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BASF Names VisionPLUS Performance Groups’ Collision Repair Shops of the Year

May 23, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

At the 2017 VisionPLUS Performance Group Business Conference held recently in Litchfield Park, AZ, BASF awarded  2016 Shop of the Year designations to seven collision repair shops. The winners were selected based on overall improvement and gross profit improvement from the previous year, along with excellent Performance Group preparedness and participation. Performance Group winners were: […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Awards, BASF, VisionPLUS

BASF Names Distributor of the Year

May 15, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

KAPE/Capital Paint won the BASF Automotive Refinish 2016 Distributor of the Year award at the annual ColorSource conference. Approximately 130 single-line distribution partners attended the conference in Clearwater Beach, Fla. “KAPE/Capital has been a key partner of BASF’s for years, showing double digit growth for more than five consecutive years,” said BASF North American Distribution […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Awards, BASF, PBE Distributor

BASF Hosts VisionPLUS University course at Audi Training Center on June 6

May 10, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

BASF’s VisionPLUS University class, Advanced Production Management, will be hosted on June 6, at the Audi Training Center in Ashburn, Va. The course focuses on three areas: pre-repair planning, scheduling and segmenting repairs to eliminate the barriers to efficient production. This course demonstrates the most efficient use of people, space and time to increase profits, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Audi, BASF, Porsche, Production, VisionPLUS, Volkswagen

BASF Names Dirk Bremm President of Coatings Division

April 7, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

Dirk Bremm was named the new president of BASF’s Coatings division, effective April 1. Bremm succeeds Dr. Markus Kamieth, who was appointed to the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE. Kamieth had led the Coatings division since 2012. Bremm earned his Master’s Degree in Business Administration at the Leipzig Graduate School of Management in […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: BASF, People

BASF’s VisionPLUS Performance Group Business Conference May 10-12

April 4, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

BASF’s VisionPLUS Performance Group Business Conference will be held May 10-12, in Litchfield Park, Ariz. More than 80 BASF collision repair centers will be represented at the meeting, with seven receiving 2017 Shop of the Year designations within their respective groups. Attendees will discuss best practices, attend training workshops and hear guest speakers and panelists […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: BASF, VisionPLUS

BASF Teams up with Driven to Cure Cancer Charity

February 15, 2017 By CollisionWeek Editor

BASF launches Paint with a Purpose to benefit rare cancer charity At its automotive refinish team meeting earlier this month, BASF presented Andrew Lee, president & CEO of Driven to Cure (DTC), and his father Bruce Lee, chairman, treasurer & secretary of DTC, with a check for $10,000. Immediately following, BASF announced its new DTC […]

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BASF Acquires Surface Treatment Provider Chemetall

December 19, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

BASF has signed an agreement to acquire Albemarle’s global surface treatment business, Chemetall. The purchase price is $3.2 billion. The transaction is subject to approval by the relevant authorities and is expected to close by the end of 2016. Chemetall is a global technology and innovation leader in the metals surface treatment market, and is […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, BASF, Germany

BASF Details Recent Distributor Changes

December 16, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

BASF Distribution Featured

BASF has made several announcements over the last few months about new distributors in some markets around the country including in Denver, Colo., Fort Myers, Fla.; and California. In response to several questions from our subscribers, CollisionWeek reached out to BASF to help our collision repair facility readers understand why these changes were made from […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: BASF, PBE Distributor

AkzoNobel Completes Acquisition of BASF’s Industrial Coatings Business

December 15, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

AkzoNobel announced it has finalized the acquisition of BASF’s global Industrial Coatings business that was announced in February. The industrial coatings business supplies a range of products for industries including construction, domestic appliances, wind energy and commercial transport. The transaction includes relevant technologies, patents and trademarks, as well as two manufacturing plants in the United […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, AkzoNobel, BASF, Industrial Coatings

BASF Inaugurates First Refinish Coatings Manufacturing in Asia Pacific Region

December 9, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

Newly acquired site in China from Guangdong Yinfan will serve as a technology and production hub for the region. BASF yesterday inaugurated BASF Coatings (Guangdong) Co., Ltd., its first automotive refinish manufacturing operation in Asia Pacific, located in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, China. The new entity was established as BASF completed the acquisition of the automotive […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Asia, BASF, China

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