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About BASF Care Chemicals

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Polyurethanes

Crop Protection Oil & Gas

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Dispersions & Pigments

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Paper Chemicals

Inorganics

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Raw materials for coatings and paints, for printing and packaging products, for adhesives, for fiber bonding and for construction chemicals: polymer dispersions, pigments, preparations, dyes, resins, light stabilizers, photo initiators and formulation additives.

Dispersions & Pigments

Process chemicals to optimize costs and increase machine efficiency, functional

chemicals to lend specific properties to paper, and finishing chemicals to improve the

appearance and performance characteristics of printed paper and board.

Paper Chemicals

Products for cosmetics, detergents & cleaners, and hygiene: surfactants,

superabsorbents, polymers, emollients, chelating agents, UV filters and other

specialties that are also used in technical applications.

Care Chemicals

Innovative solutions for specific customer industries: chemicals for the automotive and

refinery industries, plastic additives, oilfield and mining chemicals, chemicals for water

treatment, leather and textile chemicals.

Performance Chemicals

Products for nutrition, pharmaceuticals and the flavor and fragrance industry: vitamins,

carotenoids, enzymes, active pharmaceutical ingredients and excipients, and aroma

chemicals.

Nutrition & Health

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Sales and Earnings:

Performance Products

3rd Quarter 2011

Sales increase in almost all divisions

Acquired Cognis businesses make significant

contribution to sales growth

3rd Quarter 2011

Earnings improve compared with previous third quarter

Sales to third parties

million €

EBIT before special items

million €

9,228

3,206

12,068

3,991

3rd Quarter Jan. - Sept.

+31 %

+24 % 370

1,260

1,507

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3rd Quarter Jan. - Sept.

+20 %

+19 % 2011

2010

Care Chemicals

Sales to third parties

3rd Quarter 2011:

1,265 million €

Care Chemicals Sales to third parties Jan.-Sept. 2011: 3,994 million €

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Our Marketplace

Personal Care

Home Care

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I&I

Hygiene

Other industries

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Superabsorbents for:

Baby diapers

Feminine care

Adult incontinence protection

HYGIENE

PERSONAL CARE

UV filters

Effect pigments

Polymers

Active ingredients

Surfactants

Emollients

HOME CARE and I&I

Water soluble polymers

Chelating agents

Surfactants

Optical brighteners

Biocides

FORMULATION TECHNOLOGIES Waxes

Adjuvants

Micronutrients

Corrosion inhibitors

Methanesulfonic Acid

Our Comprehensive Product Portfolio

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Safeguard cost leadership worldwide Global production and innovation network to Support our Customers from Proximity

A motivated team of ca. 6000 employees around the globe

Our Global Presence

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Our Organization Safeguard cost leadership worldwide President Operational Division Care Chemicals: Gabriel Tanbourgi

Planning &

Controlling

Global Technology

Other Staff Functions Global Business

Unit Hygiene

Global Business

Unit Home Care &

Personal Care

Regional

Business

Unit Personal

Care Europe

Regional

Business

Unit Home Care &

Formulation

Technologies Europe

Regional

Business

Unit Asia Pacific

Regional

Business

Unit South America

Regional

Business

Unit North America

Our Organization

We create chemistry for a sustainable future.