Italy, Feb. 14 -- The Surface Treatment global business unit of BASF's Coatings division, operating under the Chemetall brand, celebrated the opening of its new Global Aluminum Competence Center in Giussano, Italy. The state-of-the-art facility will strengthen Chemetall's position as a global supplier of solutions for the surface treatment of aluminum substrates.

The Aluminum Competence Center was established to bundle Chemetall's comprehensive competences in the area of surface treatment of aluminum in one place. After the intensive analyses of existing capacities, development priorities as well as customer and market requirements, the existing Chemetall site Giussano was identified as the best option. With the centralization of the resea...