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Stefan Beckmann to lead BASF Petronas Chemicals, Malaysia

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Stefan Beckmann has been appointed Managing Director, BASF Petronas Chemicals Sdn. Bhd., based in Malaysia, effective today (28 Feb. 2014). He succeeds Joachim Queisser, who has been appointed Senior Vice President, Polyamides & Precursors Europe, BASF.


Beckmann started his career with BASF in 1992 at the Research and Development Colorants Laboratory, BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen. Between 1992 and 2011, he held various management positions in different divisions of BASF, including four years as the General Manager (Acrylics), at BASF Petronas Chemicals. Immediately prior to assuming his new role, he was Senior Vice President, Home Care & Formulation Technologies Europe, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen. Stefan Beckmann holds a doctorate in organic chemistry from Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität of Münster, Germany.


BASF Petronas Chemicals is a Malaysian-based joint venture between BASF SE ‘The Chemical Company’ and Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), Malaysia’s National Oil Company, under its’ subsidiary Petronas Chemicals Group (PCG). Incorporated in 1997, the company operates an integrated complex situated at the Gebeng Industrial Zone, Pahang. The company’s share of capital is 60 % held by BASF SE and 40 % by PCG with a total investment of about RM3.4 billion (USD 900 million) in production facilities for acrylic monomers, oxo products and butanediol.


The range of chemicals produced by BASF Petronas Chemicals meet the growing demand in various industries including plastics, adhesives, lacquers, dyestuff, automobile and industrial coatings, paper, diapers, water treatment, textile and leather.
 

 
 
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