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28 November 2024

Brassica and Leafy Salad Conference 2025

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.
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.
Spinach background full image. Top view; Shutterstock ID 570090283; purchase_order: 611232 ; job: MarCom France; client: Nunhems Netherlands BV ; other: Nunhems_EMontaghi
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.

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Business & Financial News | 30 October 2024

EBITDA before special items increased compared with Q3 2023 due to considerably higher earnings of core businesses

Thanks to significantly higher contributions from the core businesses, BASF Group’s EBITDA before special items (income from operations before depreciation, amortization and special items) increased in the third quarter by €77 million to €1.6 billion. “The positive earnings momentum in our core businesses was already visible in the first half of 2024 and continued in the third quarter, driven by higher volumes and margins,” said Dr. Markus Kamieth, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE. This increase was partially offset by a considerable earnings decline in the standalone businesses as well as in Other.
BASF-Fahnen am Standort Ludwigshafen
Business & Financial News | 23 October 2024

Quarterly Statement Q3 2024, Conference Call on October 30, 2024, at 10.00 a.m. (CET)

We will publish BASF’s Quarterly Statement Q3 2024 on October 30, 2024, at 7.00 a.m. (CET). The results will be presented in a conference call that will be transmitted via the internet from 10.00 a.m. (CET).
Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, presented the official notification of funding to Uwe Liebelt, President European Verbund Sites, BASF SE.

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Business & Financial News | 15 October 2024

BASF receives funding approval for the construction of a heat pump for CO2-free steam generation

BASF has received funding approval from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action for the construction of the world’s most powerful industrial heat pump. In the coming months, the company will therefore be able to start the preparatory construction work for the project at its Ludwigshafen site. The project is intended to make an important contribution to reducing CO2 emissions. Today, Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, presented the funding approval to Uwe Liebelt, President European Verbund Sites, BASF SE.