On our home market Europe, we generate the biggest part of our worldwide sales. With more than 67,600 employees in 34 countries, our business in Europe is the largest of all BASF regions. In addition to numerous larger and smaller production sites, BASF operates Verbund sites in Antwerp, Belgium, and in Ludwigshafen, Germany - the site of the company’s global headquarters. Ludwigshafen is the largest BASF Verbund site and where the Verbund concept was created. Our most important European R&D sites are in Ludwigshafen, Münster, Trostberg, Lemf?rde (Germany) and Basel, Switzerland.