On April 20th BASF announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell itscatalysts manufacturing facility in Nanjing,eastern China,to Sud-Chemie AG,a worldwideleading specialty chemical company for catalysts and adsorbents headquartered inMunich,Germany.The facility is independent from BASF’s main Verbund site in Nanjing.The facility produces more than 30 different types of syngas catalysts,including