BASF Expands in Construction

BASF has acquired the business activities of construction chemical firm BCD Rohstoffe für Bauchemie (Klosterneuburg, Austria). BCD supplies polymer dispersions primarily for cement-based coating systems, and air-entraining agents for dry mortar and cement. BASF plans to double annual sales of its construction chemical business to about €4 billion ($6.3 billion) by 2015. BASF says it plans to reach its goal by transferring technologies that have proven successful in one region, to other regions, as well as through R&D, investing in emerging markets...

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