Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
March 17, 2009
 BASF
is pleased to announce the appointment of Laurent Tainturier as
President of BASF Canada,
effective March 1, 2009. Laurent is administratively responsible
for all businesses in Canada, including Crop Protection,
Chemicals, Plastics and Performance Products, and plays a key
role in continuing BASF’s commitment to Responsible Care® and
its initiatives. In addition, Tainturier manages BASF Canada’s
internal business support groups, such as Communications, Legal,
Finance and Logistics.
“Laurent has built a strong international career with BASF and
brings his broad business knowledge, marketing experience and
diverse leadership skills to the Canadian operations“, said
Fried Münstermann, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of BASF Corporation.
Prior to this appointment, Tainturier held various positions in
the Elastogran Group, the European subsidiary of BASF
Polyurethanes, including Sales and Business Management for
Polyurethanes Specialties in France; General Management of the
Group Company in Turkey, and Business Management, Polyurethanes
Insulation products for Europe-Middle East-Africa at the
Elastogran headquarters in Lemförde, Germany. Tainturier
graduated from the Institut des hautes études de droit rural et
d'économie Agricole (Institute of Advanced Studies in
Agricultural Law and Economics) in Paris, France, in 1985.
BASF Canada is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, and has
manufacturing and sales sites across Canada operated by nearly
500 employees. Facilities are located in Blackie, and Nisku,
Alberta; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Brampton,
Cornwall, Toronto and Windsor, Ontario; and St. Leonard and
Montreal, Quebec.
Responsible Care® is a registered trademark of the Canadian
Chemical Producers’ Association and the American Chemistry
Council.
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BASF Canada, located in Mississauga, Ontario, is a subsidiary of
BASF SE, and an affiliate of BASF Corporation.
BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is
the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
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sales of approximately $17.5 billion in 2008. For more
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performance products to agricultural products, fine chemicals,
as well as oil and gas. 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 approximately 97,000 employees and posted
sales of more than €62 billion in 2008. BASF shares are traded
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