TAGS: Automotive Coatings
BASF Coatings (Guangdong) Co., Ltd. (BCG) expands the production capacity of automotive refinish coatings at its coatings site in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province in South China. With the completion of the expansion in July 2022, BASF’s annual production capacity of automotive refinish coatings will be increased to 30,000 metric tons.
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The BCG manufacturing facility offers a comprehensive portfolio of automotive paints and solutions for commercial vehicles and automotive aftermarket. These include fillers, primer surfacer, basecoats, tinters, clearcoats, topcoats, hardeners, thinners, fast-drying accelerators and blenders etc.
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The new product capacity for automotive refinish coatings will bring additional supply reliability to fulfill the growing demand in China’s automotive market,” said Jeffrey Lou, president, BASF Greater China.
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It demonstrates our commitment to enhance local production and respond faster to the growing needs of Chinese customers. It also reinforces BASF’s position as one of the leading and reliable suppliers to customers in China,” added Lou.
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The demand for automotive refinish coatings in China is growing at a healthy rate. It has become imperative to have advanced production facilities in the region to support this development,” said Patrick Zhao, senior vice president, BASF Coatings Solutions Asia Pacific.
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I am very confident that our investments in the expanded capacity will better support the growth of our customers in the automotive industry. Customers will benefit from our innovation strength and supply reliability they have come to know and trust,” added Zhao.
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Source: BASF