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Milestones in BASF’s history

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Innovation has been the force guiding BASF history since the company’s foundation in 1865. From indigo to audiotapes to catalysts: insights into BASF’s past and present.

1865


Friedrich Engelhorn, a goldsmith and entrepreneur, founds the joint-stock corporation “Badische Anilin- & Sodafabrik” (BASF) in Mannheim in 1865. He has big plans from the word go: BASF should not only produce dyes but also the raw materials and auxiliaries as well as the precursors and intermediates required. BASF has retained soda, aniline and dyes in its portfolio to this day – while continuously adding to its product range along the way.

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1913

1936

1951

1974

2013

2015

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