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BASF donates over 100 million protective masks

15 Apr '20
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Pic: BASF
Pic: BASF

BASF, a German chemical company, has announced that as part of its “Helping Hands” campaign to fight corona pandemic, BASF is donating 100 million protective masks to the Federal Republic of Germany. BASF is also donating 1 million masks to the State of Rhineland-Palatinate. The first delivery of masks is expected at Frankfurt Airport by next week.
 
BASF’s corporate headquarters are located in Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate. With around 35,000 employees, it is BASF’s largest production site worldwide. The masks will be purchased in China and prepared for shipment to Germany.
 
In Germany, the masks will be handed over to the federal minister of health Jens Spahn and the prime minister of Rhineland-Palatinate Malu Dreyer. “An emergency situation such as this can only be managed by all of us together,” Martin Brudermüller, chairman of BASF’s board of executive directors, said in a press release. “We are therefore using our purchasing networks and logistics in China to help.” 
 
BASF is responsible for the costs of purchasing and transporting the masks. The masks will be distributed by the federal ministry of health and, in Rhineland-Palatinate, by the State Office for Social Affairs, Youth and Welfare.
 
The mask donation is one of several initiatives of BASF’s “Helping Hands” campaign. BASF is committed to fighting the pandemic worldwide with a total of approximately €100 million.
 
Company's another focus is the production of hand sanitiser. BASF has created new capacities within a short time at sites such as Ludwigshafen, Düsseldorf and Münster-Hiltrup and is able to produce up to 1 million liters of hand sanitiser with the raw materials purchased. 

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