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See also Engelhard (disambiguation):

Engelhard Corporation is an international Fortune 500 company headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey. It is credited with pioneering development of the catalytic converter.

BASF recently initiated a hostile takeover for Engelhard.

On May 30 2006, Engelhard was taken over by BASF after the board agreed for the takeover of BASF. BASF paid $39 per share. The transaction totalled $5 billion.

On August 2, 2006, BASF began to rename Engelhard worldwide. This started in the USA with BASF Catalysts LLC.