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Personnel Changes at BASF

Anup Kothari will assume responsibility for the Division Nutrition & Health, Lampertheim.

Anup Kothari, President, Performance Chemicals, Ludwigshafen, will assume responsibility for the Division Nutrition & Health, Lampertheim, effective February 1, 2021.

Thomas Kloster, Senior Vice President, Automotive OEM Coatings Solutions EMEA, BASF Coatings GmbH, Münster, will, as President, assume responsibility for Performance Chemicals at the same time.

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