.
We offer our customers a range of high-performance products, including
high-value chemicals, plastics, colorants and pigments, dispersions,
automotive and industrial coatings, agricultural products and fine
chemicals as well as crude oil and natural gas. Our distinctive
Verbund strategy is our strength. It ensures our cost leadership
and thus gives us a decisive competitive advantage in the long term.
We act in accordance with the principles of Sustainable Development.
These pages represent the printed version
of the Annual Report as of March 14, 2001.
Forward-looking statements
This report contains forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates
and projections of BASF management and currently available information. They are not
guarantees of future performance, involve certain risks and uncertainties that are difficult
to predict and are based upon assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be
accurate. Many factors could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of
BASF to be materially different from those that may be expressed or implied by such
statements. Such factors include those discussed in BASF’s Form 20-F filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. We do not assume any obligation to update the
forward-looking statements contained in this report. |
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