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2022 Global Color Report

BASF’s designers found in the company’s Color Report for Automotive OEM Coatings, the automotive color rainbow is expanding to allow colors like yellow, orange, green, and violet to take market share. In North America, more chromatic colors like violet show up. 
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Daniel Schatz, Test Engineer (left) and Alexander Schulz, Technician (right) are setting up a catalyst in the exhaust system of a test vehicle and connect measurement ports. In the Hannover Engine Lab future catalyst technologies are tested on their functionality and durability under real life conditions.

BASF researchers receive R&D award

The Research and Development Council of New Jersey has awarded a team of BASF inventors with the prestigious 2021 Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award for outstanding environmental contributions.  The award honors an innovative Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC), which enables automotive OEMs to meet tighter emission regulations and clean the air we breathe.
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BASF and Entegris sign agreement on the sale of Precision Microchemicals business

BASF and Entegris have signed an agreement on the sale of the Precision Microchemicals business to Entegris for US$90 million. The transaction includes technologies, intellectual property and trademarks and is expected to be completed by the end of 2021.
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Endless variation – the theme of BASF’s new Automotive Color Trends collection

Designers for BASF’s Coatings division have delved into new color spaces for the 2021-2022 Automotive Color Trends collection. Borrowing a phenomenon from quantum mechanics, this year’s collection is called SUPERPOSITION, which is a state where the limitation of binary systems is overcome.
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BASF and RWE plan to cooperate on technologies for climate protection

BASF and Germany-based energy company RWE jointly develeped a project idea that shows how industrial production can become sustainable and future-proof. The project envisions an additional offshore wind farm with a capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW) to provide the Ludwigshafen chemical site with green electricity.  
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By 2030, more than 30 major R&D projects will complement BASF’s connected offer of seeds and seed treatment products, chemical and biological solutions, as well as digital services.

BASF strengthens innovation pipeline for sustainable agriculture

BASF strengthens its activities in research and development (R&D) for sustainable agricultural innovations, helping farmers to overcome environmental and economic challenges as well as meeting consumers’ demand for more sustainably produced food.
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Mit 10 Quadratkilometern Werksgelände im Herzen Europas ist der Verbundstandort Ludwigshafen das größte zusammenhängende Chemieareal der Welt. Ein dichtes Netzwerk von rund 200 Produktionsanlagen bietet besonders gute Voraussetzungen für das Herstellen komplexer und hochveredelter Produkte. Als Technologieplattform und Kompetenzzentrum für die BASF Gruppe ist der Standort eine wichtige Quelle für Innovationen bei Produkten, Methoden und Verfahren.

BASF calculates CO2 footprint of all sales products

BASF will provide its customers with total values of CO2 emissions, so called “carbon footprints” for all of its products. The Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) comprises all product-related greenhouse gas emissions that occur until the BASF product leaves the factory gate for the customer. 
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Alliance to End Plastic Waste

BASF co-founded a global alliance of nearly 30 companies to advance solutions that reduce and eliminate plastic waste in the environment, especially in the ocean.
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ChemCycling

From plastic waste to new chemical products: the ChemCycling project.
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