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November 19, 2025

BASF inaugurates the expansion of production capacity for Alkyl Polyglucosides (APGs) in Bangpakong, Thailand

Chonburi, Thailand – November 19, 2025 – BASF today announced the expansion of its Alkyl Polyglucosides (APGs) footprint in Asia with a new plant at the Bangpakong site in Thailand. The enhancement is a strategic response to strengthen its position in a growth geography and serve customers with greater agility and more flexibility from a robust regional network.

November 18, 2025

BASF PolyTHF® technology now available for licensing

BASF will start offering state-of-the-art polytetrahydrofuran (PolyTHF^®) 1800 production technology licenses to clients and partners. BASF is one of the leaders in the technology development of PolyTHF, with three PolyTHF production assets globally: Caojing, China; Ludwigshafen, Germany; and Geismar, the United States.

BASF is targeting a listing for Agricultural Solutions at Frankfurt Stock Exchange, guided by a new Management Board and a strong focus on innovation and customers.
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Business & Financial News |

November 14, 2025

BASF targets Frankfurt Stock Exchange as listing location for Agricultural Solutions and presents its new Management Board

BASF is targeting the Frankfurt stock exchange as the listing location for its Agricultural Solutions business. The planned initial public offering (IPO) of Agricultural Solutions as a European company (Societas Europaea, SE) represents a major milestone in BASF’s “Winning Ways” strategy. It will establish the standalone business as an independent, pure-play agricultural company with global reach, robust growth prospects and strong cash flow generation. BASF will remain the majority shareholder and will continue to benefit from the company’s growth and success, while implementing market customary corporate governance.

Signing the license agreement (from left to right): Matthias Hoetzl, Director Commercial Sales, Andritz; Katharina Sandriesser, Legal Counsel, Andritz; Dr. Klaus Bärnthaler, Vice President Proposal & Business Development, Andritz; Dietmar Heinisser, Member of the Board, Andritz; Vasilios Galanos, Senior Vice President Intermediates Europe, BASF; Hamideh Ahi, Technical Marketing Manager OASE, BASF; Glenn Langguth, Global Commercial Management OASE, BASF.
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November 12, 2025

BASF and ANDRITZ sign license agreement for OASE^® technology

BASF SE (BASF) and ANDRITZ Group have signed a license agreement for the use of BASF’s proprietary gas treatment technology, OASE^® blue, in a carbon capture project planned to be implemented in the city of Aarhus, Denmark. The project aims to capture approximately 435,000[1] tons of CO₂ annually from the flue gases of a waste-to-energy plant for sequestration; the city of Aarhus has set itself the goal of becoming CO₂-neutral by 2030. ANDRITZ, the selected supplier for the carbon capture plant, is currently conducting pre-engineering. The project’s implementation is contingent upon the customer receiving funding from the Danish CCS fund.

Business & Financial News |

November 7, 2025

BASF commences production of the first products from the core of the Verbund at its Zhanjiang Verbund site

Zhanjiang, China – November 5, 2025 – BASF has successfully commenced production of the first products from the core of the Verbund at its Zhanjiang Verbund site in South China, marking a significant milestone in the company’s largest single investment project to date