One of BASF's areas of expertise is in operation of large networked structures for producing multifarious chemicals which are dependent on one another in their production. We also use this principle in biotechnology.
New results in biotechnological research are generated at BASF in an international research and technology network. Together with daughter and collaborating companies as well as in cooperation ventures with universities, BASF develops new processes and applications. In this manner we link our research to form a chain whose individual links mutually strengthen one another. The following companies participate in the research platform of BASF Plant Science: