Successor to Jürgen Hambrecht, who is leaving the Supervisory Board as planned

23-Jun-2020

The Supervisory Board of BASF SE has elected Dr. Kurt Bock as the new chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE. Bock had previously been elected to the Supervisory Board of BASF SE by the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting as a shareholder representative. The term runs until the end of the Annual ...

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Construction started in Harjavalta, Finland and secured building permit for plant in Schwarzheide, Germany

16-Jun-2020

Preparations and construction of BASF’s battery materials plants in Europe are advancing as planned. After the casting of the foundation for its precursor cathode active material (PCAM) plant in Harjavalta, Finland, BASF has officially started construction. In addition, BASF has secured the ...

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Important milestone in the development of the company’s US$10 billion investment project

03-Jun-2020

On May 30, BASF kicked off the piling work of the first plants of its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China. This came as another important milestone in the development of the company’s US$10 billion investment project since its official commencement in November 2019. The first ...

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Average annual investment of at least €1.5 billion until 2025

07-May-2020

The company management and employee representatives at BASF SE signed a new site agreement. Entitled “Living the new BASF together!”, the agreement applies to the approximately 34,000employees of BASF SE at the Ludwigshafen site. It will run for five and a half years (from June1,2020 until ...

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High uncertainty about future economic developments in 2020

04-May-2020

BASF Group’s sales in the first quarter of 2020 increased by 7percent compared with the prior-year quarter to €16.8billion. This was mainly driven by a 4percent increase in volumes. Income from operations (EBIT) before special items was €1.6billion, down by 6percent compared with the first ...

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Create new value for plastics to tackle global challenge

21-Apr-2020

Security Matters, Ltd and BASF sign a binding joint development agreement to develop solutions for plastics traceability and circularity. Plastics, with unique characteristics and when used properly, contribute to a more sustainable and resource efficient future. However, to move towards a ...

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09-Mar-2020

Fortum, BASF, and Nornickel have signed a letter of intent to plan a battery recycling cluster in Harjavalta, Finland, serving the electric vehicle market. This would enable a successful “closed loop” cycle to re-use the critical metals present in used batteries. Using metals from recycled ...

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Impacts from coronavirus expected

28-Feb-2020

BASF generated sales of €59.3 billion in the 2019 business year; the slight decline in sales compared with the previous year resulted from lower volumes and prices. Income from operations (EBIT) before special items was €4.5billion, down by €1.7billion from the prior-year level as a result of ...

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24-Feb-2020

By 2030, BASF wants to increase the proportion of women in leadership positions to 30percent worldwide. At the end of 2019, the proportion of female managers was 23.0percent (2018: 21.7percent). In 2015, BASF had set itself the target of increasing the proportion of women in leadership roles ...

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13-Feb-2020

BASF is announcing a new battery materials production site in Schwarzheide, Germany, as part of its multi-step investment plan to support the European electric vehicle (EV) value chain. This state-of-the art plant will produce cathode active materials (CAM) with an initial capacity enabling the ...

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