BASF Plans Automotive Application Center for Asia-Pacific
SHANGHAI – BASF announced plans to build its first regional Automotive Application Center in Asia-Pacific, to be located at the BASF Innovation Campus Asia Pacific in Shanghai, China. Start of operations is planned for the end of 2018, pending relevant approvals by authorities.
As an integrated part of BASF’s existing research and development (R&D) facilities for coatings solutions within the Innovation Campus, the €33.7 million investment will include an automotive application center – equipped with a state-of-the-art spray booth for electrostatic applications, a physical testing lab and the 3-D robot – as well as process catalyst research and development laboratories. These facilities, occupying a combined floor space of 5,000 square meters, are designed to enable customer-oriented R&D activities and perform an accurate simulation of OEM paint shops.