SHANGHAI – BASF has broken ground on a new resin and electrocoat (e-coat) plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Shanghai. With its operation scheduled to begin in the second half of 2015, the plant will help to address the increasing demand for high-quality coatings solutions in various growing industries, notably the automotive industry, in Asia-Pacific.
“Through this project, we demonstrate once again how we make customers more successful,” said Dr. Albert Heuser, President Greater China and Functions Asia-Pacific, BASF. “As part of our Asia-Pacific strategy, we aim to produce locally 75 percent of what we sell in Asia-Pacific. By implementing this project, we are taking an important step towards our strategic goal and at the same time serving an important market need in China.”