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	<title>BASF-News: Regional Divisions -South America</title>
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	<description>News from our divisions in South America</description>
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	<copyright>2008, BASF SE</copyright>
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF and Valvoline sign new licensing agreement]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3092</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[BASF SE and Valvoline, a division of Ashland Inc., have signed a new contract for the reciprocal licensing of engine coolants. This agreement replaces an existing licensing arrangement signed in 1994, the year Valvoline had acquired the coolant business in North America from BASF including the Zerex trademark.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
	 <category>South America</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> 
	 <category>South America</category>
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF Podcast - New catalysts for clean diesel vehicles]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3062</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[BASF Corporate Communications started a regular bilingual Podcast service in April 2007 to report on BASF’s innovations and research and development activities in an easy-to-understand, informative and entertaining way.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
	 <category>South America</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>South America</category>
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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>South America</category>
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF to increase prices for acrylic monomers]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3047</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. The price increases for acrylic monomers will differentiate in the regions as follows.]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
	 <category>South America</category>
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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>South America</category>
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF raises prices for PU catalysts]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3043</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[Effective immediately or as existing contracts allow, BASF is raising its worldwide prices for Lupragen® N100 (Dimethylcyclohexylamine), Lupragen® N103 (Dimethylbenzylamine), Lupragen® N104 (N-Ethylmorpholine), Lupragen® N105 (N-Methylmorpholine), Lupragen® N204 (1,4-Dimethylpiperazine), Lupragen® N400 (Trimethylaminoethyl-ethanolamine) und Lupragen® DMI (Dimethylimidazole).]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
	 <category>South America</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> 
	 <category>South America</category>
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	  <title><![CDATA[BASF Podcast - Better harvest in spite of climate stress]]></title>  							 
	  <link>http://media.basf.com/en/presse/mitteilungen/pm.htm?pmid=3032</link> 
          <description><![CDATA[BASF Corporate Communications started a regular bilingual Podcast service in April 2007 to report on BASF’s innovations and research and development activities in an easy-to-understand, informative and entertaining way.<br />In this Podcast of “Chemistry of Innovations” you will learn about how plant biotechnology can help to make crops more tolerant against climate stress. ]]></description> 
	 <pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate> 
	 <category>South America</category>
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