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BASF chemistry spans 10,000 R&D employees world wide, 280 universities and over 78,000 customers. We strive to be your partner of choice in Sustainable Innovation. Join our network of innovators!

Innovation

What we do

How we do it

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Make a new bond with BASF - The Chemistry of Collaboration

Collaboration is about Connection, Connection is about people. Who or what can we help you find? #Letscreatechemistry

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Start-up

We want to improve many areas of life. If you think you can contribute with your idea, technology or business model, we want to hear from you!

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 the synthesis gas direct conversion for the synthesis of olefins, our research is developing. Olefins are intermediate substances, for the production of cleaning materials, aroma chemicals or superabsorbents. New process technologies and catalysts can reduce the carbon footprint of olefin production by up to 50 percent.Lab Team Leader Sabine Schuster and chemical laboratory technician Oliver Secosan are changing the catalysts in the new synthesis gas direct conversion plant.

Industry

We cherish our partners from different industries as experienced experts. Let's get together to find innovative solutions!

Virtual Customer Innovation offering

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Academia

We look forward to innovating and collaborating with excellent researchers around the world. Bring in your expertise and partner with an industry leader!

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Innovation Challenges: Discover collaboration opportunities with BASF

Halo Science: Discover collaboration opportunities with BASF

Halo Science is an AI-Powered technical marketplace for R&D partnering. Here you can explore possibilities to partner up with BASF and drive scientific progress. Turn your ideas into reality and transform the future together with BASF's funding opportunities.

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Personal Care: Care Creation

Together we will innovate personal care: Oils, surfactants, rheology modifiers, UV filters, actives - these are just some of the products BASF develops for the personal care industry. We invite you to join our open innovation.

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Agriculture: Open Innovation Platform

Have you identified novel molecules and you are curious to see effects on weeds, fungi or insects? Just send us a sample and we will do the in vivo screening for you. Read more about the entire Open Innovation Platform process.

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Agriculture: AgroStart

AgroStart is where we meet start-ups to cultivate the future of digital agriculture - together! Check out our offer and join us.

Customer Needs

Virtual customer innovation offering

BASF offers Virtual Customer Innovation workshops for customers who are seeking solutions to address an unmet need. If you’re a BASF customer, we invite you to partner with our global technical experts and jointly explore ideas to help solve your challenge.

An expert opinion - Meet our Smart Scientists

Smart Scientists

At BASF, we are proud of our scientists. They drive innovations and help us change the world we live in for the better. Our innovation strength is based on our global team of about 10,000 qualified employees with various scientific specializations. Have a look behind the scenes of BASF R&D and get to know our experts who create chemistry for a sustainable future.

Elevating Excellence: BASF Pharma Solutions Technical Service Lab in India

Welcome to the BASF Pharma Solutions Applications Lab in Mumbai, India.

Dedicated to providing in-depth knowledge of excipients and formulations, this lab is equipped with the capabilities to support the development of oral, solubilization, and topical solutions, enabling you to unlock the full potential of your APIs.

Thanks to our extensive network of R&D and Applications Labs in India, Germany, USA, Brazil and China, we can provide efficient and reliable services to our customers, no matter their market.

To connect with our regional Technical Service teams, please submit your inquiries here: https://pharma.basf.com/speak-with-an-expert

Join us in our efforts to innovate for a sustainable future: we welcome you to bring in your expertise to help with our ongoing challenges. In our open collaborations, you may find a perfect match with your profile. Take initiative and get in touch with us.

Ongoing Challenges

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Results: 2074

Im Motorraum werden Kunststoffe für Pumpen und Ventile aufgrund der steigenden Anforderungen der E-Mobilität unter Hydrolysebedingungen (Wasser-Glykol) getestet. Mithilfe der Arrhenius-Gleichung lässt sich die Lebensdauer von Kunststoffkomponenten – wie dem Ultramid® Polyamid mit verbesserter Hydrolysebeständigkeit, Glasfaserverstärkung und geringem Halogengehalt – zuverlässig auf über 100.000 Stunden extrapolieren. So kann, wie in diesem Fall sichergestellt werden, dass die geforderten 45.000 bis 55.000 Betriebsstunden erreicht werden.
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January 12, 2026

Innovative polyamide materials from BASF meet new requirements of eMobility

With the further development of eMobility, the requirements for the ageing resistance of plastics in contact with chemicals are increasing significantly.

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January 8, 2026

CDP awards BASF leadership status

The non-profit organization CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) has rated BASF as one of the world’s leading companies in the areas of forest and climate protection and sustainable water management.

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January 8, 2026

Cosmet’Agora 2026: BASF celebrates uniqueness and self-expression in the cosmetics industry

At this year’s Cosmet’Agora, held from January 13 to 14 in Paris, BASF’s Personal Care business is advancing its Beyond Beauty vision by celebrating uniqueness and self-expression in the cosmetics industry.

Start-up of the steam cracker at BASF’s Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. Photo: BASF

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January 7, 2026

Start-up of the steam cracker at BASF’s Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China

BASF has successfully commissioned the steam cracker at its newly built Verbund site in Zhanjiang in South China as scheduled. This is the first cracker in the world using 100 percent renewable energy to drive its main compressors (eDrives).

Signing Ceremony -BASF | Nunhems to acquire Noble Seeds Pvt. Ldt. From left to right, Noble Seeds: Surinder Kaur, Sudha Mani, Ravi Rana (standing), Lakshmi M. N., G. K. Hegde (standing), From BASF | Nunhems: Rajendra Velagala, Rene Hogenboom, and G. Chaluvaraju.
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December 18, 2025

BASF | Nunhems to acquire Noble Seeds Pvt. Ltd., strengthening its leading position in India’s vegetable seed market

BASF | Nunhems, housed under Nunhems India Pvt. Ltd., has today formally agreed to acquire Noble Seeds Pvt. Ltd., a recognized player in India’s vegetable seed sector. This acquisition will enable BASF’s vegetable seed business to become a market leader in India.
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Innovate with us!

Make a new bond with BASF - The Chemistry of Collaboration​

What type of bond are you looking for?

Innovation Challenges: Discover collaboration opportunities with BASF

Customer Needs

An expert opinion - Meet our Smart Scientists

Elevating Excellence: BASF Pharma Solutions Technical Service Lab in India

Ongoing Challenges

Related News Releases:

Innovative polyamide materials from BASF meet new requirements of eMobility

CDP awards BASF leadership status

Cosmet’Agora 2026: BASF celebrates uniqueness and self-expression in the cosmetics industry

Start-up of the steam cracker at BASF’s Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China

BASF | Nunhems to acquire Noble Seeds Pvt. Ltd., strengthening its leading position in India’s vegetable seed market

Make a new bond with BASF - The Chemistry of Collaboration