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CO-CREATION HUB

BASF opens creative centre in Korea

German chemicals major, BASF,
has announced the opening of its fifth
‘Creation Centre’ in Asia Pacific, in
Ansan, Korea.

The centre brings together the dis-
covery and understanding of material
applications in the early stage of pro-
duct design development under one roof.
The company said the centre will aid
collaborative working and “customers
can experience the power of perfor-
mance materials to inspire and jointly
develop cutting-edge design solutions.”

“With the creation centre in Korea,
we are further enhancing our position
as a leading solution provider by bring-
ing together our technical and design
expertise to support customers from
concept to final product. This invest-
ment reflects our continued commit-
ment to Korea as a strategic market and
innovation hub for BASF in Asia,” said
Andy Postlethwaite, Senior Vice
President, Performance Materials Asia
Pacific, BASF.

BASF’s creation centres are part of a
global network designed to support cus-
tomers during the early phase of product bilities. From Ludwigshafen, Shanghai, environment for materials to be an
development by combining trend scout- Yokohama, Mumbai to Ansan, all cre- integral part of the design phase as
ing, design thinking, and technical capa- ation centres provide a collaborative concepts for real world solutions.

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
Battle against superbugs unlikely to be won with

reduced antibiotics use: Report

Antimicrobial resistance is still will be required to tackle the increasing Organization as one of the world’s
spreading in the environment despite a threat of antimicrobial resistance biggest killers, causing over five million
reduction in the amounts of antibiotic (AMR) to public health. deaths per year.
drugs prescribed, according to a new
study led by the UK-based University AMR happens when bacteria AMR can develop through several
of Bath and published in the Journal of evolve over time and don’t respond routes: over-use or misuse of antibio-
Global Antimicrobial Resistance. Re- to treatment with antibiotics. It’s been tics to treat or prevent bacterial infec-
searchers warn that multiple approaches highlighted by the World Health tions; using antibiotics in farm animals

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