BASF

Company Overview

At BASF, we create chemistry, and have been doing so for 150 years. Our portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products and crop protection products to oil and gas. As the world′s leading chemical company, we combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Through science and innovation, we enable our customers in nearly every industry to meet the current and future needs of society. Our products and solutions contribute to conserving resources, ensuring nutrition and improving quality of life. We have summed up this contribution in our corporate purpose: We create chemistry for a sustainable future. BASF had sales of over $74 billion in 2014 and around 113,000 employees as of the end of the year.

BASF has been a committed partner to Greater China since 1885. With major investments in Nanjing, Shanghai and Chongqing, BASF is one of the largest foreign investors in the Chinese chemical industry. We maintain the BASF Innovation Campus Asia Pacific in Shanghai as a research and development hub for the Asia Pacific region, focussing on polymer and advanced materials research, formulation and process engineering.