BASF Coatings and Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) celebrate 20 years of successful cooperation. NLMK is one of the most important users in Russia for industrial coatings from BASF. With a total of three coating plants, the Russian steel manufacturer now has a total annual capacity of approx. 580,000 tons of steel that can be refined with the coil coating process. Novolipetsk Steel is used to be among the first users when BASF launches new products.