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- BASF’s India Coatings business expands its Automotive Coatings Application Center to enhance its customer service capabilities
- World-class facility designed to develop innovative solutions for automotive coatings
- Gain a strategic advantage: Serve customers more effectively through advanced mechanical capabilities and better simulated conditions on customer production lines
Mangalore, India – May 25, 2022 – BASF has expanded its Automotive Coatings Application Center in Mangalore, India. As an integral part of BASF’s existing R&D facility for automotive coating solutions, the Automotive Coatings Application Center covers an area of more than 400 square meters and is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, such as high-precision spray booth temperature and humidity control and electrostatic spin coaters, and Advanced quick connect system for electrostatic applications. The facility has been carefully designed to enable customer-oriented R&D activities while accurately simulating an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) paint shop.
Narayan Krishnamohan, Managing Director of BASF India Limited and Head of BASF in India, said: “The expansion of the application center is an important addition to the Indian market in providing high-quality coating solutions. It symbolizes our Strong commitment to supporting the long-term growth of the Indian automotive industry.”
Zhao Zhengyu, Senior Vice President of BASF’s Coatings Business Unit Asia Pacific, added: “This investment is an important milestone in our efforts to further strengthen our R&D footprint in the Asia Pacific region and improve our fastest-growing automotive coatings solutions segment. One of the regions where we are close to our customers. By expanding our Automotive Coatings Application Center, we aim not only to continue investing in OEM coatings in India, but also to support the future long-term growth of the automotive market in the region.”
BASF also has automotive coatings application centers in Shanghai, China, Totsuka, Japan and Bangpoo, Thailand in the Asia-Pacific region.
