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Chemicals - The heart of our Verbund


Bottles with chemicals
This segment combines the operating divisions Inorganics, Petrochemicals and Intermediates. They sell their products to customers in the pharmaceutical, construction, textile and automotive industries and supply other BASF segments with chemicals for the manufacture of higher value products.
We produce a broad range of basic chemicals and higher value products at our integrated production facilities - the Verbund - in Europe, Asia and North America.


Product Range



  • The Inorganics portfolio ranges from inorganic basic chemicals to glues and specialties such as electronic chemicals for the semiconductor and flat screen industries.
  • With its broad range of basic chemicals, the Petrochemicals division forms the basis of our value-adding chains. In addition, it produces solvents and plasticizers for the chemical and plastics industries.
  • The Intermediates segment comprises products that are used as starting materials for products such as detergents, plastics, textile fibers, paints and coatings as well as pharmaceuticals.



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Key Figures




Million € 2007 20061 Change in %
Sales 9,358 9,161 +2.2
ncome from operations before special items 1,888 1,588 +19.0
Income from operations (EBIT) 1,903 1,337 +42.3

1Contains sales from the catalysts and materials services business of Engelhard Corp. acquired on June 6, 2006.



Pie chart: Segment data Chemicals

Million € %
1
Inorganics 1,192 13
2
Petrochemicals 5,696 61
3
Intermediates 2,470 26
    9,358 100



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Overview of the segment Chemicals (BASF Factbook) (PDF-File, 724 KB)
Additional Information on the Segment Chemicals (Report 2007)
BASF Segment Day Chemicals (July 2008):
Chemicals - Performance through intelligence
Key financial data on the Segment Chemicals
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