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Shanghai, China - March 24, 2025 - BASF’s Coatings division has successfully expanded its production capacity for polyester and polyurethane resin at its Caojing plant in Shanghai, China. Originally established in 2015 with an annual capacity of 8,000 metric tons of polyester and polyurethane resin, the plant has now increased its capacity to 18,800 metric tons per year — a more than twofold increase.
 

BASF Coatings steps up its efforts to drive transformational change in the automotive refinish industry by continuing its mission to support young car painters worldwide. With its premium paint brand Glasurit, BASF continues to be the exclusive Global Industry Partner to WorldSkills International in the car painting skills category.
 

BASF Coatings, a leading global supplier of innovative coatings solutions, and NIO, a pioneer in the global smart electric vehicle market, have announced the signing of a Letter of Intent (LoI) aimed at establishing a strategic partnership to enhance cooperation in the automotive coatings sector. This collaboration marks a significant step towards achieving a long-term and mutually beneficial relationship, focusing on automotive exterior coatings for NIO’s electric vehicles.

To all industries relying on high-performance thermoplastics, BASF is now offering the world’s first biomass-balanced polyethersulfone (PESU). Ultrason® E 2010 BMB contributes to substituting fossil resources, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and increasing the use of renewable feedstock. This unique PESU enables customers in industries as diverse as household and catering, automotive, electrics and electronics (E&E), healthcare as well as water and sanitary to differentiate their products from the competition. It also helps them to achieve their sustainability goals - all without compromising on the material’s performance, quality or the need to invest extra money into new processing lines.

Die Geschäftseinheit Oberflächentechnik des Unternehmensbereichs Coatings von BASF, die unter der Marke Chemetall operiert, hat erfolgreich eine leistungsstarke Photovoltaikanlage an ihrem Standort in Boksburg, Südafrika, in Betrieb genommen und damit einen wesentlichen Schritt für mehr Nachhaltigkeit gemacht. Chemetall engagiert sich für eine nachhaltigere Zukunft, und die Einführung der neuen Photovoltaikanlage in Boksburg ist ein weiteres Element der kontinuierlichen Aktivitäten des Unternehmens, nachhaltige und erneuerbare Energiequellen an seinen Standorten zu nutzen.