Germany is a chemistry power: BASF in Ludwigshafen is the world\u2019s largest chemical complex, Bayer invented aspirin, Merck is the oldest pharma company. Chemistry makes fertilizers (fed billions), plastics, medicines, batteries, paints. Green chemistry is the new wave: CO₂ recycling and hydrogen.

• ●Aspirin — Bayer\u2019s invention (1897), the first mass-market drug
• ●Haber process — fertilizer from air: fed half the world
• ●The battery is lithium chemistry: the heart of the EV