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The new edition of BASF's innovation podcast "Chemistry of
Innovations" talks about sport surfaces systems which can help make
athletes faster.

Nowadays sports surfaces are like high-tech sports equipment that
has a decisive impact on an athlete's performance. The surface can
make all the difference being tenths of a second faster in sprints.
Those sports surfaces are not prefabricated and then laid, in fact
they are poured on as a liquid right in the stadium with the help of
special plastics. So one can always check and optimize the track in a
stadium during the actual laying process. With this fine tuning the
athletes get back part of the energy they use every time they pound
the surface.

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More information:
Performance Flooring at BASF - CONICA Sports Surfaces
http://www.conica.basf.com/en/Pages/default.aspx

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Originaltext: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
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Pressekontakt:
Editorial contact for sports surfaces related questions:
BASF Construction Chemicals Europe AG, Division CONICA
Sibylle Lehmann
Marketing Services Sports
Phone: +41 58 958-2543
Fax: +41 58 958-3543
E-Mail: sibylle.lehmann@basf.com

Further editorial contact:
For the UK:
BASF plc
Chris Wilson
Corporate Communications
Phone: +44-161-488-5616
Fax: +44-161-488-4133
E-Mail: chris.wilson@basf.com

For the US:
BASF Corporation
Betsy Arnone
Corporate Communications
Phone: +1 973 245-7865
Fax: +1 973 245-6714
E-Mail: betsy.arnone@basf.com

For Germany/Europe:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft
Rainer Mueller-Mueffelmann
Corporate Innovation Communications
Phone: +49 621 60-41040
Fax: +49 621 60-20548
E-Mail: podcast@basf.com