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	<title>News BASF-Products: Inorganics</title>
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	<description>News from the BASF Inorganics division</description>
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	<copyright>2008, BASF SE</copyright>
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF enters a challenging 2008 with a record first quarter]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3073</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Ludwigshafen, Germany - April 24, 2008 - The BASF Group has continued on its successful path in the first three months of 2008. Having posted a further record quarter, it is confident with regard to the coming months. First-quarter sales rose by almost 9 percent to €15.9 billion, while income from operations (EBIT) before special items increased by more than 11 percent compared with the same period of 2007 to almost €2.4 billion.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF increases prices for hydrosulfites]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3012</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Ludwigshafen, Germany – February 28, 2008 – Effective March 1, 2008 BASF will be increasing sales prices for its hydrosulfites worldwide by at least €120 per metric ton or equivalents in local currencies as contracts allow. ]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[New record year 2007 gives BASF confidence for 2008]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3004</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Ludwigshafen, Germany – February 21, 2008 – For BASF, 2007 was another record year. Thanks to organic growth and the very positive development of the acquired businesses, BASF posted sales of almost €58 billion and income from operations (EBIT) before special items of more than €7.6 billion in 2007.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[Professor YuZhuo Li joins BASF]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2995</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Hong Kong, China – February 18, 2008 – BASF is pleased to announce that Professor YuZhuo Li from Clarkson University, United States, has joined the company. Li, a leading expert in the area of chemical mechanical planarization (CMP), will lead BASF’s global CMP research and development team to develop innovative solutions for the semiconductor industry.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[3rd International BASF Boron Conference in Heidelberg]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2932</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[- Successful exchange between industry and science <br /><br />Where does boron chemistry stand at present? Which way are developments headed? These were the questions addressed by more than 100 visitors from the worlds of science and industry at the 3rd International Boron Conference, who again drew attention to the great importance of boron compounds for pharmaceutical synthesis.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF presents new Electronic Materials Center Europe to customers]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2906</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[After a construction period of around 15 months, the Electronic Materials Center Europe at BASF's Ludwigshafen site is now complete. Today, Friday, November 9, 2007, BASF presented the new production center to its customers in the semiconductor industry. The production plant for process chemicals for the semiconductor industry is fully integrated in the Verbund and secures supplies to customers throughout Europe. The double digit million Euro investment has created sixty jobs in Ludwigshafen.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF heading for record year again]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2891</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[- Increased sales (up 5 percent) and EBIT before special items (up 6 percent) in third quarter <br />- Earnings per share more than doubled in third quarter<br />- Positive outlook for 2007: Significant sales increase to nearly €58 billion and EBIT before special items above previous year’s record level<br /><br />BASF – The Chemical Company – also increased its sales and earnings in the third quarter of 2007 and is thus heading for a record year again. BASF’s Chief Financial Officer Dr. Kurt Bock pointed out to analysts and journalists that all segments contributed to the increase in sales. In particular, the businesses acquired last year performed strongly.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF collaborates with IMEC on integrated circuit development]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2865</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[<b>Ludwigshafen, Germany, October 8, 2007</b> — BASF announced today that it has joined IMEC’s Industrial Affiliation Program to research and develop innovative cleaning solutions and advanced interconnects for the integrated circuit (IC) industry.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF to showcase chemical solutions at SEMICON Europa 2007 in Stuttgart]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2856</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[BASF will showcase its expertise in electronic chemicals for the semiconductor industry at the SEMICON Europa trade fair in Stuttgart, Germany, from October 9 to 11. At Booth 822 in Hall 1, members of the BASF team will inform visitors about the company’s high-quality services and products for the dynamic semiconductor industry.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF at CPhI Worldwide in Milan: “Pharma Solutions from BASF”]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2814</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[-BASF expands pharma offer adding catalysts<br /><br />BASF will be presenting its extensive expertise for supporting pharmaceutical industry customers at the “Convention on Pharmaceuticals Ingredients” (CPhI Worldwide) that will take place in Milan from October 2 through 4. The corporate exhibit at Booth G06, in Hall 11, will bear the motto “Pharma Solutions from BASF”. This year BASF has once again expanded its pharmaceutical industry portfolio. For the first time, BASF’s Catalysts Division, born from the takeover of Engelhard Corporation, will present catalyst products and solutions.  <br /><br />BASF will be presenting solutions for almost every area in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals. The company produces and markets a broad range of active ingredients and excipients, as well as exclusive synthesis services for the pharmaceutical industry.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 10:30:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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