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A focus of our activities is research into and the development of new and improved products. In this regard, we direct our attention to providing nutrition to plants that meets needs over the entire vegetation cycle.
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A further focus is the use of up-to-date and environmentally friendly production processes; they
are being developed further with a view to making efficient use of energy as well as human and
material resources.
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To ensure the effective transfer of knowledge within research and to optimise the leveraging of
synergies, all research activities are managed and provided with budgets centrally. With regard to
documentation and reporting, the principles of modern knowledge management are applied and research
results are made available groupwide by means of a central database.
The procuring of research services from third parties is an important part of our research
strategy:
- Plant cultivation tests being conducted worldwide in the field of potash and magnesium fertilizers are coordinated and controlled centrally by our department for agricultural application technology. All field tests are assigned to specialised and experienced agricultural farms and are either looked after directly by our employees or locally monitored on a scientific basis by agricultural institutes all over the world. This enables us to obtain findings relating to a very diverse range of crops growing in local soil conditions in various climatic zones.
- Research and development connected with nitrogen fertilizers is conducted by BASF at its Limburgerhof research institute on our behalf. This institute brings together decades of competence and expertise in this area. The work performed there is conducted exclusively for COMPO and fertiva. The institute also centrally controls international field tests for nitrogen fertilizers. In this regard, the Limburgerhof employees cooperate closely with COMPO and fertiva product management.
- In scientific/technical fields we work together with Universities, most of which are in Germany. This ensures that we have early access to up-to-date scientific know-how. We provide support to young scholars by financing studies at the undergraduate, diploma and doctoral levels. This allows us to identify talent early on and to recruit qualified candidates for our company.
