BASF Inaugurates Its Largest Surface Treatment Site
The Surface Treatment global business unit of BASF’s Coatings division, operating under the Chemetall brand, celebrated the inauguration of its state-of-the-art surface treatment production site in Pinghu City, Zhejiang Province, China.
The new location, which was created as a smart factory, supports numerous digital applications and automation.
Spanning across 60,000 square meters, the Pinghu site is BASF’s first production site located in the Dushan Port Economic Development Zone and its largest surface treatment site globally.
“In July this year, we expanded our production capacity of automotive refinish coatings at our Jiangmen site in Guangdong Province. Today, we celebrate the opening of our new surface treatment site in Pinghu. We are strategically located closely to our customers to meet the local demands for our advanced and time-tested solutions.
Our goal is to be a growth-oriented surface technology leader, providing sustainable solutions, services, expertise and innovations that support our customers in various industries and in our key growth market – China,” commented Uta Holzenkamp, President, Coatings Division, BASF.
“Asia Pacific is the world’s fastest growing surface treatment market and China accounts for approximately 50% of the market in Asia. We believe the China market will show attractive growth rates in the medium to long term.
By localizing our cutting-edge processes and solutions, like our thin-film technology Oxsilan®, we are strengthening our leading position in China and we will significantly reduce the delivery time to our local customers” said Christophe Cazabeau, Senior Vice President, Coatings Division, BASF.
The Pinghu site, which was designed as a smart factory, enables high levels of process automation and complete digitalization of the site operations for increased manufacturing and site logistics efficiency.
A wide range of market segments, including but not limited to automotive OEM and component, coil, general industry, cold forming, aerospace, aluminum finishing, and glass, are served by the new website's extensive portfolio of applied surface treatment products and solutions.
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