BASF Opens Lab for Automotive OEM Coatings in Germany
MÜNSTER, Germany — BASF’s Coatings division has opened a new laboratory for automotive OEM coatings at its site in Münster, Germany. The modular “Lean Lab” concept aims to ensure optimized, digitalized and transparent processes and efficient use of resources in the laboratory area throughout Europe. Discrete working processes of the lab employees and the use of standardized and automated processes allow BASF to meet future market requirements quickly and flexibly. In line with this, the lab features a lab-dosing machine that was specially developed for BASF and is the only one of its kind in the coatings industry.
“BASF cooperates very closely with all major automotive manufacturers worldwide to develop advanced coatings technologies. Through the digitalization of processes, optimized use of resources, and automation, we can respond even more efficiently and address our customers’ needs,” said Dirk Bremm, President of BASF’s Coatings division.