MOSCOW (MRC) -- Hawkins and BASF signed an exclusive distribution agreement for the distribution of BASF's water solutions portfolio throughout the Midwestern US, reported Hydrocarbonprocessing with reference to officials' announcement.
Product lines included in the agreement are BASF's Zetag, Magnafloc LT, Burst, Magnasol and Antiprex brands.
These solutions address the needs of the water treatment industry in a variety of applications such as drinking and wastewater treatment, industrial process water treatment and environmental remediation.
"Hawkins offers BASF Water Solutions customers a high level of service by deploying over 150 technical sales professionals across the Central United States," said Linda Muroski, head of BASF's water solutions business in North America.
"Through our agreement with Hawkins, our customers in the Midwest will be able to focus on solutions to their ever changing water challenges by leveraging BASF's high-performing quality products," she added.
"We are excited to be partnering with BASF Water Solutions, with its tremendous product line and deep expertise in water treatment chemistry," said Patrick Hawkins, CEO of Hawkins. "We believe that BASF's product offerings will allow us to even better serve our customers' needs into the future."
We also remind that, as MRC wrote previously, BASF will form a global business unit (GBU) combining all of its pigments activities effective January 2016. In the second half of 2016, BASF intends to carve out its pigments business and establish separate legal entities.
BASF is the largest diversified chemical company in the world and is headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF produces a wide range of chemicals, for example solvents, amines, resins, glues, electronic-grade chemicals, industrial gases, basic petrochemicals and inorganic chemicals. The most important customers for this segment are the pharmaceutical, construction, textile and automotive industries. BASF had sales of over EUR74 billion in 2014 and over 113,000 employees as of the end of the year.
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