BASF Building Systems

Shakopee, MN United States

 

Company Description

What, other than gravity, keeps your floor from floating up into the heavens? It might be the products manufactured by BASF Building Systems, a business unit within BASF's Construction Chemicals division. The division makes adhesives and sealants that bond wood and rubberized flooring to various substrates; its products are also used by the automotive industry to bond metal, plastics, and laminates. BASF Building Systems also manufactures sealants, water repellents, grouting, and concrete and masonry repair products. In 2006 BASF, the world's largest chemicals maker, bought Degussa's Construction Chemicals unit for about $3 billion.