BASF In the Automotive Industry.Business Editors SOUTHFIELD, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2000 Over the past three years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. automotive market has enjoyed a continuous, record-breaking performance. The amount of cars and trucks sold in this region reached 17.4 million units in 1997, only to climb even further to 19.1 million units in 1999. In this time span, production of light vehicles (consumer cars and trucks) in the three main automotive manufacturing nations in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. expanded as well: Country 1997 Production 1999 Production --------------------------------------------------------------------- United States 12.1 million units 13.0 million units Canada 2.6 million units 3.1 million units Mexico 1.3 million units 1.5 million units Total 16.0 million units 17.6 million units BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California) BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company) BASF Builders Association of South Florida has a vital, major presence in the worldwide automotive industry The automotive industry is the industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of motor vehicles. In 2006, more than 69 million motor vehicles, including cars and commercial vehicles were produced worldwide. . In 1999, of the Euro 29.5 billion BASF Group achieved in sales, Euro 4.0 billion or 13 percent involved the automotive industry. BASF in North America has manufacturing and office locations strategically placed where its automotive customer base has operations, the most important being the Detroit, Michigan “Detroit” redirects here. For other uses, see Detroit (disambiguation). Detroit (IPA: [dɪˈtʰɹɔɪt]) (French: Détroit, meaning strait , area. The "Motor City" is home to the world headquarters of General Motors and Ford, as well as the North American arm of DaimlerChrysler, and a vast majority of their suppliers. BASF makes a wide range of products that appear in hundreds of automobile and transportation applications. All of the BASF Corporation operating divisions participate in some capacity in the automotive industry. The Coatings and Colorants division, based at the BASF Automotive Campus in Greater Detroit, makes the coating systems used to paint and protect automobiles. This division operates an automotive coatings manufacturing plant in Windsor, Ontario, which is across the river from downtown Detroit and is considered to be Canada's "Motor City." The Polymers division, which operates manufacturing sites in the Detroit area at Wyandotte and Livonia, supplies urethane urethane (yoor´ithān´), n ethyl carbamate used as an anesthetic agent for laboratory animals, formerly used as a hypnotic in humans. foams and durable plastic materials used in various interior and exterior automotive applications. The Fiber Products division's nylon fiber is used in headliner cloth for American cars. Fiber Products' solution-dyed nylon carpet yarns offer durability, colorfastness and stain resistance in more than 20 car models. Also, the division's textile yarns are used from the roof to the floor in various automotive interior applications. The Dispersions business group's products are used as carpet backing in automotive interiors and adhesives. And the Chemicals division supplies raw materials for automotive exterior and interior products, such as coatings, fuel additives and antifreeze antifreeze, substance added to a solvent to lower its freezing point. The solution formed is called an antifreeze mixture. Antifreeze is typically added to water in the cooling system of an internal-combustion engine so that it may be cooled below the freezing point . |
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