MOSCOW (MRC) -- BASF offers its customers individual coatings solutions as the automotive industry focuses on sustainable manufacturing processes. Thus, the Coatings division has been awarded the "Excellent Supplier 2014: Leading Technology Award” by Shanghai General Motors Co., Ltd (SGM), reported BASF on its site.
As the only coatings supplier to win the annual award, BASF Shanghai Coatings Co., Ltd. stood out from around 4,000 SGM suppliers due to its excellent on-site service and leading technology.
"We appreciate our long-term partnership with BASF. We are impressed by BASF’s timely and efficient on-site service, which supports our business development and sustainability goal," said Adam Chang, Senior Manager Purchasing Department, Shanghai General Motors Company Ltd. "With BASF’s innovative coatings technology, we have reduced solvent use and volatile organic compound emissions in our painting lines, achieving a more sustainable car manufacturing process."
As MRC informed previously, in December 2014, BASF’s Coatings division became the sole supplier of automotive coatings for the new plant of the Chinese automaker Chery in Jacarei, Brazil, which started operations in August 2014.
BASF is the leading chemical company. It produces a wide range of chemicals, for example solvents, amines, resins, glues, electronic-grade chemicals, industrial gases, basic petrochemicals and inorganic chemicals. The most important customers for this segment are the pharmaceutical, construction, textile and automotive industries. BASF had sales of about EUR74 billion in 2013 and over 112,000 employees as of the end of the year.
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