https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German chemical giant BASF says it will build a factory making key components for electric car batteries in Brandenburg state, not far from Tesla's first European "Gigafactory" just outside Berlin. https://www.thelocal.de/20200212/german-chemical-giant-basf-to-make-car-battery-parts-near-tesla-berlin-site Wed, 12 Feb 2020 16:35:05 +0100 german-chemical-giant-basf-to-make-car-battery-parts-near-tesla-berlin-site The BASF chemical giant on Saturday said a firefighter injured in an explosion at its plant in western Germany earlier this month had died, pushing the death toll up to four. https://www.thelocal.de/20161030/german-chemical-plant-blast-toll-rises Sun, 30 Oct 2016 13:04:01 +0100 german-chemical-plant-blast-toll-rises Divers on Wednesday found the body of a man at a BASF chemical plant in western Germany where an explosion occurred on Monday, police said, bringing the death toll to three. https://www.thelocal.de/20161019/german-chemical-plant-explosion-toll-rises-to-three Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:53:25 +0200 german-chemical-plant-explosion-toll-rises-to-three Emergency services were still searching for two people who went missing after a huge explosion at a chemical plant in western Germany on Monday. Two people have been confirmed as victims of the blast. https://www.thelocal.de/20161018/two-dead-search-goes-on-after-chemical-plant-blast Tue, 18 Oct 2016 11:34:59 +0200 two-dead-search-goes-on-after-chemical-plant-blast At least one person has died, six have been injured and another six remain missing after an explosion on Monday at a chemical plant at BASF's headquarters in western Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20161017/several-missing-injured-in-explosion-at-basf-plant-in-germany Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:04:58 +0200 several-missing-injured-in-explosion-at-basf-plant-in-germany German chemicals giant BASF said Tuesday it plans to invest €10 billion ($13 billion) in the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region between now and 2020, creating up to 9,000 new jobs there. https://www.thelocal.de/20130604/50087 Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:19:00 +0200 50087 German chemicals giant BASF said Tuesday it planned to axe around 500 jobs worldwide, including 350 in Switzerland, in its so-called performance products division over the next two years. https://www.thelocal.de/20130423/49315 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:06:00 +0200 49315 BASF, the last firm still developing genetically modified crops in Germany is stopping its work, admitting defeat in the face of widespread European opposition to to the idea. https://www.thelocal.de/20120117/40163 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:04:00 +0100 40163 Following Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to phase out of nuclear power by 2022, major energy-consuming companies say the decision puts Germany’s international competitiveness at risk. https://www.thelocal.de/20110623/35855 Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:37:00 +0200 35855 Russia's bid to build a rival to a US-backed gas pipeline to Europe received a major boost this week when the project was joined by the hydrocarbon subsidiary of the German powerhouse BASF. https://www.thelocal.de/20110322/33873 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:01:00 +0100 33873 BASF, the world's biggest chemicals company, presented stunning 2010 results on Thursday, bouncing back from a slump in 2009 and giving an upbeat outlook for the current year despite problems in Libya. https://www.thelocal.de/20110224/33317 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:43:00 +0100 33317 The world's biggest chemical firm, BASF, will invest more than €2 billion ($2.6 billion) in Asia by 2014, with more than half the sum earmarked for China, a senior executive said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20101129/31485 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:14:00 +0100 31485 Germany's BASF, the world's largest chemicals company, said on Wednesday it has pledged to the 33,000 workers at its main plant at Ludwigshafen not to make any redundancies until 2015. https://www.thelocal.de/20101124/31395 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:24:00 +0100 31395 The global economic rebound helped German chemical giants BASF and Bayer post major rises in profits Thursday fuelled by growing demand across the board. https://www.thelocal.de/20101028/30815 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:47:00 +0200 30815 Europe slapped a summons on German chemical giant BASF on Monday after a "blunder" allowed seed from a new genetically modified potato to remain in a field in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.de/20100906/29643 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:28:00 +0200 29643 German chemical giant BASF said Wednesday it would buy the specialist company Cognis for a total of €3.1 billion. https://www.thelocal.de/20100623/28049 Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:26:00 +0200 28049 The world's leading chemical company, BASF, posted Thursday a better than expected first quarter profit on the back of strong demand from Asian economies and inventory build up. https://www.thelocal.de/20100429/26877 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:15:00 +0200 26877 German chemicals giant BASF posted stronger than expected fourth quarter results on Thursday, saying the worst was over after its 2009 net profit was less than half from the previous year. https://www.thelocal.de/20100225/25497 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:28:00 +0100 25497 German chemical giant BASF reported on Thursday a sharp drop in third quarter net profit, but said it had begun to gain ground in a recovery that it warned would be slow and uneven. https://www.thelocal.de/20091029/22899 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:20:00 +0100 22899 The German chemical giant BASF announced on Monday 3,700 job cuts by 2013 under a deep restructuring plan that follows its takeover of the Swiss group Ciba. https://www.thelocal.de/20090706/20425 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:44:00 +0200 20425