BASF: Helping Make Products Better™
BASF is the world’s leading chemical company, offering its customers a range of high-performance products,
including chemicals, plastics, performance products, agricultural products, fine chemicals as well as crude
oil and natural gas. Its distinctive approach to integration, known in German as “Verbund,” is its strength. It
enables BASF to achieve cost leadership and gives the company a competitive advantage. BASF conducts
it's business in accordance with the principles of sustainable development. In 2002, BASF had sales of $34
billion and more than 89,000 employees worldwide. BASF Corporation is the North American affiliate of
BASF AG, Ludwigshafen, Germany. In North America, 2002 sales were approximately $8.2 billion and the
company employs approximately 13,000 people. For more information or to receive news releases by email,
visit www.basf.com/usa.
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