BASF has sold its special-effects films business, marketed by BASF under the trade name Aurora®, to RMS Packaging Inc., Peekskill, NY.

FLORHAM PARK, NJ – BASF has sold its special-effects films business, marketed by BASF under the trade name Aurora®, to RMS Packaging Inc., Peekskill, NY. The divestiture of this product line includes the sale of manufacturing equipment currently housed in Peekskill. As part of the agreement, BASF will transfer 12 employees to RMS Packaging Inc.

BASF will retain ownership of the Peekskill facility, where the company also manufactures pigments, and will lease the building where the special-effects films are manufactured to RMS Packaging Inc., which will continue to produce the products in Peekskill.