Facility

BASF Ludwigshafen Agricultural Solutions R&D and Manufacturing

BASF Ludwigshafen Verbund site agricultural solutions operations (Rhineland-Palatinate Germany; part of the world's largest integrated chemical complex at ~10 km2); BASF Agricultural Solutions R&D and active ingredient synthesis for pyraclostrobin (Cabrio/Pristine/Headline) and boscalid. Pyraclostrobin was discovered by BASF chemists in the 1990s; commercial launch as Cabrio began 2003. BASF's Verbund model integrates raw material supply across the site — enabling efficient synthesis of agricultural active ingredients using byproducts from other chemical processes. Source: https://agriculture.basf.com/en/crop-protection.html