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  • BCD Rohstoffe für Bauchemie HandelsGmbH
    BASF has acquired the business activities of Austrian company BCD Rohstoffe für Bauchemie HandelsGmbH (Austria)
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Construction Chemicals , Polymer dispersions, Vinagen®, Vinapor® n/a n/a April 1, 2008
  • PBT joint venture BASF GE Schwarzheide, Germany
    BASF has signed an agreement with SABIC Innovative Plastics on the acquisition of SABIC Innovative Plastics' shares in the PBT joint venture, BASF GE Schwarzheide GmbH & Co. KG..
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Engineering Plastics,Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT), Ultradur® n/a n/a December 12, 2007
  • Château-Arnoux Peinture / R-M sales activities, France
    BASF Coatings takes over R-M sales activities of Château-Arnoux Peinture.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Coatings, Automotive Refinish Paints n/a n/a March 9, 2007
  • DERIS (Major parts), France
    BASF takes over major parts of Michel DERIS S.A.S..
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Coatings, Automotive Refinish Paints n/a n/a March 9, 2007
  • Polymer Chemical Company, Netherlands
    BASF Group company Elastogran to acquire the Dutch Polyurethane System House Polymer Chemical Company B.V..
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Polyurethane n/a n/a Precontract 15. February 2007
  • Autolacke Handel / R-M sales activities, Germany
    BASF Coatings takes over R-M sales activities of Autolacke Handel GmbH.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Coatings, Automotive Refinish Paints n/a n/a Febuary 1, 2007
  • Billakksenteret / R-M sales activities, Norway
    BASF Coatings takes over R-M sales activities of Billakksenteret AS.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Coatings, Automotive Refinish Paints n/a n/a January 2007
  • Hi Con Concrete Admixture Ltd., China
    BASF buys Chinese producer of concrete admixtures Hi Con.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Construction Chemicals, concrete admixtures n/a n/a December 2006
  • PEMEAS, Germany
    BASF Future Business to buy PEMEAS - leading supplier of fuel cell components.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Energy management n/a n/a End of January 2007
  • Guilin REEEcat Catalyst, China
    BASF to acquire motorcycle catalyst business in China.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Catalysts n/a n/a Agreement signed on Dec. 11, 2006
  • CropDesign, Belgium
    BASF Plant Science acquires Belgian biotechnology company CropDesign.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Plant biotechnology n/a n/a May 2006
  • Lanxess / SAN business, Germany
    BASF acquires SAN business from Lanxess in Europe and South America.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Engineering plastics, Styrol-Acrylnitril-Copolymer (SAN), Luran® n/a n/a May 2006
  • Johnson Polymer, USA
    BASF acquires resins specialist Johnson Polymer.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Performance Chemicals, water-based Resins USD 470,000,000 USD 360,000,000 01.07.2006
  • Engelhard, USA
    BASF acquires Engelhard, a leading supplier of goods for the catalysis and surface finishing.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Catalysts USD 4,900,000,000 USD 4,600,000,000 09.06.2006
  • Degussa / Construction chemical business, Germany
    BASF acquires Degussa's construction chemicals business.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Construction Chemicals, Functional Polymers EUR 2,700,000,000 EUR 2,000,000,000 01.07.2006
  • LATI, USA
    BASF expands successful engineering plastics activities.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Polyamide 6, Polyamide 6,6, Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT), and Polyoxymethylene (POM) n/a n/a December 31, 2005
  • Rhenania Coatings / Coil coatings business, Germany
    BASF acquires coil coatings business from Rhenania Coatings GmbH.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Coatings, Coil Coatings n/a EUR 8,000,000 November 2, 2005
  • Leuna-Miramid, Germany
    BASF acquires Leuna-Miramid GmbH and further strengthens its leading position in engineering plastics in Europe.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Engineering Plastics n/a n/a November 1, 2005
  • Huntsman / TDI business, USA
    BASF acquires Huntsman's global TDI business.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Polyurethanes, Toluoldiisocyanat (TDI) n/a n/a July 6, 2005
  • BASF Akzo Nobel, Australia
    BASF acquires full ownership of joint venture BASF Akzo Nobel and formes BASF Coatings Australia.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Coatings, automotive OEM and refinish business n/a n/a July 1, 2005
  • Orgamol, Switzerland
    BASF acquires Swiss fine chemicals company Orgamol.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Fine Chemicals, Pharmaceutical Soluctions, Pharmaceutical Chemicals n/a EUR 100,000,000 October 1, 2005
  • BASF NOF Coatings Co. Ltd., Japan
    BASF acquires full ownership of Joint Venture BASF NOF Coatings Co., Ltd., Japan BASF will operate the company under the name of BASF Coatings Japan Ltd..
