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Performance Products - Close cooperation with customers |
This segment consists of the Acrylics & Dispersions, Care Chemicals and Performance Chemicals divisions, which develop performance products to improve the processes and end products of our customers.
In this segment, we use intermediates from the BASF Verbund to create products, formulations and system solutions for customers in almost all sectors of the processing industry. Performance products add significantly to the functionality and performance of processes and final products and thus create differentiation potentials on the market for our customers.
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Product Range
- Functional polymers from the Acrylics & Dispersions division can be found in countless everyday products: they make diapers more absorbent, for example, and stamps self-adhesive.
- Our new Care Chemicals division combines all activities that contribute to people’s well-being. These include vitamins for food supplements and light stabilizers for sun creams.
- The Performance Chemicals division develops solutions for the oil, automotive, coatings and plastics industries, and for the manufacture of leather and textiles. Examples include resins and pigments, and fuel additives.
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Key Figures
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Million €
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2007
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20061
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Sales
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8,862
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8,494
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4.3
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Income from operations before special items
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712
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671
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6.1
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Income from operations (EBIT)
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681
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431
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58.0
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| Acrylic & Dispersions |
3,522 |
40 |
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Care Chemicals |
3,025 |
34 |
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Performance Chemicals |
2,311 |
26 |
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8,862 |
100 |
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