Who we are
Our Innovations
Our corporate strategy is geared towards innovation; we are continuously introducing sustainable solutions into the market that improve quality of life and conserve resources. We develop innovative processes, technologies and products for a sustainable future. This is how we ensure our long-term success with our customers across almost all sectors of industry.
Click on the sectors to learn more about recent examples:
Consumer Goods
Joncryl®
With the help of digital research methods, BASF has developed a stain-resistant furniture coating that is environmentally friendly and water-based.
Tinosorb® A2B
Our novel UV filter Tinosorb® A2B is guaranteed to provide balanced protection across the full spectrum of solar radiation: it protects against UVB radiation causing sunburns and potentially skin cancer and UVA radiation leading to wrinkles and liver spots.
Infinergy®
The world's first expanded thermoplastic polyurethane is as elastic as rubber, but lighter. The closed-cell elastic foam combines light weight and long-term durability, and has applications across the sports sector and beyond.
Euperlan® OP
Our readily biodegradable, wax-based opacifier gives personal care products such as shampoos or shower gels a creamy milky-white appearance. Euperlan® is particularly suitable for eco-label formulations, and meets the growing demand for environmentally friendly ingredients.
ecovio®
Certified biodegradable and biobased plastics can be the optimal solution for specific applications, e.g. compostable food packaging and tableware, coffee capsules, organic waste bags, and soil-biodegradable mulch films.
Transportation
Deoxo® catalysts
We designed our catalysts to maintain a healthy cabin environment in airplanes by removing ozone from aircraft air, improving the health, safety, and comfort of passengers and crew.
Emission Catalysts
As the world’s leading supplier of catalysts, we have unsurpassed expertise in the development of emission control technologies for a wide range of market applications that protect the air we breathe.
Cathode Active Materials
Our portfolio of application-specific cathode active materials supports lithium-ion battery technology for electrified vehicles with high energy density, safety and efficiency.
VisionVenture
The VisionVenture, co-created by BASF and HYMER, is a near-production glimpse into the future of van life: it blazes a trail in lightweight construction, independence, travel experience and design.
Light weighting solutions
Our lightweight automotive materials help manufacturers by enabling dramatic weight savings, reducing the number of parts, and optimizing strength.
B2Last®
With B2Last, BASF has developed a bitumen additive that combines asphalt performance and sustainability: temperature-reduced paving with a high recycled asphalt content and good workability, significantly lower bitumen and CO2 emissions and longer lasting roads.
Health and Nutrition
Pronova Pure®
Our dietary supplements, for example our omega-3 oils, contribute to healthier living along all life stages.
Interceptor®
We are fighting the spread of insecticide-resistant malaria with the introduction of a treated mosquito net: Interceptor® G2 has received recognition and recommendation from the World Health Organization.
ZoomLabTM
Our Virtual Pharma Assistant ZoomLabTM uses advanced algorithms to eliminate time- and cost-consuming trial and error work by predicting the most effective excipients to match a given active pharmaceutical ingredient.
Vitamin A
Our vitamins and supplements are used in applications such as dietary supplements, clinical and medical nutrition products, as well as food and beverage products.
Alternative toxicological methods
Our interdiscipinary teams of chemists, biologists, biotechnologists and veterinarians are intensively researching innovative and sustainable alternative methods of reducing, refining, or replacing regulatorily required animal tests.
RegXcellenceTM
Our Virtual Quality & Regulatory Assistant (RegXcellenceTM) saves time and simplifies the regulatory process by providing a unified platform for compliance documents, filing assistance and audit information.
Agriculture
Revysol®
Our new fungicide Revysol® combines outstanding performance and selectivity with a favorable regulatory profile. We provide farmers in all regions with an essential tool for resistance management in many important crops, including cereals, soy, corn, fruits and vegetables.
Xemium®
Xemium® combines high intrinsic activity against a broad range of fungi and a unique mobility in the whole plant.
xarvio®
We offer digital solutions for agriculture and crop optimization that support farmers worldwide by monitoring soil and crop conditions, assisting with disease and pest recognition, and tailor recommending treatments based on in-field conditions.
Natuphos®
Natuphos® E helps animals to digest their feed more efficiently and feed manufacturers and farmers benefit from considerable cost savings. This contributes to more sustainable feed, helps to reduce water pollution and to protects the environment.
Inscalis®
Our new insecticide Inscalis® effectively controls problematic pests through a new mode of action, while exhibiting a favorable environmental profile with low acute toxicity to mammals, fish, birds and important beneficial arthropods, including insect predators and pollinators, such as honeybees.
Energy and Resources
Brilliance™
Reflective roofs provide a superior way for builders to reduce the amount of heat that is typically absorbed by traditional roofs. The Brilliance™ family of acrylics and additives enable brighter, smarter roofs that benefit both the environment and the building.
Solar Chemicals
Solar energy is playing an increasingly important role in power supplies throughout the globe. We offer exceptionally pure products for concentrated solar power heat transfer and thermal energy storage processes.
Ultramid®
Photovoltaic panels must maintain their high performance for at least 25 years. Our additives enable plastics used in photovoltaics to withstand exposure to heat and sunlight and help meet this demand.
SYNSPIRE™
Thanks to the newly developed catalyst SYNSPIRE™ in combination with a smart process technology of Linde, less water vapor is required for the syngas production and CO2 is used as a raw material improving energy and carbon footprint of such plants.
Sulfuric acid catalyst
Our unique sulfuric acid catalyst geometries allow higher conversion in the catalyst bed, reduction of sulfuric acid emissions, improved performance and efficiency in plants with limited catalyst volumes.
Cavipor®
Cavipor® is the new mineral-based in-situ foam system for energetic renovations of double-wall masonry. The non-combustible mineral-based insulation material can be processed quickly and easily and is suitable for subsequent energetic renovations of buildings constructed of double-wall masonry.
