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BASF launches new rinse aid surfactant for plastic surfaces in North America

FLORHAM PARK, NJ, March 8, 2019 – BASF Care Chemicals in North America launched Plurafac^® LF RA-P, a rinse aid additive developed for plastic surfaces and plastic dishware.

BASF opens Customer Innovation Center for its Care Chemicals division in Mexico

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, March 8, 2019 – BASF opened a brand-new Customer Innovation Center for its Care Chemicals division serving the Mexican market. The multifunctional center offers an open space architectural design that fosters closer collaboration and nurtures cross industry pollination, allowing BASF and its customers to develop tailor-made solutions. BASF experts will support and work together with customers to develop applications for the specific needs and trends of a variety of market segments: Home and Personal Care, Industrial Processing and Agricultural Additives.

BASF opens Application Technology Laboratory for personal care in Nigeria

• Local competence in application and formulation technology for sub-Saharan African personal care market
• Synergistic service approach comprises marketing, application technology, and sales
• Solutions for the specific needs of African hair and skin

BASF and B2B Cosmetics become partners to enable individualized personal care products

Ludwigshafen, Germany – January 28, 2019 – BASF and B2B Cosmetics today announced an exclusive, long-term strategic partnership in the field of personalized personal care products, including a strategic investment into B2B Cosmetics by BASF.

BASF’s new active ingredients target skin conditions’ root causes

• Blue light protection inspired by plant defense strategies
• New active ingredients coming from the research of BASF’s innovation platforms on epigenetics, microbiome and extraction