The objective of the New Business Development Unit is straightforward: to respond quickly to your product needs and to help improve your competitiveness by developing new intermediates that meet your specific requirements, your deadlines and your cost targets. Whether you need a specific compound that is not commercially available or if you're interested in an alternate source, we can help. We will evaluate your request quickly, reliably and confidentially and, if the technical and cost factors are reasonable, we will conduct the development work for you. A key strength of BASF is our access to a wide range of core technologies. Also, the depth of our chemical expertise enables us to keep pace with increasing demands for innovative product solutions. Two recent, important additions to our core capabilities are Vinyl Ethers and Chiral Amines. We would be particularly pleased to work with you in these areas. BASF has developed a unique combination of in-depth resources to meet your increasingly demanding requirements. These resources include: Research and Development BASF has five major research laboratories with state-of-the-art facilities. In total, more than 10,000 people are employed for R&D within BASF. It is from this pool of expertise that we draw the specialists that can help solve your particular needs. The first job here is to determine the best synthetic route and then to optimize yields and selectivity. Ready access to the latest analytical methods and techniques is an advantage we bring at this stage of your project. Pilot Plant to Commercial Production Our process chemists and engineers take the synthesis and work towards proving its feasibility on the pilot plant level. The information gathered here scopes out all aspects of the process so that we can meet the production and quality demands of your product. Also, small-scale production volumes can be supplied at this time. ISO 9001 Certified / GMP This process optimization work opens the door to the plant selection from more than 250 state-of-the-art facilities in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and others around the world. All Chemical Intermediate production units and support functions are ISO 9001 certified. We are prepared to work under GMP guidelines, if required. Support Service Functions The choice of synthetic route, pilot plant and production facility is also a function of upholding the strictest standards of product and process safety, regulatory compliance and health and environmental practices. All new processes are designed to adhere to or exceed all regulatory standards before moving to pilot and/or manufacturing facilities. We can also provide you with timely information on analysis, CofA's, product safety, toxicology and new product registrations.