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	<title>News BASF-Products: Functional Polymers</title>
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	<description>News from the BASF Functional Polymers division</description>
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	<copyright>2008, BASF SE</copyright>
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		<title>BASF - The Chemical Company</title>
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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> 
	 <category>Functional Polymers</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> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF expands portfolio of polymer dispersions for construction chemicals ]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3059</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Ludwigshafen, Germany – April 7, 2008 – BASF has acquired the business activities of Austrian company BCD Rohstoffe für Bauchemie HandelsGmbH with effect from April 1, 2008. The acquisition covers BCD’s entire expertise, patents and formulations. The company is known in the construction chemicals industry as a supplier of polymer dispersions, above all for cement-based coating systems, and of air-entraining agents for dry mortar and cement.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[Innovative Technology Adapts Shoes to Weather Conditions]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3058</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Ludwigshafen, Germany – April 4, 2008. Wet feet – never again: IQTEX and BASF have jointly developed a unique, intelligent system which adapts shoes to suit weather conditions. To make this possible, IQTEX has processed a special superabsorbing fleece from BASF into an innovative ventilation element known as Vayu Verde®.<br />]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
	 <category>Functional Polymers</category>
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF at the INDEX 2008]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3051</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Ludwigshafen, Germany – April 2, 2008 - Sustainability will be BASF’s central topic at the INDEX 2008 in Geneva. Between April 15 and 18 the company will present new product developments and applications for fiber bonding and superabsorbents.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
	 <category>Functional Polymers</category>
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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[BASF to increase prices for Afranil® Deaerators and Defoamers]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2977</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Effective February 1, 2008, or as contracts allow, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, will raise prices by up to 20% for Afranil® deaerators and defoamers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF erhöht Preise für Acrylmonomere]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2952</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[BASF will increase its prices for acrylic acid and acrylic esters (glacial acrylic acid; methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, n-butyl acrylate, 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate), as far as existing contracts permit. This is the company’s reaction to inadequate margins, caused by continued high and further increasing raw material costs.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate> 
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF phase change materials contribute to first prize in Solar Decathlon 2007]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=2895</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Around 30 students from the University of Technology in Darmstadt, Germany, led by professors Thomas Hartkopf (renewable energies) and Manfred Hegger (architecture), have won the one-week international “Solar Decathlon 2007” held in Washington D.C. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, the competition awards prizes to homes that are particularly energy efficient and sustainable.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 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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