BASF bought Engelhard for US$5 billion.

Early history

The company was started by Charles W. Engelhard Sr. in 1902 when he purchased the Charles F. Croselmire Company in Newark, New Jersey with the proceeds from his wife's dowry. His wife Emilie Maria was the daughter of German brandy distiller Freidrich Canthal He subsequently founded the American Platinum Works in 1903 and acquired several other companies. In 1904, he

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