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Aromatic Chemical BASF will double its manufacturing capacity for certain alkylethonalamines (AEOA) by mid-2009. This

expansion is the company’s response to increases in its customers’ demand for these products. BASF manufactures its range

of AEOA specialties at the integrated Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, by means of a flexible, fully backward-

integrated multi-product facility. AEOA, such as ethylethanolamines, propylethanolamines and butylethanolamines, are used

successfully in a wide array of applications, for example in coatings and lubricants, in pharmaceutical and agrochemical

products. AEOA belong to the alkylalkanolamine category that BASF now makes at its sites in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and

Geismar, USA, with a total annual capacity of 70,000 metric tons.“As one of the globally leading amine manufacturers, we are

expanding our production capacity in response to our customers’ growing demand for specific AEOAs,” said Dr. Stefan Blank,

head of the regional Amines business unit within BASF’s Intermediates division. He added: “We are pleased to see that this

increase in demand is driven mainly by innovations that we have developed in cooperation with our customers.” Examples of

this are the development of a new AEOA for high-grade emulsion paints and new options to use products from the existing AEOA

portfolio, for instance in certain industrial applications.The world’s most multifaceted amine selectionBASF has the world’

s most diverse portfolio of amines available to customers. In addition to alkyl-, alkanol-, alkoxyalkyl-, di- and polyamines,

the company also produces aromatic as well as heterocyclic amines. In addition it is marketing a constantly expanding

portfolio of chiral amines of high optical and chemical purity. BASF produces amines in Ludwigshafen and Schwarzheide

(Germany), Antwerp (Belgium), in Geismar, in Cama?ari (Brazil), and in Nanjing, the Verbund site in China.Amines are being

utilized with great success in manufacturing pharmaceuticals and cosmetics as well as cleaning and crop protection agents.

They are also used in producing various plastics and coating resins. Amines are part of process chemical formulations

applied, for instance, in water treatment as well as paper, textile and leather manufacturing.BASFThe BASF Group’s operating

division Intermediates develops, produces and markets the world’s largest range of intermediates containing more than 600

products. The most important of the division's product groups include amines, diols, polyalcohols, acids and specialties.

Among other applications, intermediates are used as starting materials for coatings, plastics, pharmaceuticals, textile

fibers, detergents and crop protectants. Innovative intermediates from BASF help to improve the properties of final products

and the efficiency of production processes. The ISO 9001:2000-certified operating division Intermediates operates plants at

production sites in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. In 2006, the division generated world sales of about €2.3 billion with

2,600 employees. For more information, go to http://www.basf.de/intermediates.BASF is the world’s leading chemical company:

The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from oil and gas to chemicals, plastics, performance products, agricultural

products and fine chemicals. As a reliable partner BASF helps its customers in virtually all industries to be more

successful. With its high-value products and intelligent solutions, BASF plays an important role in finding answers to global

challenges such as climate protection, energy efficiency, nutrition and mobility. BASF has more than 95,000 employees and

posted sales of almost €58 billion in 2007. Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com.