WYANDOTTE, MI, May 18, 2011 – BASF’s Engineering Plastics business was recently recognized as a premier supplier by Eaton Corporation as part of their supplier awards recognition program. The Eaton supplier award program recognizes its top suppliers for their contributions in the areas of cost management, innovation, quality, delivery, and other attributes delivered in 2010 that contributed to Eaton’s success.

"We are proud to honor these suppliers for their outstanding service and commitment to excellence,” said Craig Reed, Senior Vice President at Eaton Corporation responsible for Supply Chain Management.

Lawrence Berkowski, Senior Vice President of BASF’s North American Engineering Plastics Business states, “We are proud to be a recipient of this award and we thank Eaton for recognizing our commitment to excellence in service.”

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Pictured from left to right: Shawn Pecor, Eaton Vice President, Supply Chain Management; Reinhold Platz, E-KTE Key Account Manager, BASF Corporation; Larry Berkowski, Sr. VP of Engineering Plastics at BASF Corporation; and Craig Reed, Eaton Senior Vice President Supply Chain Management.

BASF – The Chemical Company

BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has approximately 16,400 employees in North America, and had sales of $17.7 billion in 2010. For more information about BASF’s North American operations, visit www.basf.us.

BASF is the world’s leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products, and agricultural products to oil and gas. As a reliable partner, BASF creates chemistry to help 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 posted sales of more than €63.9 billion in 2010 and had approximately 109,000 employees as of the end of the year. Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com or in the Social Media Newsroom at newsroom.basf.com.