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BASF SE Company Profile
The world is BASF's ester. BASF is the world's largest chemical company, ahead of Dow and DuPont. It has more than 150 major manufacturing facilities and does business worldwide through six business segments: plastics (including polyolefins and polystyrene), performance products (value-added chemicals and dyes), chemicals (plasticizers solvents), oil and gas exploration and production (through subsidiary Wintershall AG), functional solutions (catalysts, coatings, and construction chemicals), and agricultural products (additives, herbicides, and fertilizers). BASF added to its own catalysts business with the 2006 acquisition of Engelhard, which it then rebranded as BASF Catalysts.
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Contact Information
Address: Carl-Bosch Strasse 38
Ludwigshafen, Germany
Phone:+49-621-60-0
Fax:+49-621-60-425-25
Financial Highlights
Fiscal Year End:December
Revenue (2006):69460.60 M
Revenue Growth (1 yr):37.20%
Employees (2006):95,247
Employee Growth (1 yr):17.70%
Key People
Chairman Board of Executive Directors: Jürgen Hambrecht
CFO and Director; CEO, US Operations: Kurt W. Bock
President Market and Business Development Asia Pacific: Wolfgang Hapke
Industry Information
Sector: Basic Materials
Industry: Chemicals - Major Diversified
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Bayer AG (bayry.pk)
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