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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Diversified chemicals industry peer.
Diversified chemicals industry peer.
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Source Wikipedia, BASFLead sentence 2tier 2Quote, Lead sentence 2
Its headquarters is located in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
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1. Wikidata: BASF
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- Operates In: Chemical Industry, Wikidata Q9401
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Wikipedialead section, paragraph 1
Its headquarters is located in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
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The company began as a dye manufacturer in 1865.
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111,991 (end 2023)
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Companies Founded: Friedrich Engelhorn, Lead
founder of BASF in Ludwigshafen
Companies Led: Friedrich Engelhorn, Later years
Engelhorn moved from managing to the supervisory board of BASF in 1884
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