New Crop Protection representative office in Kenya
LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, NAIROBI, Kenya, March, 26, 2010 – BASF’s Crop Protection division today opened the first in a series of new offices in Africa, part of plans to triple sales on the continent...
View ArticleBASF and NOD Apiary Products partner for bee health
BASF and NOD Apiary Products have announced a partnership to bring to European beekeepers a new product that controls the Varroa destructor, a parasitic mite that has been identified by independent...
View ArticleGrape experts debate impact of new EU pesticide regime
LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, SEVILLA, Spain, April, 1, 2010 – The challenges European winegrowers will face when member states implement the EU’s new pesticide package were front and center at a two-day...
View ArticleNext-generation malaria control
BASF has signed an agreement with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and the Innovative Vector Control Consortium (IVCC) to develop a new generation of malaria prevention...
View ArticleXemium™ - BASF’s new pipeline fungicide from the carboxamide family
BASF Crop Protection unveiled a new active ingredient called Xemium™. This proprietary substance is the next generation fungicide of the chemical class of carboxamides, also known as SDH (Succinate...
View ArticleBASF: Strong start to 2010
BASF’s business continued to develop favorably in the first quarter of 2010. In conjunction with the recovery of the economy and some restocking of inventories by customers, demand has risen strongly...
View ArticleBASF converts to registered shares
Ludwigshafen, Germany – April 29, 2010 – BASF SE shareholders at the Annual Meeting in Mannheim on April 29, 2010 approved all the items on the agenda by a clear majority.
View ArticleMeiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd. and BASF Sign Worldwide, Exclusive Insecticide...
BASF announced today the signing of an agreement with Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd. (“Meiji Seika”) for the co-development of an exciting new piercing and sucking insecticide, code named ME5343.
View ArticleBASF and Evolva enter into a collaboration to develop compounds applied to...
BASF SE, Ludwigshafen (Germany) and Evolva Holding SA, Reinach (Switzerland) today announced that they have signed an agreement for joint research on the design of novel and optimised biosynthesis...
View ArticleBASF and Monsanto take dicamba tolerant cropping system collaboration to the...
LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY and ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, USA (March 14th, 2011) – BASF and Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) today announced a new agreement to collaborate on the advancement of dicamba tolerant...
View ArticleNext step in R&D cooperation between AVEBE and BASF Plant Science
Foxhol, the Netherlands and Limburgerhof, Germany – April, 15th 2011. The potato starch manufacturer AVEBE and the plant biotechnology company BASF Plant Science confirmed today the next step in their...
View ArticleBASF announces plans to work directly with farmers in the Nile and Middle...
LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY and DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (April 18, 2011) – BASF has announced that the division Crop Protection plans to sell products directly to customers in the Middle East and Nile...
View ArticleWorld Malaria Day: when a simple initiative conveys great results
LIMBURGERHOF, Germany - April 25th marks the fourth annual celebration of World Malaria Day. Under this year’s umbrella theme of Achieving Progress and Impact, the international community will again...
View ArticleKurt Bock becomes new Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE
Effective at the end of the Annual Meeting on May 6, 2011, Dr. Kurt Bock (right) becomes the new Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE. He succeeds Dr. Juergen Hambrecht, who has been...
View ArticlePowerful start to 2011: BASF remains on growth track
Ludwigshafen, Germany – May 6, 2011 – BASF has had a powerful start to 2011. Capacity utilization rates in the company’s plants were good; in particular, demand in the chemicals business (Chemicals,...
View ArticleBASF Partners with Leading Research Institutes to Reduce Crop Loss from...
LIMBURGERHOF, Germany, June 6, 2011- BASF and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), and the International Maize and Wheat...
View ArticleBrazilian Authorities Greenlight BASF’s Biofungicide Serenade®
LIMBURGERHOF, Germany, July 7th, 2011 – BASF announced that the biological fungicide Serenade was granted registration for apples, onions, and strawberries in the key agriculture market of Brazil....
View ArticleBASF and Embrapa announce a cooperation agreement
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL, June 29th 2011 – BASF Crop Protection and Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA), the leading Brazilian agricultural research institution, signed an ambitious...
View ArticleBASF with strong first half 2011
Ludwigshafen, Germany – July 28, 2011 – In the first half of 2011 – the International Year of Chemistry – BASF’s business remained dynamic. The previous year’s excellent results were exceeded. “The...
View ArticleNew Head of Communications & Government Affairs for BASF’s Crop Protection...
Dr. Kristina Winzen has been appointed Vice President of Global Communications & Public Government Affairs for BASF’s Crop Protection division as of September 1, 2011. She succeeds Dr. Birgit...
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