BASF Boosts R&D In Asia Pacific For Automotive Coatings
At the new state-of-the-art coatings and coating resins laboratories, the company’s R&D team aims to address regional automotive customers’ growing demands for high-performance, quality and flexible coatings solutions with a lower environmental impact.
BASF Enters Market For Advanced Carbon Materials With Acquisition Of EnerG2
EnerG2’s patented carbon technology platform enables large-scale production of carbon materials that surpass the limitations of the carbons traditionally used in energy storage. It allows battery producers to tailor the carbon properties to specific applications in automotive and industrial applications.
BASF Wins Ohio Chemistry Technology Council Excellence Award
BASF’s Whitehouse, Ohio, location primarily houses automotive refinish training and color lab research and development.
BASF Refinish Names 2015 ColorSource Distributor Of The Year
Wholesale Automotive Suppliers Of Columbus (WASCO) was named the BASF Refinish Distributor Of The Year at the company’s annual ColorSource conference.
BASF Automotive Refinish Honors Employee, Salesperson Of The Year In North America
Richard Oster was named the 2015 North America Employee of the Year and Robert Alvarado was awarded the 2015 North America Salesperson of the Year.
Christopher Kugler Joins BASF Automotive Refinish As National Strategic Accounts Manager
Most recently, Kugler was the director of automotive aftermarket at ILJIN USA, a producer of wheel bearings and other automotive components. Prior to that, he was the North American national accounts manager for Saint-Gobain (Norton) Abrasives in the collision repair industry.
BASF’s 2016 Science Competition Looks For Lubricant Solutions For Tomorrow’s High-Efficiency Vehicles
This year’s competition focuses on the following challenge: What chemistries can be used to develop a synthetic fluid to meet the needs of tomorrow’s high-performance, high-efficiency engines and transmissions?
BASF Launches Norbin Brand In The US And Canada
First launched in Asia in 2015, Norbin uses urethane technology and joins the BASF family of refinish products, which includes Glasurit, R-M and Limco.
BASF Opens New Automotive Competence Center In Houston
The center includes the latest in virtual and in-person training facilities, state-of-the-art spray booths and application equipment to enable next generation training for all job functions in the collision repair industry.
BASF Automotive Refinish Names Denise Kingstrom As North America Distribution Director
Kingstrom began her career with BASF in 1999 with assignments in New Jersey and Mexico. In 2003, she joined the Coatings OEM team as a field technical sales representative. In 2010, Kingstrom joined the Refinish business leading both key and strategic account teams.
