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	<title>News BASF-Products: Plastics</title>
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	<copyright>2008, BASF SE</copyright>
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF to strengthen its automotive business in India]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3086</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Mumbai, INDIA, May 6, 2008 – BASF announced its plans to expand its offerings for the automotive industry in India with investments in plants and technology. The company will build a new engineering plastics compounding plant at its existing site in Thane, which is expected to come on stream by the second half of 2009.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
	 <category>Plastics</category>
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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 announces major bioplastics production expansion]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3068</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[BASF SE has announced plans for a significant expansion of its production plant for the biodegradable plastic Ecoflex® at the company’s Ludwigshafen site. The move will raise Ecoflex production capacities from the current 14,000 by 60,000 metric tons per year. Production at the expanded plant will commence in the third quarter of 2010.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[First intercooler end caps made by Behr using BASF’s special Ultramid]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3065</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[BASF’s highly heat-stabilized and highly filled Ultramid® A3W2 G10 has found its first serial application in the end caps of charge air intercoolers manufactured by the Behr company. The material was tailor-made to meet Behr’s requirements. The excess-pressure fluctuations between 0.1 and 1.5 bar at continuous temperatures around 190°C [374°F] pose a great challenge for plastics. The charge air intercooler is already in use in the current Ford line of compact vans, namely, the Transit Connect/Tourneo Connect.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
	 <category>Plastics</category>
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF expert seminar: extensive advice on the EU chemicals regulation REACH ]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3061</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Just a few weeks before the pre-registration phase of the European chemicals policy REACH begins in June 2008, the demand for extensive information and advice is greater than ever. In response, BASF SE is hosting another expert seminar on the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH) on May 28, 2008 in Berlin.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
	 <category>Plastics</category>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Easy to inflate: SBC polymer Styrolux now also for blow molding]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3026</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Recent tests have demonstrated that Styrolux® 3G46, a highly transparent SBC plastic grade from BASF, lends itself very well for blow molding (SBC: styrene butadiene block copolymer). In comparison to established transparent materials used for this method such as PVC, PET G or PC, Styrolux is 30 percent lighter in weight and easier to process by extrusion blow molding (EBM) as well as by injection blow molding (IBM). Thus, a wide array of different types of transparent hollow objects such as storage containers or decorative vessels can be manufactured cost-effectively.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF and LEUNA-Harze cooperate: Supply of raw materials for BASF’s epoxy resin systems]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3052</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[BASF SE and LEUNA-Harze GmbH, Leuna, will in future cooperate on the supply in Europe of raw materials for epoxy resin systems for fiber-reinforced composites. The two companies have just signed a declaration of intent to this effect. ]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
	 <category>Plastics</category>
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF to raise prices for two styrenic plastics types in Europe ]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3045</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[As of April 1, 2008, BASF will be raising prices in Europe for the styrenic plastics commodity Terluran® (ABS: acrylonitrile butadiene styrene copolymer) by 70 euros per metric ton. At the same time the prices for the styrenics plastics specialty Luran® (SAN: styrene-acrylonitrile copolymer) will be increased by the same amount. The sharp increases in raw material and energy costs in the first quarter of the year are forcing BASF to make price adjustments for these products.<br />]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[“Baxxodur: When Curing Makes the Difference”]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3044</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[The motto of BASF’s presentation at this year’s JEC Composites Show in Paris is “Baxxodur<sup>TM</sup>: When Curing Makes the Difference.” Under the Baxxodur<sup>TM</sup> trademark, BASF sells a broad range of curing agents, accelerators and additives for professional epoxy resin processing.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
	 <category>Plastics</category>
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	  <title><![CDATA[Oppanol® gives patients a safe feeling]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3042</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[People who after severe surgery or because of illnesses need an artificial intestine opening called a stoma are often concerned about the considerable limitations this may impose on their daily lives. But the introduction of care products using Oppanol® as an adhesive can help stoma patients lead a virtually normal life. A leading international manufacturer in the field of stoma, incontinence and wound care is Coloplast, a Danish company and a BASF customer.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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