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BASF co-hosts firefighting contest to enhance fire safety awareness
Shanghai, China – November 23, 2018 – BASF and Shanghai Chemical Industry Park (SCIP) co-hosted a firefighting contest at BASF Caojing site today, to promote fire safety awareness and emergency response. A total of 105 contestants from 15 teams participated to demonstrate their professional firefighting competence. The contest attracted over 300 residents from the neighboring community, together with teachers and students from local universities and vocational schools.
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BASF has been a committed partner to Greater China since 1885. With investments in Shanghai, Nanjing and Chongqing, BASF is a major foreign investor in China’s chemical industry, and maintains the Innovation Campus Shanghai as a global and regional research and development hub. BASF posted sales of €7.3 billion in 2017 to customers in Greater China, and employed 8,982 people as of the end of that year. For further information, please visit www.basf.com/cn.
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At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. The more than 115,000 employees in the BASF Group work on contributing to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio is organized into four segments: Chemicals, Performance Products, Functional Materials & Solutions and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of more than €60 billion in 2017. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (BAS). Further information at www.basf.com.