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    • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
      Mercedes-Benz AG
      Mercedes-Benz puts forward China pragmatist to chair supervisory board

      Carmaker set to appoint BASF chief Martin Brudermüller who last year warned against ‘China bashing’

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      Chemicals
      Energy crisis prompts further warnings by German chemical groups

      Evonik and Covestro, which together employ more than 50,000 people, have both said profits will fall

    • Friday, 24 February, 2023
      BASF outlines further cost-cutting and 2,600 job losses as it downsizes in Germany

      World’s biggest chemicals group says it will wind down several plants

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      LexOil & Gas industry
      BASF/Russia: ending Faustian pact creates recurring costs for Germany Premium content

      Chemical juggernaut’s writedown of stake in Wintershall DEA heralds a bleaker energy landscape

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      The Big Read
      Germany confronts a broken business model

      Can the country’s industrial economy reinvent itself for an era without cheap gas from Russia?

    • Thursday, 3 November, 2022
      Inside BusinessPeggy Hollinger
      China-bashing will get Europe nowhere

      The bloc needs to create an environment that will enable its companies to outcompete global rivals

    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
      BASF’s transatlantic divide

      The world’s biggest chemical producer has good news and bad news

    • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
      BASF to downsize ‘permanently’ in Europe

      World’s biggest chemicals company says high energy costs make region increasingly uncompetitive

    • Wednesday, 12 October, 2022
      BASF to cut €1bn in costs as energy crisis burns hole in profits

      German chemicals group is the latest company to lay out blow to trading from European market storm

    • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
      LexGerman economy
      Rhine/drought: low water levels will parch the German economy Premium content
    • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
      BASF to wind down in Russia and Belarus

      World’s biggest chemicals company sets July deadline for closure of remaining businesses in two countries

    • Monday, 31 January, 2022
      Lex
      Wintershall Dea/BASF: Russian gas IPO offers little spark Premium content

      Mikhail Fridman’s fund wants to block listing of German group’s private energy company

    • Monday, 31 January, 2022
      LetterOne Holdings SA
      Mikhail Fridman’s LetterOne to block BASF over Wintershall IPO

      Investment group says float of $20bn company not desirable in short-term

    • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
      Chemicals
      Europe’s chemicals industry warns on threat from EU plans

      BASF chief says policymakers must work more closely with industry on regulations of 12,000 substances

    • Thursday, 11 November, 2021
      LexChemicals
      Sika/MBCC: speciality chemicals groups are sticking together Premium content

      The deal machine may be reaching its limit

    • Tuesday, 8 June, 2021
      Renewable energy
      Europe risks falling behind China and US in renewables, warn industry chiefs

      Leaders of BASF and Siemens Gamesa call for shake-up of energy planning rules

    • Tuesday, 9 February, 2021
      UK business & economy
      Multinationals criticised for UK job cuts after taking cheap Covid loans

      German chemicals company BASF singled out by Labour for moving work to France after receiving £1bn

    • Friday, 6 March, 2020
      Batteries
      BASF, Fortum and Norilsk Nickel plan battery recycling project

      Companies gearing up to process used batteries from electric cars

    • Friday, 28 February, 2020
      Coronavirus
      BASF warns of ‘significant impact’ on business from coronavirus

      German chemicals group blames Brexit and trade tensions for earnings fall

    • Monday, 9 December, 2019
      Xinjiang
      Deutschland AG sticks with Xinjiang despite Uighurs mistreatment

      Volkswagen and BASF among German groups caught in mounting controversy

    • Friday, 29 November, 2019
      Disease control and prevention
      Innovative finance schemes increase access to medicine

      Bulk purchasing guarantees help overcome manufacturers’ reluctance

    • Sunday, 24 November, 2019
      BASF breaks ground on $10bn China chemical complex

      Project reflects Beijing’s loosening of restrictions on foreign investment

    • Tuesday, 9 July, 2019
      LexChemicals
      BASF: the wrong chemistry Premium content

      Health of chemicals group’s customers will have biggest influence on its fortunes

    • Tuesday, 9 July, 2019
      BASF’s profit warning jolts German industrials

      Chemicals group cuts earnings forecast by 30% and blames US-China trade war for pessimism

    • Tuesday, 9 July, 2019
      Chemicals
      European chemicals companies fall after BASF warning

      World’s biggest chemicals company warned slowing economy and trade tensions would hit profits

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