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Working at BASF

Karin Elbl-Weiser

Heidelberg, December 9, 2020

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A career path

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BASF – We create chemistry for a sustainable future

◼ Our chemistry is used in almost all industries.

◼ We combine economic success, social responsibility and environmental protection.

◼ Sales 2019: €59.3 billion

◼ EBIT before special items 2019: €4.5 billion

◼ Employees (as of December 31, 2019): 117,628

◼ 6 Verbund sites and 361 other production sites

◼ Around 100,000 customers from various sectors in almost every country in the world

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BASF’s segments

Chemicals

Petrochemicals

Intermediates

Materials

Performance Materials

Monomers

Industrial Solutions

Dispersions & Pigments

Performance Chemicals

Surface Technologies

Catalysts

Coatings

Nutrition & Care

Care Chemicals

Nutrition & Health

Agricultural Solutions

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Continuous Commitment to Research & Development

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Success Stories of Innovation

We create chemistry for a sustainable future – more than 150 years of innovation @ BASF

Synthetic Dyes Fertilizers Plastics / Foams Health Care & Nutrition, Crop protection Systems

1900 1950 2000

1869Alizarin

1897Indigo

1901Indanthrene

Blue

1923Methanol

1913Ammonia

1937Polyethylene

1936Buna

1951Styropor®

1963Vitamin A

1974Basagran®

Herbicide

1980Citral

1990Vitamin

B2 1998 Neopor®

2011

Xemium® Fungicide

1930Polystyrene

1934Magnetic

Tape

1993Opus® Fungicide

1996StrobilurineFungicide

2008HPPO

2006Ecovio®

2015SLENTITE®

1949U46 Herbicide

2013 Infinergy®;

DroughtGard®;

FWCTM Four-Way-Conversion Catalyst

2016Maglis®

2018Inscalis®

Insecticide

2019Revysol®

Fungicide

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Innovation – meeting challenges,

developing new business areas

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Innovation Approach: Strategy

With our innovative products and processes, we provide sustainable solutions for global needs.

Global expenditures for research

and development over € 2 billion, world leader in chemical industry

Approximately 11,000 employees world-wide involved in research and development

Around 1000 new patents filed in 2019

Global Know-how Verbund with external partners

Innovation to meet

Customer’sneeds

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Advanced Materials & Systems Research

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Research Divisions

Headquarters is located

in Shanghai

We develop products and functional materials for high-performance and sustainable solutions in various customer industries. Develop sustainable products and solutions for our

customers, using our expertise in structural &

functional materials, biobased/biodegradable products,

dispersions, additives, coatings, composites as well as

hybrids, multi-materials and formulations

Scout and incubate with our global Academic Research

Alliances at the frontier of novel technologies

Provide comprehensive characterization and in-depth

understanding of our products on a molecular level

Innovation examples: ecovio® M2351; Joncryl® 9500; Polyquart® S; Acronal®

3633; CathoGuard® 800 E-coat; NVH decoupling elements

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Bioscience Research

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We drive innovative, sustainable solutions with our partners for agricultural, food and industrial applications.

Seeds & Traits R&D applies plant technologies to

provide solutions for agricultural, food and industrial

applications

White Biotechnology develops methods

to use enzymes to produce chemical and biochemical

products

Agricultural Solutions R&D focuses on

discovering new active molecules for insecticides,

herbicides and fungicides

Experimental Toxicology and Ecology evaluates the

potential toxicity and ecological impact of products

Innovation examples:

Revysol®; Inscalis® Insecticide; Natuphos® E;

EPA+DHA omega-3 oil from canola, IntenseTM tomato;

Alternative toxicological methods

Headquarters located inResearch

Triangle Park

Research Divisions

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Process Research & Chemical Engineering

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We conduct research for all BASF segments, developnew technologies and processes, and optimize existing processes.

Research Divisions

− Process development and process engineering, unit operations

− Heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis

− Organic and inorganic synthesis

− New inorganic functional materials

− Electrochemistry and battery materials

− High-throughput experimentation

Innovation examples:− High performance batteries for e-mobility

− Nature-identical flavor chemical L-Menthol

− New catalysts for olefins

Headquarters is located in

Ludwigshafen

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Global R&D presence in key markets

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Headquarters of Research Divisions Selected R&D sites

BASF R&D sites with proximity to customers and markets

Lemfoerde

Muenster

LudwigshafenProcess Research &Chemical Engineering

Mumbai India

Shanghai ChinaAdvanced Materials & Systems Research

Amagasaki Japan

Suwon South KoreaSan Diego

Wyandotte

Research Triangle ParkBioscience Research

Iselin

United States

of America

Germany

Around 70BASF R&Dsites globally

BASF R&D – Overview

Asia

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Karin Elbl-Weiser

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2014 - today Global Innovation & Research Communications, BASF SE

1995 - 2014 various functions at BASF Corporate Communications,

Procurement

1990 -1995 Polymer Research, BASF AG, Ludwigshafen

1986 -1988 Research Fellow at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

1984 -1989 Diplom thesis and PhD at Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg

1979 -1984 Chemistry (Diplom) at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg

Close to my heart

time with my family, cooking, travelling, sports like running or cycling

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Additional Information

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