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Coatings, Automotive OEM Coatings, Refinish Coatings and Industrial Coatings n/a n/a April 1, 2005
  • Merck / Electronic chemicals business, Germany
    BASF acquires electronic chemicals business of Merck KGaA.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Electronic chemicals EUR 270,000,000 n/a April 15, 2005
  • Foam Enterprises, USA
    BASF acquires American rigid polyurethane foam producer Foam Enterprises.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Polyurethane, Rigid Polyurethane Foam n/a USD 80,000,000 March 2004
  • Treffert / Foil Coatings business, Germany
    BASF Coatings to acquire Foil Coatings business from Treffert Group outside of Germany.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Coatings, Foil Coatings n/a n/a May 2004
  • Shreveport site to Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
    BASF sells its Shreveport site and related contract manufacturing business to Dr. Reddy's Laboratories
    Field of Activity / Products Sales Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Pharmaceuticals n/a n/a April 2008
  • Seal Sands site to INEOS Nitriles
    BASF to sell Seal Sands site in the UK to INEOS Nitriles
    Field of Activity / Products Sales Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Acrylonitrile (AN), Adipodinitrile (ADN) and Hexamethylenediamine (HMD) n/a n/a March 2008
  • Company to VEOLIA Cargo
    BASF and other shareholders of the rail cargo company RAIL4CHEM have decided to sell the company to VEOLIA Cargo
    Field of Activity / Products Sales Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Logistics n/a EUR 80,000,000 Completion of transaction 1st half 2008
  • Fortitech and BASF dissolve Joint Venture
    Fortitech, Inc. and BASF have announced that the two companies dissolved their joint venture in the human nutrition premix marketplace and Fortitech will buy all BASF shares. The agreement extends to all joint ventures throughout Europe, South America and
    Field of Activity / Products Sales Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Fine Chemicals, human nutrition, premixes n/a n/a February 2008
  • Chemische Fabrik Wibarco to Hansa Chemie International
    BASF sells Chemische Fabrik Wibarco GmbH to Hansa Chemie International AG.
    Field of Activity / Products Sales Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Performance Chemicals, linear akylbenzene LAB, linear alkylbenze sulfonate LAS n/a n/a July 2007
  • Animal feed premix sites to Nutreco
    BASF sells animal feed premix sites to Nutreco in the Netherlands.
    Field of Activity / Products Sales Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Fine Chemicals, additives for animal nutrition, premixes n/a n/a 2nd Quarter 2007
  • Terbufos insecticide business to AMVAC
    BASF sells global terbufos insecticide business to AMVAC.
    Field of Activity / Products Sales Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Agricultural Products, Insecticide, Terbufos, Counter® n/a EUR 20,000,000 November 2006
  • Major assets of Micro Flo to Arysta
    BASF sells major assets of Micro Flo Company to Arysta LifeScience.
    Field of Activity / Products Sales Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Agricultural Products, generica n/a n/a End of 1st Quarter 2006
  • Shareholding in DENC to PTC
    BASF Innovationsfonds sells 14 percent shareholding in DENC to U.S. company PTC.
