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As a result of a fire that occurred in a BASF plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany on July 29, 2024, BASF SE - also on behalf of its affected affiliates - declares Force Majeure on deliveries of selected vitamin A, vitamin E, and carotenoid products as well as selected aroma ingredients, with immediate effect and until further notice. The selected aroma ingredients are Ionones, Pyranol, DL-Menthol, Rose Oxides, Ethyllinalool, Nerolidol, and Isophytol R. BASF is in close contact with customers to share updates and the developments regarding the supply capability of the affected products.

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, Wageningen, Netherlands, June 26, 2024 – Eurofins Agro Testing Wageningen, a renowned laboratory specializing in forage, feed, soil, water, manure and compost analysis has announced an international collaboration with trinamiX to optimize forage analyses without the need to send samples to a laboratory. 

April 9, 2024 –Antwerp, Belgium / Ludwigshafen, Germany – Intraco Ltd, a leading exporter of premixes and concentrates from Belgium and part of Group DC, and trinamiX GmbH, a leading provider of mobile spectroscopy solutions and subsidiary of BASF, announce today their collaboration for mobile feed analysis. The aim of this partnership is to give Intraco and its distribution partners the opportunity to analyze the nutrient composition of feed with trinamiX Mobile NIR Spectroscopy Solution - a robust, handheld spectrometer, which comes together with a mobile app and customer portal. This solution enables the feed advisors of Intraco’s distributors to assess raw materials and final feed in real time and advise local farmers to ensure that livestock is fed nutritionally balanced and cost-effectively. 

Ludwigshafen, Germany – BASF has calculated the Product Carbon Footprints (PCFs) for vitamins, carotenoids, beverage processing polymers, feed enzymes and feed performance ingredients for the human and animal nutrition markets. The BASF methodology for calculating PCFs is certified by TÜV Rheinland according to the internationally recognized standard, ISO 14067:2018. 

The world-leading dairy equipment company milkrite | InterPuls, Methuen Park, United Kingdom is now using Ultrason^® P 3010 to manufacture housings of milk meter sensors used for checking the milking results of cows, sheep and goats. The BASF polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) contributes to the durability of the sensor because of its high toughness and chemical resistance: Thus the milk meters can withstand the rough farm environment as well as the repeated cleaning of the milk meters. The transparent Ultrason^® grade supports easy visual checking of the milk flowing through the metering device and in the long run does not show any discoloration. It also meets milkrite | InterPuls’s strict requirements regarding food contact approval.