BASF
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BASF is a German company based in Ludwigshafen that is the world's largest producer of chemicals. It matters because as the global leader in chemical manufacturing, BASF supplies essential materials used across industries like agriculture, construction, automotive, and consumer goods.
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- Company.name
- BASF SE
- Company.logo
- BASF-Logo bw.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 205px
- Company.type
- Public
- Company.industry
- Chemicals
- Company.founder
- Friedrich Engelhorn
- Company.products
- Chemicals, plastics, performance chemicals, catalysts, coatings, crop technology, crude oil and natural gas exploration and production
- Company.revenue
- (2023)
- Company.operating_income
- €2.24 billion (2023)
- Company.net_income
- €225 million (2023)
- Company.assets
- €77.4 billion (2023)
- Company.equity
- €36.6 billion (2023)
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31 sectionsContents
- History
- Aniline dyes (1869)
- Solvay process soda (1880)
- Knietsch sulfuric acid (1890)
- Haber's ammonia (1913)
- World War I
- IG Farben (1921)
- World War II
- BASF refounded (1952)
- Post-WW2 20th century
- 21st century
- Past activity
- Notable lawsuit
- Dicamba lawsuit
- Finances
- Business segments and leadership
- Chemicals
- Plastics
- Performance products
- Functional Solutions
- Agricultural
- Biotechnology
- Oil and gas
- Leadership
- Investors
- Production
- Environmental record
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
BASF SE (), an initialism of its original name , is a German multinational company and the largest chemical producer in the world. Its headquarters is located in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
BASF comprises subsidiaries and joint ventures in more than 80 countries, operating six integrated production sites and 390 other production sites across Europe, Asia, Australia, the Americas and Africa. BASF has customers in over 190 countries and supplies products to a wide variety of industries. Despite its size and global presence, BASF has received relatively little public attention since it abandoned the manufacture and sale of BASF-branded consumer electronics products in the 1990s.
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