On June 20, BASF’s Coatings Division opened a new International Refinish Competence Center (RCC) in Clermont, France for R-M®, the company’s premium automotive refinish brand. The facility is now one of the most modern training facilities in Europe. With an investment of approx. € 2.5 million, the extended and modernized center is equipped with the latest technical standards and multimedia training tools, offering customers significant flexibility to meet their refinish training needs. Annually, more than 800 trainees and business partners can be accommodated in the new R-M Brand Center. A new brand space is especially dedicated to the latest color trends, exhibiting concept cars as well as design objects.