BASF hosts university faculty from around the world to promote process safety curriculum

WYANDOTTE, MI, August 5, 2019 – For the second consecutive year, BASF hosted the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ (AIChE) Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) Faculty Workshop in Wyandotte.

BASF hosts the workshop to demonstrate the importance of chemical process safety and provide faculty the opportunity to view proper industrial processes in action. During the four-day workshop, 22 attendees from the U.S. and other countries gained expertise in process safety matters, participated in industry-related safety case studies and toured BASF facilities and laboratories in Wyandotte to learn more about implementing process safety solutions.

The workshop is facilitated by AIChE’s CCPS faculty who provided educators with tools to integrate process safety into curricula and prepare students for careers in the chemical engineering industry.

“Taking plant tours and hearing safety-related stories firsthand is really impactful,” said Emily Chiang, Associate Professor of Engineering at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. “I feel inspired and equipped to combine safety into how I teach as an integral part of the course design.”

About BASF

BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has more than 20,000 employees in North America and had sales of $19.7 billion in 2018. For more information about BASF’s North American operations, visit www.basf.com.

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. The approximately 122,000 employees in the BASF Group work on contributing to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio is organized into six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of around €63 billion in 2018. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the U.S. Further information at www.basf.com.