From left: Sanjeev Gandhi, Member of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF, the Indian scientist Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, Dr. Harald Lauke, President of Advanced Materials & Systems Research, and Regional Research Representative for Asia Pacific, Dr. Andrea Frenzel, President of Regional Division South & East Asia, BASF, Dr. Martin Brudermueller, VC of the Board of Executive Directors and CTO, BASF, and Raman Ramachandran, CMD at BASF in India.)

BASF Group has inaugurated its new Innovation Campus Asia Pacific, located in Mumbai, India. The project will involve a total expected investment of up to €50 million from BASF Group, and marks the Group's largest research and development (R&D) investment in South Asia.

All global research operations at BASF Innovation Campus Asia Pacific (Mumbai) will be housed under BASF Chemicals India Private Limited, a 100% subsidiary of BASF SE. The new innovation campus will expand the company's existing R&D activities in India to include global and regional research on a wide range of specialty chemicals. Topics will cover personal and home care, process development, organic synthesis, crop protection and many more.

"A growing need for energy, food and clean water, limited resources, and a rising world population pose huge challenges. Innovations based on chemistry will enable new solutions," said Dr. Martin Brudermueller, Vice Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE and Chief Technology Officer.

"As a consequence, BASF is expanding its research and development network, especially to emerging markets in Asia, as we want to drive innovation addressing customer and market needs at an early stage. Mumbai will be another powerful regional innovation hub for BASF, with proximity to the dynamically growing Indian market."

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