BASF SE

BASF (BASF SE), the abbreviated BASF, came from the former full name "Badische Anilin-und-Soda-Fabrik" (Baden aniline soda factory), a German chemical enterprise and one of the largest chemical plants in the world.
BASF group has more than 160 wholly owned subsidiaries or joint ventures in 41 countries in Europe, Asia and North and South America. The company is headquartered in Ludwigshafen on the Rhine river. It is the largest chemical product base in the world.
Company business: chemicals and plastics, natural gas, plant protection agent and medicine, health and nutrition, dyes and finishing agents, chemicals, plastics and fiber, oil and natural gas.