<div id="readability-page-1"><div> By Nina Kienle <pre></pre> BASF is stepping up its cost-cutting measures, targeting lower costs in its core businesses as part of a wider restructuring. The German chemical company said Wednesday it aims to reduce cash-based fixed costs its core businesses by up to 20% by 2029 compared with 2024. This is the next step in a restructuring program that includes streamlining its portfolio, selling non-core assets, spinning off its agricultural business, and cutting jobs, BASF said. BASF expects to further reduce its workforce, Chief Executive Markus Kamieth separately told Handelsblatt newspaper, without being specific on numbers. BASF wasn't immediately available to comment. The cost-cutting program--dubbed CoreShift--focuses on the segments of chemicals, materials, industrial solutions, and nutrition and care that make up BASF's core businesses. These represent around 40 billion euros ($46.43 billion) in annual global sales. Julia Raquet, president of the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, will lead the newly established core transformation office and report directly to the CEO, BASF said. The company has previously said it aims to achieve 2.3 billion euros in annual cost savings by the end of 2026. As of the end of March, 1.9 billion euros of these savings had already been realized. <pre></pre> Write to Nina Kienle at nina.kienle@wsj.com <pre></pre> (END) Dow Jones Newswires May 20, 2026 12:45 ET (16:45 GMT)Copyright (c) 2026 Dow Jones &amp; Company, Inc.</div></div>

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巴斯夫正在加大成本削減力度，目標是在 2029 年前將其核心業務的現金固定成本降低最多 20%。此次重組包括出售非核心資產、剝離農業業務以及裁員。CoreShift 計劃針對年銷售額約為 400 億歐元的業務部門。巴斯夫計劃到 2026 年實現 23 億歐元的年度節省，目前已實現 19 億歐元

巴斯夫將進一步削減成本，重點關注核心業務