	basf u s profit turnover boosted by acquisitions basf ag basf f said net profit of its u s operating company basf corp rose last calendar year to mln dlrs from mln in turnover rose by by more than one billion dlrs to billion the parent company said in a statement the rise however partly reflected the inclusion of the first full business year of three acquisitions made in excluding these basf corp turnover rose four pct from acquisitions were the high performance connecting materials operations of celanese corp inmont corp bought from united technologies and american enka bought from akzo nv akzo as basf said it expected a u s investment of mln dlrs in part of a five year programme totalling one billion u s projects completed in included the second acrylic acid plant in freeport texas a technical centre in southfield michigan in which paint lines from automotive plants can be refitted and the new agricultural research centre in research triangle park in durham north carolina basf said that work this year had begun in geismar louisiana on plants for production of special amines and polytetrahydrofuran as well as for expansion of capacity for producing tetrahydrofuran reuter 
