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BASF Group in second quarter 2024:
26 Jul 2024
“Overall, the development of EBITDA before special items in the second quarter of 2024 was in line with our expectations and the analyst consensus. We saw a continuation of the dynamics of the first q
BASF and the University of Graz develop fundamentally new computer-assisted model to optimize efficiency of biocatalytic production processes
24 Jul 2024
Numerous factors influence the efficiency of the enzymes used to produce chemicals. Finding the optimal reaction conditions therefore requires significant time and resources. Researchers from BASF, th
BASF to sell its flocculants business for mining applications to Solenis
17 Jul 2024
BASF has signed an agreement with Solenis, a global producer of specialty chemicals headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, to sell BASF’s flocculants business for mining applications.
BASF Agricultural Solutions plans to change production network of glufosinate-ammonium
10 Jul 2024
BASF plans to cease production of the active ingredient glufosinate-ammonium (GA) at the Knapsack and Frankfurt sites in Germany by the end of 2024 due to economic reasons. The GA formulation in Frank
BASF decides against investment in nickel-cobalt refining complex in Indonesia
24 Jun 2024
Today, BASF announced that the company will not further evaluate a potential investment in a nickel-cobalt refining complex in Weda Bay, Indonesia. In 2020, BASF and Eramet, a global mining and metall
Vattenfall and BASF sign contract with Vestas for latest 15 MW offshore wind turbines in Germany
17 Jun 2024
Vattenfall and BASF have signed supply and service contracts with Vestas for 112 wind turbines of the type V236-15.0 MW. The state-of-the-art turbines will be used in the Nordlicht 1 and 2 offshore wi
BASF researching CO
06 Jun 2024
With the bacterium Basfia succiniciproducens, BASF would like to transform sugar and carbon dioxide into fumaric acid, an important intermediate for chemical production. To this end, the company is co
BASF with solid start to the year: EBITDA before special items in first quarter of 2024 slightly above analysts’ consensus
25 Apr 2024
BASF got off to a solid start in 2024. The company today presented figures for the first quarter of 2024, on the day of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting held in the Congress Center Rosengarten in Mann
BASF and University of California, Berkeley, celebrate their successful 10-year collaboration
23 Apr 2024
BASF and University of California (UC), Berkeley, USA, are celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their collaboration known as the California Research Alliance (CARA). The multidisciplinary research c
BASF, SABIC, and Linde celebrate the start-up of the world's first large-scale electrically heated steam cracking furnace
17 Apr 2024
April 17, 2024 – Today, BASF, SABIC, and Linde have inaugurated the world’s first demonstration plant for large-scale electrically heated steam cracking furnaces. Following three years of development,
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