    Field of Activity / Products Sales Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Venture Capital n/a n/a October 2005
  • Decoration color business to Heraeus
    BASF sells decoration color business for glassware, ceramics and porcelain to Heraeus GmbH.
    Field of Activity / Products Sales Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Decoration Color Business n/a n/a October 2005
  • Stakes in Basell to Access Industries
    BASF and Shell to sell their stakes in Basell to consortium led by Access Industries.
    Field of Activity / Products Sales Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Polyolefins, Polyethylene, Polypropylene, Catalysts EUR 4,400,000,000 EUR 6,700,000,000 August 1, 2005
  • U.S., Canadian polystyrene business to INEOS
    BASF sells U.S., Canadian polystyrene business to INEOS Americas, LLC.
    Field of Activity / Products Sales Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Polystyrene n/a n/a 2nd Quarter 2005
  • Triforine busines to Sumitomo Corp.
    BASF sells triforine business to Sumitomo Corporation.
    Field of Activity / Products Sales Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Agricultural Products, Fungicides, Saprol®, Funginex®, Denarin® n/a EUR 5,000,000 End of 1st Quarter 2005
  • Dystar BASF to Platinum Equity
    Platinum Equity signs agreement to acquire Dystar BASF, Bayer and Hoechst to divest their holdings.
    Field of Activity / Products Sales Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Textile Dyes n/a EUR 800,000,000 August 5, 2004
  • Polystyrene Specialty Compounds business to Spartech
    BASF sells Polystyrene Specialty Compounds business to Spartech and closes its polystyrene compounds production in Ludwigshafen.
    Field of Activity / Products Sales Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Polystyrene, flame retardantor antistatic polystyrene specialty products n/a EUR 9,000,000 April 15, 2004
  • Fiber Board Coating business to Treffert
    Treffert acquires the Fiber Board Coating business from BASF Coatings' affiliates in Spain and Italy.
    Field of Activity / Products Sales Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Coatings, Fiber Board Coatings Business n/a n/a May 2004
  • Phenoxy Business to Nufarm
    BASF divests Phenoxy Business to Nufarm Ltd..
    Field of Activity / Products Sales Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Crop Protection, Herbicides, Phenoxy herbicides, U 46®, Duplosan®, 2,4-D, MCPA, Mecoprop-P, Mecoprop, Dichlorprop-P, Dichlorprop EUR 42,000,000 EUR 40,000,000 Beginning of 2004
  • Joint Venture BASF-YPC Co. Ltd.
    BASF and SINOPEC integrate their joint operation Yangzi-BASF Styrenics (YBS) in Nanjing into BASF-YPC Co. Ltd..
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Styrenics n/a n/a
  • Wintershall participates at Yuzhno Russkoye
    BASF subsidiary participates with 35% less than one share at the Yuzhno Russkoye gas field.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Natural Gas, Exploration n/a n/a April 2006
  • Gazprom increases interst in Wingas
    Gazprom will in future hold 50% less one share of WINGAS GmbH.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Natural Gas, Natural Gas Trading n/a n/a April 2006
  • Yushno Russkoje natural gas field
    Wintershall's and Gazprom¿s joint development of the important Yushno Russkoje natural gas field.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Natural Gas, Exploration, Production n/a n/a
  • Gazprom increases minority interst in Wingas
    Gazprom increases minority interest in Wingas.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Natural Gas, Natural Gas Trading n/a n/a
  • Construction of Northern European Gas Pipeline
    Wingas is involved in the construction of the planned NEGP Northern European Gas Pipeline through the Baltic Sea.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Natural Gas, Transportation, Natural Gas Pipeline n/a n/a
  • Chelates production
    BASF and Akzo Nobel to form chelates production joint venture.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Chelates n/a n/a
  • PBT production in Asia
    BASF and Toray form a 50-50 joint venture for PBT production in Asia.
    Field of Activity / Products Purchase Price Sales Volume Effective from
    Engineering Plastics, Polybutylene Terephthalate (PBT), Ultradur® USD 14,000,000 n/a
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