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 "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
 "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "cite_as": "Nozzle4, https://nozzle4.com/data/",
 "note": "Compiled by Nozzle4 from the sources linked on each row. The facts belong to their sources; the compilation is licensed CC BY 4.0, so use it with a credit and a link.",
 "slug": "basf",
 "name": "BASF",
 "status": "listed",
 "status_label": "Listed",
 "segment": "Materials and powders",
 "page": "https://nozzle4.com/companies/basf/",
 "listing": {
  "exchange": "XETR",
  "ticker": "BAS",
  "tradingview_symbol": "XETR:BAS"
 },
 "headquarters": "Ludwigshafen, Germany",
 "founded": 1865,
 "ownership": "Listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (BAS)",
 "technologies": [
  "Ultrafuse filaments",
  "metal filaments",
  "photopolymers"
 ],
 "description": "Spent seven years building a 3D printing materials business and then left it. Forward AM, its additive unit, was spun out in a management buyout in 2024, filed for insolvency within five months, and was bought by Stratasys in 2025.",
 "last_checked": "2026-10-23",
 "timeline": [
  {
   "date": "2017",
   "title": "Launches Forward AM as its 3D printing subsidiary",
   "detail": null,
   "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/basf-exits-the-3d-printing-industry-forward-am-carved-out-into-a-new-company-231451/"
  },
  {
   "date": "Nov 2024",
   "title": "Forward AM Technologies files for insolvency at the Heidelberg court, less than five months after the carve-out",
   "detail": "It later shut its US operations and served American customers from Germany.",
   "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/forward-am-technologies-insolvency-filed-234646/"
  },
  {
   "date": "2024",
   "title": "Spins out Forward AM, with its Sculpteo service business, in a management buyout led by CEO Martin Back",
   "detail": "BASF supported the deal.",
   "source": "https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/basf-exits-the-3d-printing-industry-forward-am-carved-out-into-a-new-company-231451/"
  },
  {
   "date": "May 2025",
   "title": "Stratasys acquires the former BASF additive business Forward AM, which continues as a standalone company within Stratasys",
   "detail": "Forward AM said its portfolio would stay open to all partners and platforms.",
   "source": "https://www.metal-am.com/stratasys-acquires-former-basf-additive-manufacturing-business-forward-am/"
  }
 ]
}