On November 25, BASF-YPC Company Limited (BYC) jointly organized with Jiangsu Maritime Safety Administration a forum titled as “Inland River Chemical Transportation & Sustainability” aiming at sharing experience and broadening minds to realize the sustainable development of the chemical products transportation on the inland rivers.

With the support of the education bureau of Luhe district, BASF-YPC Company Limited (BYC) gave financial assistance to Ma’an Town Junior High School to upgrade its library by adding more books and facilities, thus enabling it to have a well-equipped library which provides a nice environment for study and communication.

The first production facilities in the $1.4 billion expansion of BASF-YPC Company Limited have now begun operations. Along with the successful completion of the steam cracker expansion, the newly constructed butadiene extraction plant and the non-ionic surfactants plant are now operational.

Dr. Stephan Kothrade will become President of BASF-YPC Company Limited, effective January 1, 2012. Dr. Kothrade will succeed Dr. Bernd Blumenberg, who will retire at the end of 2011.

In order to share our values and principles with our business partners, on September 2nd, BASF-YPC Company Limited (BYC) held a forum titled with “Live Sustainable Development with Customers” attended by more than 60 customer representatives from 53 companies all over the country. It was the biggest customer-interaction activity since the Company’s inception.

To demonstrate latest solutions for environmental protection and safe production, on June 18th, a one-day forum titled with “Sustainable Development for a Better and Greener Future” focusing on the sustainable development of the chemical industry in Nanjing was held by BASF-YPC Company Limited in association with Nanjing Environmental Protection Bureau, Administrative Committee of N...