Heinz to head BASFs performance product segment

Effective May 6, 2011, Margret Suckale, 54, and Michael Heinz, 46, will be newly named as the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE. Suckale will become Industrial Relations Director and head of Ressort II, and Heinz will take over as head of Ressort IV. BASF has six segments, based on related products, customer industries and production processes. Heinz will head the Performance Product segment which includes Dispersions & Pigments, Care Chemicals, Nutrition & Health, Paper Chemicals, Performance Chemicals and Polymer Research. Suckale will head Human Resources, Environment, Health & Safety, Verbund Site Management Europe, Engineering & Maintenance. (October 21, 2010)