BASF, followed by Sinopec and Dow are the chemical companies with the highest sales; overall, the industry recorded strong growth following the pandemic slump

Top Ten Chemical Companies in 2021

Commercial Scale Battery Recycling Black Mass Plant
BASF to build commercial scale plant in Schwarzheide, Germany

Healthier Aircraft Cabin Air
BASF introduces dual function technology that catalytically removes VOCs and ozone from the cabin air

BASF and Heraeus To Form New Company in Pinghu, China
Circular economy solutions to recover precious metals from spent automotive catalysts

Top Ten Chemical Companies in 2020
BASF saw the highest sales in 2020, followed by Sinopec and Dow. Overall, combined chemical sales declined compared to 2019

BASF and Porsche to Develop High-Performance Lithium-Ion Battery for Electric Cars
BASF will provide high-energy cathode active materials and recycle the production waste from the battery production

BASF Participates in World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm
Vattenfall to sell 49.5 % of the offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid, the Netherlands, to BASF

BASF and RWE Cooperate on New Technologies for Climate Protection
Offshore wind farm with a capacity of 2 GW to supply chemical site with green electricity and enable CO2-free production of hydrogen

Industrial Waste Gases for Chemical Production
1st success: LanzaTech and BASF produce n-octanol at a laboratory scale from carbon monoxide and hydrogen

70th Birthday: Michael Röper
Industrial chemist formerly at BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany