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6 June 2024

Extremely high production in data-driven cucumber greenhouse BASF 's Gravenzande

Nunhem, 26 September 2022 - On 16 November 2021, the first high-wire cucumber crop was planted in the data-driven greenhouse of BASF's vegetable seed business in 's Gravenzande. The greenhouse was equipped with about 340 umol LED lights from Signify. The second and third crops were planted on 2 March 2022 and 15 June 2022, respectively.
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29 May 2024

New race Peronospora Effusa (PE: 20) Nominated

Downy mildew, also known as Peronospora effusa, stands as a prevalent fungal infection for spinach growers.
11 April 2024

BASF | Nunhems opens Tomato Experience Center in The Netherlands

Nunhem, The Netherlands, April 11, 2024 - Today BASF | Nunhems has officially opened its Tomato Experience Center in Kwintsheul, near The Hague. The greenhouse features over 150 ToBRFV- resistant varieties. It is complemented by modern meeting facilities to showcase the company’s ToBRFV-resistant tomato varieties and exchange with customers on their needs, BASF’s innovations and trends in tomato breeding.

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The new MDI plant at BASF’s Geismar Verbund site in Louisiana is the largest wholly owned investment BASF has made in the United States to date. The total investment amounts to approximately US$1 billion. Construction of the third and final expansion phase took about three years and ten months. 

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Business & Financial News | 11 November 2026

BASF inaugurates new $1 billion MDI production facility at its Geismar Verbund site

BASF today celebrated the inauguration of its new methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) production facility at the company’s Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana. 
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Business & Financial News | 28 October 2026

Strength across all core businesses drives BASF Group’s considerable growth in EBITDA before special items

BASF delivered another strong quarter. Sales increased by 14 percent compared with the prior-year quarter to reach €16.4 billion. The increase was mainly driven by considerably higher prices (plus 12%) and slightly higher volumes (plus 2%). At €1.6 billion, EBITDA before special items rose significantly by 15 percent compared with the third quarter of 2025. All core businesses contributed to this.
Gesellschaftshaus der BASF, Fahnen
Business & Financial News | 22 October 2026

Advance Notice – Quarterly Statement Q3 2026 Press Conference (MS-Teams) on October 28, 2026, at 10.30 a.m. (CET)

We will publish BASF’s Quarterly Statement Q3 2026 on October 28, 2026, at 7.00 a.m. (CET). The results will be presented in a Press Conference via MS-Teams at 10.30 a.m. (CET).