Zachry Group Recognized by BASF with Supplier of the Year Award in Innovation

SAN ANTONIO, TX (April 5, 2016) — Zachry Group was recognized by BASF Corporation with its Supplier of the Year Award for Innovation. Zachry’s Industrial Services Group President Steve Brauer accepted the award, which recognizes Zachry for its innovative contracting approach and its progressive maintenance practices in BASF’s Gulf Coast system, at an awards ceremony dinner on March 23.

"It’s an honor to be recognized as the best in this category, and we are appreciative of this prestigious recognition from BASF and its leadership," said Brauer.

"The leadership and cultural alignment we share with BASF allows us to better focus on key objectives of safety, cost and asset effectiveness, collectively applying the resources of both companies on the right issues," added Senior Vice President Scott Duffy, who received the award with Brauer. "A secondary benefit is a consistent operational platform across five Gulf-Coast manufacturing sites and between multiple BASF business units."

Zachry was one of three nominees for the award, selected from among thousands of BASF suppliers. This is BASF’s second Annual Supplier Awards, which recognizes partners in three categories: innovation, performance and sustainability. BASF engages Zachry Group to provide industrial maintenance, reliability, engineering services, construction and turnaround work, plus other specialty services.

Zachry Group is America's pace-setter in turnkey construction, engineering, maintenance, turnaround and fabrication services in the power, energy, chemicals, manufacturing and industrial sectors. It works with customers to plan, build and renew their most critical facilities, so they can achieve their immediate and long-term goals, all at the highest safety standards. Zachry Group operates 35 offices, with more than 20,000 employees working in more than 400 locations nationwide. Visit www.zachrygroup.com for more information.

BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has more than 17,500 employees in North America, and had sales of $17.4 billion in 2015. Key industries we serve include chemicals, automotive, agriculture, construction, personal care, health and nutrition, packaging and consumer products. The company has more than 100 production and research and development sites throughout North America and operates Verbund sites in Geismar, Louisiana, and Freeport, Texas.