BASF

BASF has been operating in Malaysia for 30 years, through a number of wholly-owned companies and joint ventures in the country. BASF (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd was incorporated in 1989 and operates manufacturing plants in Bukit Raja in Selangor and Pasir Gudang in Johor, as well as an operational site in Kulim, Kedah. BASF Asia Pacific Service Centre Sdn Bhd began its operation in 2005. Located in Kuala Lumpur, the shared services center provides functional services in the areas of finance, information services, human resources, environment, health & safety, procurement and import-export order management to the BASF group of companies in 17 markets across the Asia Pacific region. BASF Services (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, established in 1997, provides infrastructure and utilities support services to BASF sites in Malaysia. BASF holds 60% of its joint venture BASF PETRONAS Chemicals Sdn Bhd, which operates a state-of-the-art Verbund production site in Gebeng, and 50% of Toray BASF PBT Resin Sdn Bhd. BASF posted sales to customers in Malaysia of approximately €371 million in 2018.