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Amsterdam, Netherlands – April 9, 2025 – During in-cosmetics Global in Amsterdam, BASF's Personal Care business unit received three Innovation Prizes from the German consulting agency BSB. At the same time, the company was named the most popular supplier ranked by product searches on SpecialChem. The platform provides access to a free industry product database of cosmetic and personal care ingredients. “It’s an honor to be recognized for our commitment to developing and delivering cutting-edge, sustainable solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers and consumers worldwide. This recognition fuels our passion to continue pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the personal care industry,” said Peter Weinert, Vice President, Business Management Personal Care Europe, Middle East, and Africa at BASF.

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General Motors presented BASF Coatings with a 2024 Supplier of the Year Award at GM’s 33rd annual Supplier of the Year event in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

Ludwigshafen, Germany, April 8^th, 2025 – trinamiX will present the Invisible Biometric Sensing Display at Auto Shanghai 2025. It detects occupants and tracks their vital signs using a camera and a laser dot projector installed behind the dashboard display. The technology supports a wide range of safety and comfort functions and works through an OLED screen, meaning it is completely invisible to the naked eye. The intelligent display solution, developed in collaboration with trinamiX’s partner Continental Automotive (UX), has been recognized as a 2025 CES Innovation Award Honoree in the "Vehicle Tech and Advanced Mobility" category.

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BASF Gastronomy has been using high-quality products from Werz Wurst-Fleisch-Convenience GmbH in its company canteens at the Ludwigshafen, Limburgerhof and Lampertheim sites and in all event venues for many years. As part of a cross-value chain cooperation with SÜDPACK, a leading supplier of high-performance packaging films, Werz is now implementing BASF’s sustainable polyamide Ultramid^® Ccycled^® in meat and sausage packaging for the first time in the Horeca sector (hotel/restaurant/community catering).

Ludwigshafen, Germany, April 7, 2025 – In response to the regulations around the world (including EU Green Deal) aiming to promote safer and more sustainable chemicals into the environment, BASF is introducing its first readily biodegradable dispersant to the agrochemical market: Sokalan^® CP 301.