MÜNSTER, Germany - For the third time since 2002, BASF’s Coatings Division in Mexico has received the prestigious General Motors Supplier of the Year award for outstanding performance as an automotive-coatings supplier to GM in Mexico.
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. - Charles Ross & Son Company has completed its manufacturing plant expansion in Wuxi, China. The expansion adds approx. 20,000 sq. ft. to the existing building. The facility is strategically located in Wuxi City, on the Shanghai/Nanging Expressway, about 70 miles from Shanghai.
VANTAA, Finland - CPS Color is locating its Asia Pacific headquarters in Shanghai, China. The operation is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - BASF has been awarded Behr Process Corporation’s 2005 Supplier Technology Innovation Award, recognizing BASF as The Technology Leader in acrylic dispersions used to formulate architectural coatings.
SANDUSKY, Ohio - American Colors, Inc., is opening a new facility in Shanghai, China. Much of the heavy equipment will be made in China, but the color computers will come from, and be connected with, the color computers in Ohio and Lebanon, Tenn.
ARNHEM, the Netherlands - Akzo Nobel’s Aerospace Coatings business (ANAC) has announced that it is the first to develop products to contain breakthrough chromate-free technology following the signing of a commercial licensing agreement with the North Dakota State University Research Foundation (NDSU).
ARNHEM, the Netherlands - Akzo Nobel has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ningbo Chemical Industry Zone (NCIZ) that paves the way for the creation of a new chemicals multi-site in China. The company plans to install the facilities on a 50-hectare plot, making it one of the biggest sites for the company’s activities in the world.
"Together, the future is ours!" This was the unequivocal message from Susan DeSandre, Ford director for Body and Chassis, American Production Purchasing Operations, at a BASF press event on October 3, 2006, at the Ford Rouge Plant, Detroit.