Coatings World - October 2010

Fresh Paint
automotive coatings business
through the industry’s most chal-
lenging period in decades,” said PPG
chairman and CEO Charles Bunch.
“She has brought leadership, clarity
and focus to our company’s global
approach to marketing, manufactur-
ing and technical development, and
we are very proud that she’s being
recognized by the automotive indus-
try.” Overseeing more than 4,000
PPG employees, Niekamp managed
the implementation of broad restruc-
turing efforts to align costs with
market demand, and she helped to
position the company’s automotive
coatings business to capitalize on
growth in global markets. The list
recognizes 100 women who are lead-
ers in the automotive field—those
who make major decisions and have
significant influence at their compa-
nies. Award recipients were selected
from among several hundred nomi-
nations by a committee comprising
Automotive News staff and other
industry figures.

(HMSI). BASF received the Best
Supplier Award for its performance
in the paints category for the year
2009 from major motorcycle manu-
facturer HMSI. This is the third con-
secutive and fourth time in the past
five years that BASF in India has
earned the title for the Best
Performance in Paints category. Tata
Motors Limited, India’s largest auto-

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TATA MOTORS, MAHINDRA & HONDA MOTORCYCLE RECOGNIZE BASF AS BEST SUPPLIER BASF Coatings in India has received three supplier awards from Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra and Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India

* Most efficient and aggressive blending/dispersing blade available.

* Provides proper combination of pumping action and shear/ dispersion essential for fast consistent results.

* Built in pumping action cuts processing time.

* Longer life due to heavier gauge construction.

* Less heat due to shorter required running time.

* Excellent for high or low speed and high or low viscosity.

* Supplied with hubs or mounting holes required to retrofit and upgrade present equipment.

* Pumping blades without teeth are available and are excellent for gentle blending and agitation.

Shrikant Kulkarni (left), general manager, automotive OEM coatings solutions, BASF, received the Best Supplier Award from the hands of the senior official at Tata Motors in New Delhi, India.