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2024

Supporting Clean Energy Exploration: Science Gallery Empowers Students

Science Gallery Melbourne's STEM Centre of Excellence recently hosted the Merri-bek Interschool Innovators Program, where high school students tackled the challenges of renewable energy and clean technology. 48 students from Coburg High School, Glenroy Secondary College, John Fawkner College, and Pascoe Vale Girls worked together to find innovative solutions.

BASF Hutt Lagoon Supports Yamatji Group with Sustainable Packaging Donation

In a meaningful initiative to repurpose materials, BASF Hutt Lagoon has found a sustainable solution for 15 pallets of surplus Core Flute plastic packing boxes. Instead of discarding these 5,625 boxes, they were donated to the Southern Yamatji Group, a community organisation focused on employment, training, and economic development for the Yamatji people.

GROWing at BASF: A half-year reflection

It’s been a huge six months of learning, travel and change since our talented Grow Graduates joined BASF Australia and New Zealand. Designed to nurture and develop the next generation of leaders, the BASF Grow program offers graduates the opportunity to gain valuable, hands-on experience working on business projects across our diverse business units. To mark this milestone, we asked our talented 2024 cohort of grads - Hugh Conway, Keely Pakes and Riley Hodgson - to share their highlights so far.

Customer Story: Matrix Polymers Australia (MPA) and BASF driving Global Innovation in Rotomoulding

A collaboration between Matrix Polymers Australia (MPA) and BASF Australia and BASF Malaysia began with an innovative project in 2021 to enhance the longevity of rotomoulded water storage tanks. Initially utilising BASF’s advanced product, Irgastab^® IS 2515 P, this partnership successfully developed tanks with UV resistance lasting over 15 years.

Little Renters: Sustainable clothing for the next generation

As part of the celebration marking 100 years in the Australian market, BASF partnered with homegrown entrepreneurial community ‘One Roof’ to offer three scholarships to women looking to change the world with science or building businesses with a positive environmental impact.

In this article, we catch up with Kathrin Baumann, owner and founder of Little Renters, an innovative subscription-based rental platform for children’s clothing based in Melbourne, Victoria.

2023

BASF trinamiX device helps Precious Plastic Monash (PPM) with plastic waste solutions

Earlier in the year, BASF Australia loaned a trinamiX Mobile Near Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy device to Precious Plastic Monash (PPM), a group of multidisciplinary student volunteers from Monash University who are part of the global Precious Plastic community that aims to tackle and provide solutions to the ever growing presence of plastic pollution.

Termidor celebrates 20 years with local community treat

The hall hosts a range of community and social events, from BBQs to meetings, dances with local bands, community information days and just recently wakes. More importantly, in times of crisis the Spencer Community Hall is there as a safe haven for those who have nowhere else to go as well as being a meeting point for the residents to be informed, or receive advise or help during extreme weather events.

Meet the Miners

Meet the Miners: Nathalia Gaviria Salinas from Colombia

Young, brave, and adventurous Nathalia Gaviria Salinas made perhaps her boldest life decision when she moved to Australia, a thousand miles away from her country, Colombia, in 2013. Nathalia, who now works as a Sales and Technical Account Manager (PAM) in the BASF ANZ Mining Solutions team, has squeezed a lot of learning into the past ten years, and in this story, she shares some of her highlights.

Meet the Miners: Dmitriy Kan from Kazakhstan

If you could pick only one word to describe Dmitriy Kan, it would definitely be 'optimistic'. The glass is always half full, and there is always a new corner of the earth to explore, with Australia as his latest destination. Dmitriy and his family arrived in Melbourne about four months ago from Moscow, Russia, where he was previously working as a Senior Mining Tech Specialist for BASF Russia.

Meet the Miners: Elie Mitshiabo from DR Congo

Elie’s limited exposure to Australia left him with almost zero expectations – but he eagerly grabbed this golden opportunity as he knew this stint, albeit short would help him develop his skills and knowledge in the mining field, while learning about other aspects of BASF especially understanding customers from different regions, providing a learning experience that would thoroughly benefit his career. Excited about what was to come, he began preparing for his temporary relocation from early this year before finally flying to Australia in June this year.

2022

BASF ANZ showcases D + I journey at NFF Diversity Ag Day

Sophie Hulme, BASF ANZ’s Regulatory Affairs Manager, Seeds and Traits was recently invited to share learnings from BASF's diversity and inclusion journey at the National Farmer’s Federation (NFF) Diversity in Agriculture Leadership Day. The event was attended by 35 government, business and representative organisations, who share a commitment to increase gender diversity and inclusion in the agriculture industry.

Meet the Miners: Elie Mitshiabo from DR Congo

As one of the world’s leading chemical companies with a footprint in almost every country in the world, BASF offers its employees many unique development opportunities. An opportunity came knocking at Elie Mitshiabo’s door when his manager presented him with an opportunity to exchange his role as Technical Sales Account Manager at BASF South Africa, for a temporary role with BASF Australia.

GROWing as a Graduate 2022: Hello, James Thompson!

If there is a phrase to best describe our third GROW Graduate for the year, it would be 'the great outdoors' as James Thompson is certainly someone who lives for outdoor adventures. This 25-year-old from Silvan, Victoria, learnt about agriculture and horticulture from a very young age, allowing him to develop an appreciation for farming by experiencing various aspects and roles within the industry.

BASF partners with National Rural Independents (NRI) to develop the next generation of agronomists

BASF Australia and National Rural Independents (NRI) both recognise the importance of continuous training for the next generation of agronomists. Last month, they partnered in an initiative that brought together 22 young agronomists from across the NRI member network for a two-day training session at the BASF research farm in Tamworth, NSW.

Airley Mulraney: Developing together with BASF ANZ

At BASF, we're committed to identifying, onboarding and developing industry talent as we firmly believe that our people are the key to success, especially when they’re provided with the right guidance, tools and opportunities to shine. One great example of this commitment is Airley Mulraney, one of BASF's Seeds and Traits (S&T) Associate Agronomist based in Mount Gambier.