By Patrick Raleigh UT On-line news editorLemforde Germany-Elastogran GmbH is closing its automotive specialties operation at Olching, Germany, as part of an on-going plan to concentrate activities at its headquarters site in Lemforde. The Olching unit is due close by mid-2005, according to a spokesman for the BASF AG subsidiary. The company expects most of the unit's 150 employees to transfer to Lemforde, he said."