BASF to reshape SAP platform in North America.

BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California)
BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company)
BASF Builders Association of South Florida will build a new production facility for superabsorbent polymers in Freeport, TX and close its current operations in Aberdeen, MS and Portsmouth, VA. The closures will occur when the new facility becomes operational in raid 2007. "Decommissioning Decommissioning is a general term for a formal process to remove something from operational status. Some specific instances include:

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two existing operations and replacing their capacity with a new facility at our Freeport complex will help us maintain our leadership position in this important market," said Joe Breunig, group vice president of Functional Polymers Functional polymers are polymers with advanced optic and/or electronic properties. Advantages of functional polymers are low cost, ease of processing and a range of attractive mechanical characteristics for functional organic molecules. in North America

The Freeport plant will reportedly be another milestone in BASF's strategy of strengthening its acrylic acid acrylic acid /acryl·ic ac·id/ a readily polymerizing liquid used as a monomer for acrylic polymers. value chain by continuously enhancing product quality, availability and competitiveness.

The planned site's capacity was not announced.

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Title Annotation:	Nonwoven news: a look at what's going on in the industry; superabsorbent polymers
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