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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In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Germany, located there.
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1. Wikipedia, BASF
Wikipedialead 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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