EU POLICY

New EU chief outlines goals for next legislative period / Appointment of commissioners still to come / Clean Industrial Deal for ‘stronger and more prosperous Europe'

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY GERMANY

“The Green Deal needs a business model” / Chemical segment fears for its competitiveness against global competition

BASF

Ketan Joshi appointed new head of Intermediates division

BASF

Dubourg to leave chemicals giant / Kothrade tapped as president of intermediates

BASF

Capacity expansions planned for JV with Sinopec / New tert-butyl acrylate plant to widen the “Verbund”

BASF

Test batches of South Korean POM to be made available in early 2017 / Joint venture not indicative of a shift away from Europe

PEOPLE

Kothrade to head China's BASF-YPC from 2012