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BASF is a German multinational chemical company headquartered in Ludwigshafen, the largest chemical producer in the world, founded in 1865 as a dye manufacturer. Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch, a BASF employee, developed the Haber-Bosch process there by 1912, after which the company grew rapidly; it operates production sites in more than eighty countries and supplies a wide range of industries.

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Company Type
Chemical company 2
Founded Year
1865 2
Headquarters
Ludwigshafen, Germany 2
Company Type
Company Type (category)
Public 1
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Diversified chemicals industry peer.

Diversified chemicals industry peer.

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Source Wikidata: BASF
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Source Wikipedia, BASFLead sentence 2tier 2
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Its headquarters is located in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
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1. Wikidata: BASF
  • Wikidata Q9401, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q9401 P31=Q891723 (public) (w-bbfill-business4-0926 knownqid fetch)
  • Operates In: Chemical Industry, Wikidata Q9401
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2. Wikipedia, BASF
Wikipedia
  • lead section, paragraph 1
    Its headquarters is located in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
  • lead section, paragraph 3
    The company began as a dye manufacturer in 1865.
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