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By Mary Page Bailey | August 2, 2022
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced that BASF Coatings (Guangdong) Co. , Ltd. (BCG) increased the production capacity of automotive refinish coatings at its coating site in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, southern China. With the final touch of the expansion in July 2022, BASF’s automotive refinish coatings production capacity will exceed 30,000 metric tons consistent with the year (mt/year). This is in line with the company’s commitment to maintaining proximity to its customers, as well as BASF’s position as a supplier of cutting-edge coatings to the automotive industry in China and the rest of Asia.
Expansion of BASF Coatings (Guangdong) Co. , Ltd. (BCG) in Jiangmen
“The new production capacity of automotive refinish coatings will generate increased source reliability to meet the growing demand in the Chinese automotive market. This demonstrates our commitment to local production and responds faster to the developing desires of Chinese consumers. It also strengthens BASF’s position as one of the leading reliable suppliers to consumers in China,” said Jeffrey Lou, President of BASF Greater China.
“The demand for automotive refinish coatings in China is developing at a steady pace. It has become imperative to have complex production facilities in the region for this development. I am confident that our investments in capacity expansion will increase the expansion of our automotive customers. Customers will gain advantages from our cutting-edge strength and reliability of our materials they have come to know and trust,” said Patrick Zhao, senior vice president, BASF Coatings Solutions Asia Pacific.
BCG’s environmental credentials and contributions have been well identified through the Jiangmen Ecology and Environment Bureau at various events since 2018. The company awarded the “Green Brand” difference for its remarkable contribution to sustainable progress in the region.
BCG’s production facility provides a complete diversity of automotive paints and responses for advertising cars and the automotive aftermarket. These come with fillers, surface primers, base layers, dyes, varnishes, end layers, hardeners, thinners, accelerators and quick-drying mixers, etc. .