BASF SE: the world’s leading chemical company

In 1865 Friedrich Engelhorn founded the “Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik” (BASF) for the production of coal tar dyes in Mann­­­heim. Today BASF is the world’s lead­­ing chemical company: The Chemical Company. BASF combines eco­­nomic success, so­­cial responsibility and environmental protection. Through science and innovation BASF en­­ables its customers in almost all in­­dus­­tries to meet the current and future needs of society. BASF’s products and system so­­lutions contribute to conserving re­­sources, ensuring healthy food and nutrition and helping to improve the quality of life.

Hauptsitz der BASF SE in Ludwigshafen.

In Ludwigshafen, BASF SE operates the largest integrated chemical site in the world. It is the seat of the company’s ma­n­­agement board and, as the technology platform and competence centre of the BASF Group, an important source of pro­­duct and process innovations. The ten-square-kilometre-large site encompasses around 106 kilometres of roads, 230 kilo­­metres of railway tracks and about 2.750 kilometres of surface pipe­­lines. Approxi­­mately 39.000 employees of BASF SE and its subsidiary and affili­­ate companies work in around 160 plants, several hundred labo­­ratories, work­­­­shops and offices.