Effective immediately or as contracts allow, BASF is increasing its European sales prices for Dimethylaminopropylamine (DMAPA) by 75,00 Euro per ton. This price increase is necessary mainly as a result of increased raw material costs. DMAPA is mainly used for the production of personal care products, flocculants in Water treatment and agrochemicals.
BASF strengthens R&D with more powerful supercomputer
BASF has started up a new supercomputer at its Ludwigshafen site to replace the existing one. With 3 petaflops of computing power, the new supercomputer is considerably more powerful than its 1.75 petaflop predecessor. “Digital technologies are among the most important instruments to furthe ... more
Chemovator, the business incubator of BASF, opens its doors for startups outside of the company
For five years, Chemovator has been working under the umbrella of BASF to develop scalable and investable business models from ideas that originated from within the company. As of now, the incubator opens its doors to all early-stage startups working on the successful and sustainable future ... more
BASF starts 2023 better than expected in a stagnating environment
“BASF started off 2023 better than analysts had expected – and in a stagnating and difficult economic environment,” said Dr. Martin Brudermüller, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE. The BASF businesses with customers in the agricultural and automotive sectors made a sub ... more
Industrial implementation of the ammonia synthesis - How does it work?
In September 1913, the first industrial-scale ammonia production plant came on stream at BASF in Ludwigshafen. The Haber-Bosch process for ammonia synthesis, which was first successfully operated at BASF Ludwigshafen in September 1913, was the decisive step into the age of mineral fertilize ... more
BASF-YPC Company Limited is a large scale petrochemical 50:50 joint venture between BASF and Sinopec. With a total investment amounting to USD 2.9 billion, its IPS (Integrated Petrochemical Site) I Project was started in September 2001 and put into commercial operation in June 2005. Our mis ... more
BASF Construction Solutions GmbH
BASF Construction Polymers GmbH, Trostberg, Germany, is a leading innovator and producer of construction and oilfield polymers. Our product portfolio for construction chemicals consists of superplasticizers, dispersants, plasticizers, rheology modifying agents, stabilizers, defoamers and ai ... more
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