With the support of BASF Coatings, the Russian company, Samara Reservoir Zavod company (SRZ), based in the Volga Valley, recently commissioned its first coil coating plant. BASF will be supplying nearly all the coatings for the plant. A corresponding agreement with a five-year term has been signed by both companies.
“This partnership with SRZ is a further step towards success in the important Russian market,” said Andrei Petrov, head of coil coatings sales, BASF Coatings Russia.
As the principal supplier, BASF Coatings is monitoring the startup of the new plant.