BASF opens technical support lab in India

Prasad Chandran, Chairman, BASF India.

MANGALORE, INDIA: BASF Coatings India Pvt Ltd has set up a new coatings technical support lab at Mangalore, India. This new facility at Mangalore will support lab activities including product development, analytical testing, certification and new pigment qualification, catering to the coatings customers of BASF outside India. The technical support lab will add to the core competencies that legacy BASF coatings India Pvt Ltd has already set up at the Mangalore site. Over the past years, BASF has put in place various state-of-the-art equipment, which offers both manufacturing and technical services.

“India will continue to be a thriving market for automotive coatings. BASF’s operations have the quality and potential for sustainable growth, a qualified and committed team, state-of-the-art operations, a favourable cost structure and strong customer focus within an overall favourable business environment. We believe this technical support lab will benefit our customers significantly and naturally be important for BASF to accomplish its own business objectives, globally. The team in India is well- prepared to take on the additional responsibilities and assume the role of an international technical competence centre,” said Prasad Chandran, Chairman, BASF India.

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