BASF
About
BASF Battery Materials is a global supplier of advanced Cathode Active Materials (CAM) for lithium-ion batteries, including CAMs such as Nickel Cobalt Aluminum (NCA) and Nickel Cobalt Manganese (NCM) oxides for EV batteries, as well as Licity® anode binders and battery cell additives.
The company also provides services such as Battery Recycling, Sourcing & Metals Management, and Electrochemical Testing to support battery material performance. BASF's innovations aim to enable faster, more sustainable e-mobility by improving battery life and energy density, with a major battery materials and recycling hub in Schwarzheide, Germany.
Listed In
In the Battery Report
BASF is named on 14 pages across 6 editions of Volta Foundation's annual Battery Report.
2025 report · p. 15Notable Events: August Week 1
2025 report · p. 308Nickel Cobalt Aluminum NCA Basic Information NCA SWOT ANALYSIS
2025 report · p. 327LNMO Notable Events January
All 14 pages
Battery Report 2025 · 4
Battery Report 2024 · 1
Battery Report 2023 · 2
Battery Report 2022 · 3
Battery Report 2021 · 3
Battery Report 2020 · 1
Supply Chain Segments
Location Info
- HQ
- Ludwigshafen, Germany
North America (5)
- R&D
- Beachwood, Ohio, United States
- Office
- Florham Park, New Jersey, United States
- Manufacturing
- Freeport, Texas, United States
- Manufacturing
- Geismar, Louisiana, United States
- Manufacturing
- Wyandotte, Michigan, United States
Latin America (1)
- Manufacturing
- Guaratinguetá, São Paulo, Brazil
Europe (6)
- Manufacturing
- Antwerp, Belgium
- Manufacturing
- Harjavalta, Finland
- Office
- Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- R&D
- Mannheim, Germany
- Manufacturing
- Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Manufacturing
- Schwarzheide, Germany
Asia-Pacific (8)
- Manufacturing
- Nanjing, China
- Manufacturing
- Shanghai, China
- Manufacturing
- Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China
- Manufacturing
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Manufacturing
- Dahej, Gujarat, India
- Manufacturing
- Mangalore, Karnataka, India
- Office
- Mumbai, India
- Manufacturing
- Thane, Maharashtra, India
Sources
Chemistry: Nickel Cobalt Aluminum (NCA)
- Cathode Active Materials · BASF Battery Materials · Company site · checked Oct 2026“We are a global market leader in NCA.”
Chemistry: Nickel Manganese Cobalt (NMC)
- Cathode Active Materials · BASF Battery Materials · Company site · checked Oct 2026“NCAs are highlights for Maximum Power, but we also offer NCMs and LCOs in this product category”
Quick Facts
- Team Size
- 2000+
- Funding
- Public
- Last Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
