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^{Faits et statistiques de 2020}

~10000
employés en recherche et développement dans le monde

> 2 milliards €
en investissement en recherche et développement

16.7 milliards €
en ventes de produits « accélérateurs

~950
nouveaux brevets à l’échelle mondiale

Collaborations dans le cadre d’alliances et de réseaux avec des universités et des instituts

Nous innovons dans le cadre de huit alliances de recherche scientifique et nous entretenons des relations étroites avec environ 250 universités, instituts et groupes de recherche individuels dans le monde entier. La collaboration consiste à réunir les bonnes personnes pour trouver des réponses aux grands défis d’aujourd’hui.

Optimism is what drives all human beings. At BASF, this motivates us every day to develop solutions for the greatest challenges of our time – so we can better protect the climate, make optimal use of limited resources and provide food, energy and clean water for a booming world population.

Only with innovations from chemistry can we solve the pressing questions of the future, grow as BASF and remain competitive. That is why we are working intensively with customers and partners to develop innovative products and optimize processes and the use of raw materials. With our solutions, we hold the key to leading ourselves, our customers and society towards climate neutrality and a circular economy. Therefore, we have a special responsibility.

Dr. Stephan Kothrade

Member of the Board of Executive Directors
and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of BASF SE

Mitglied des Vorstands und Chief Technology Officer (CTO) der BASF SE, verantwortlich für Monomers; Performance Materials; Group Research sowie Greater China.

Our Research Focus: Overcoming the challenges of our time.

We are a global leader in chemical industry R&D. Our researchers in labs around the globe are working on hundreds of research projects to meet the challenges of our customers and create chemistry for a sustainable future.

african american woman tending to kale in communal urban garden

Sustainable Food Supply

It is one of the most important tasks of our time to produce high-quality and safe food. With more than 100 years of experience, BASF continues to research solutions that help farmers protect crops and ensure yields.

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Aerial view of a grassy roundabout with four exits, surrounded by trees and green fields - scientific equations and sketches highlighting the flow of traffic are overlaid on the picture.

Mobility of the Future

BASF is researching cathode active materials (CAM), the key component of lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles. But that is not all: our researchers work on improving many more factors for sustainable mobility of the future, all with the goal to make mobility cleaner, quieter, safer and more comfortable.

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Circular Economy

A circular economy could be the biggest economic transformation since the industrial revolution and research plays a key role in achieving this ambitious goal. BASF is researching multiple projects, such as developing compostable and biobased consumer products and recycling processes to turn waste into new chemical products.

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Climate protection is a central component of the BASF strategy. For many years, the company has been continuously reducing its CO2 emissions. For further significant reduction, innovative processes such as methane pyrolysis are developed as part of our Carbon Management R&D Program. In the project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany), BASF researchers are working on a new reactor concept in which hydrogen can be produced without CO2 emissions. The construction of a test facility is a decisive step towards large-scale implementation. Plant designer Christina Maisel (left) and engineer Bernd Zoels (right) inspect the assembly of the reactor of the test facility at the Verbund site in Ludwigshafen (Germany).

Climate-smart processes

We want to live up to our responsibility for climate protection. One way we do this is with our products, which enable our customers to lower CO₂ emissions. We also become more efficient in our production and energy use, we will increase our use of renewable energies and we will accelerate the development of new CO₂-free processes for the production of chemicals.

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Sustainable Consumer Products

Our customers have a growing need to differentiate with sustainability. They face new regulations and standards in value chains, as well as changing societal and business environments. Thus, sustainability is starting in our labs with research to create new solutions for consumer industries.

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Our Research and Development Verbund: The basis of our innovative power.

Digitalization in research helps make research work more efficient, expand knowledge networks and create more room for creativity. Chemist Dr. Fangfang Chu and Dr. Eduard Schreiner, an expert in molecular simulations, discuss the computer simulation of microencapsulation. These are used to protect active ingredients from moisture and oxygen, for example. Simulations can help improve the understanding and prediction of the complex chemical and physical interactions within the microcapsule. This enables laboratory test series to be planned more effectively.

Research & Development

Innovations are one of the essential factors in BASF’s success. The knowledge and skills of our highly qualified employees are our most valuable resources and the source of our innovative strength. In 2025, approximately 9,000 employees worldwide were working in research and development (R&D).

Diverse teams produce creative ideas and innnovative solutions - as a research-driven company, BASF knows the value of this.

Academic Collaboration

Our global network of top universities, research institutes and companies gives us direct access to external scientific expertise, talented minds from various disciplines as well as new technologies.

Lili Zhang (left), lab chemist, checks polymer pellets for extrusion experiments with Siqi Xue (right), lab manager. BASF is one of the world’s leading producers of high-quality plastics. Research teams across the globe are systematically developing the properties of plastics to open up diverse applications in automotive, electrical & electronics and packaging industries.

Industry Partnerships

We pursue open innovation: together with other innovative companies, we bundle competences, develop best practices and work on sustainable products and solutions.

Our Academic Research Alliances bundle partnerships by topic and region.
We offer scientists from universities and research institutes the opportunity to participate in research projects and thereby to create added value for our society by developing innovative solutions.

Effective and efﬁcient research and development is a prerequisite for innovation. This is how we ensure our long-term business success with chemistry-based solutions for our customers in almost all sectors of industry.

Our research and development at a glance

Facts and Figures 2025

~9,000
employees in R&D woldwide

~€2 bn

expenses for R&D

~€11 bn

sales with products launched on the market in the past five years that stemmed from R&D

898

new patents worldwide

Immer mehr Elektroautos werden jedes Jahr weltweit zugelassen. Gleichzeitig sind die Rohstoffe für ihre Batterien begrenzt und deren Gewinnung ist mit negativen Umweltauswirkungen verbunden. BASF-Forscher am Standort Ludwigshafen arbeiten daher an einem neuen chemischen Verfahren, damit das in der Batterie enthaltene Lithium in hochreiner Form zurückgewonnen werden kann. Dabei werden zudem Abfälle vermieden und der CO2-Fußabdruck gegenüber bisherigen Recyclingverfahren gesenkt. Laborantin Theresa Simon prüft die Kristallisation der Lithiumsalze in einem Laborreaktor.

Our experts: creating chemistry for a sustainable future.

They develop new products, processes and solutions that make our everyday lives easier and enable climate protection. Learn more about their stories.

Research Press Briefing 2025

From innovative products and processes to the use of AI in research – BASF offered exciting insights into the future of the chemical industry.

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Chez BASF, l’optimisme nous pousse chaque jour à trouver des solutions aux plus grands défis de notre époque, afin de mieux préserver le climat, d’utiliser les ressources de façon raisonnée et de fournir de la nourriture, de l’énergie et de l’eau potable à l’ensemble de la population mondiale.

C’est grâce aux innovations que BASF est devenue leader mondial de la chimie. Aujourd’hui, nos clients et la société dans son ensemble recherchent plus que jamais des solutions innovantes. Nous avons tous besoin de répondre aux enjeux tels que le changement climatique, la rareté des ressources et la pollution des océans. En tant qu’entreprise de la chimie la plus innovante, BASF agit de manière responsable, parce que les innovations basées sur la chimie sont essentielles pour répondre à ces enjeux ".

Martin Brudermüller

CEO de BASF SE