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Catena-X

Automotive & Transportation

BASF - a member of the Catena-X Automotive Network

The Catena-X Ecosystem

What is Catena-X?

The first open and collaborative data ecosystem

Together we are stronger! BASF is an active member of the Catena-X Automotive Network, an alliance for secure and cross-company data exchange in the automotive industry. The goal of Catena-X is to create a network that connects various stakeholders in the automotive supply chain, including production, suppliers, and service providers.

Be part of it and support the first collaborative and open data ecosystem for the automotive industry! As part of Catena-X, you will also benefit from secure and end-to-end data exchange in the automotive value chain.

Catena-X currently boasts more than 200 members from a variety of automotive-related industries.

Cofinity-X: The first operator for the Catena-X dataspace

The operator empowering your presence in the industry’s pioneering

Enables the secure and sovereign exchange of data between all participants in the automotive industry.

Click here to register with Cofinity-X and become a part of the Catena-X world.

As the leading chemical supplier to the automotive industry, we see tremendous opportunities in operating an ecosystem based on standardized digital services and harmonized data models. This will strengthen supply chain resilience, improve transparency, and accelerate the transformation towards circularity and net-zero carbon footprints across many material categories.
Retrato del Dr. Markus Kamieth

Dr. Markus Kamieth

CEO, BASF SE

"Catena-X is the vehicle that allows us to exchange data on a CO2 footprint or a product carbon footprint, as it’s called – PCF," said Michael Prinz, Director of Segment Marketing Transportation at BASF. Get more information on Catena-X and the collaboration with BASF. 

Our motivation

Collaborative, must-win battles for the global automotive industry.

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Sustainability
Sustainability
Put targets into action by working with real PCF data to decarbonize the value chain.
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Supply Resiliency
Supply Resiliency
Plan and ensure material flow and availability across multiple value chain steps.
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Systematic Coverage
Systematic Coverage
Create interoperability standards and SME readiness for digitalization of processes.
Cost of Innovation
Cost of Innovation
Boost innovation and adoption by sharing network foundation and services built upon open source.

Catena-X value proposition

First-time offer of a sovereign, multi-tier data exchange and use case collaboration across the entire value chain.

The fact that BASF is now involved in the founding of the first company shows our strong commitment to the automotive industry and our innovative strength, which we are leveraging to help drive a completely new type of collaboration.

Matthias Dohrn

President, Procurement, BASF SE

Discover BASF's applications within Catena-X

PACIFIC: The first BASF Catena-X application

A PCF exchange platform solution


The PACIFIC App, developed in collaboration with BASF and CircularTree, is a platform solution that automates the exchange of PCF data along the value chain, reducing manual work and ensuring trustworthy and immutable data exchange. It can be integrated with other solutions within the Catena-X ecosystem. The development of PACIFIC follows a phased approach, with the goal of delivering PCF metrics to BASF customers and extending the application to the whole value chain.

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