BASF Expands Automotive Coatings Production in China
SHANGHAI, China – BASF Shanghai Coatings Co. Limited is investing in a new basecoat plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Shanghai, China. The new plant will increase the company’s local production capacity for basecoat by 13,500 tons per annum. The investment represents an important step to strengthen BASF’s position as a leading coatings supplier to the automotive industry in China. Basecoat gives color to and determines the visual impression made by the painted car body.
The new coatings plant is planned to start production in the first half of 2014. It will be designed according to the latest and most environmentally friendly manufacturing processes and technologies.