BASF extends WorldSkills sponsorship
BASF’s coatings division has renewed its sponsorship of the WorldSkills competition.
The agreement continues BASF’s long-standing commitment to developing new talent in the automotive refinish industry and solidifies BASF’s support of the next global WorldSkills competition, which will be held in Shanghai in 2021.
Fabien Boschetti, director, global marketing Automotive Refinish Coatings Solutions, BASF, said: “We are very happy to partner with WorldSkills once again, following the successful use of our Glasurit brand of refinish coatings at WorldSkills Kazan 2019, to focus on sustainability, digitalisation and diversity for the next generation of spray painters.
Patrick Zhao, senior vice-president, BASF Coatings Solutions Asia-Pacific added: “As China prepares for WorldSkills Shanghai 2021, globally BASF is looking forward to supporting the upcoming competition under the motto ‘New Youth, New Skills, New Dreams’ as well as the first WorldSkills Museum which will exhibit the history of skills.”
