Home Link
Global
Global
Home Link
Global
Coatings

Coatings Solutions

Driving Surface Solutions

Get to know one of the leading suppliers of global surface solutions. BASF's Coatings division develops, produces and markets a high-quality range of innovative and sustainable automotive OEM and refinish coatings, decorative paints and surface-applied treatments for metal, plastic and glass substrates for a wide range of industries.

We treat various type of surfaces requiring specific properties: we color them, we protect them, and we give them functionalities. Our customers prefer to work with us because of our strengths: customer-centricity, deep expertise, and innovation potential in surfaces.  We drive surface solutions! Meet your highest technical and qualitative demands in an environmentally friendly and beautiful way. We combine sophisticated design with functionality. Shine in the international marketplace! 

We are a reliable worldwide performer – whether in research and development, production or service. Our “Innovation Beyond Paint” program as well as our Digital Incubation Unit develop new markets and businesses.

Our Story

Das neue Technikum für elektrophoretische Tauchlackierung am Hauptsitz von BASF Coatings in Münster.
Electrophoretic dip coating

New research center

BASF Coatings has inaugurated a new research center for electrophoretic dip coating at its headquarters in Münster-Hiltrup, Germany. The electrophoretic or cathodic dip coat (e-coat) protects the surfaces, edges and cavities of a car body against corrosion, and evens out the roughness of the pre-treated metal surfaces.
Press Release
Field test with Novaflex BladeUp on a 1.3 MW turbine at Ilsede in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Novaflex BladeUp

Efficient wind turbines

Energiekontor AG, a pioneer in renewable energies since 1990 and listed on the SDAX of the German stock exchange, has teamed up with the international maintenance company Omega-Tools GmbH and BASF’s Coatings division to gradually equip its wind turbines with Novaflex BladeUp, thus making them more efficient. 
Press Release
Domes representing the BASF Automotive Color Trends 2022 NEW ARRAY
Automotive Color Trends

NEW ARRAY

Each year, designers for BASF’s Coatings division create a new collection to inspire automotive designers around the globe. The 2022-2023 collection is called NEW ARRAY, providing innovative shades with an increasing focus on sustainability and functionality, while still moving into new and exciting color spaces.
Our new color collection
default
Automotive Refinish Coatings

Capacity Expansion

BASF Coatings (Guangdong) Co., Ltd. (BCG) has expanded the production capacity of automotive refinish coatings at its coatings site in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province in South China. With the completion of the expansion in July 2022, BASF’s annual production capacity of automotive refinish coatings will be increased to 30,000 metric tons.
Press Release
Work mechanical arm
Gardostrip® technology

Solution for Ford Valencia

BASF supplies Ford Valencia with the CathoGuard® E-Coat. The coating process requires the electrodeposition tank to be in optimal cleaning conditions. To achieve this while at the same time making a step towards sustainability in its processes, Ford introduced the Gardostrip® technology – a highly efficient paint cleaning technology.
Press Release
From left to right/ de gauche à droite: Geoffrey Gustin, Global Strategic Account Manager, BASF Automotive Refinish Coatings Solutions; André Figueiredo, President of AECP; Thibault Lebert, General Secretary of AECP.
Automotive Refinish Coatings

Supporting Peugeot 

BASF Global Automotive Refinish Coatings Solutions, a business unit of BASF’s Coatings division, is proud to partner with the European Association of Peugeot Car Dealers (AECP) for the upcoming years. The AECP works hand-in-hand with Peugeot and Stellantis Group to establish professional guidelines for automotive retailing.
Press Release
GlareControl_Design_Plus_Award.png
Lighting Solutions - Glare Control

Design Plus Award

BASF GlareControl was chosen for the Design Plus powered by Light + Building from more than 100 submissions and honored as “Best of”. The award is a seal of quality for products that stand out due to their readiness for the future, innovative design and energy-efficient technology.
  1. GlareControl
  2. Light + Building Autumn Edition 
R-M_Best_Painter_Contest_2022_Winners.jpg
Automotive Refinish Coatings

R-M Best Painter Contest

R-M®, BASF's premium automotive refinish paint brand, has announced the winners of its 13th International R-M Best Painter Contest. Andrea Albertoni from Italy was named the contest's winner, 2nd Place Award went to Josephine Ellwein from Germany, and Masaya KATAOKA from Japan received 3rd Place.
R-M Best Painter Contest
BASF has expanded its Automotive Coatings Application Center in Mangalore, India. The facility covers over 400 square meters of floor area and is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment.
Automotive Coatings

Application Center in India

BASF has expanded its Automotive Coatings Application Center in Mangalore, India. As an integral part of BASF’s existing research and development (R&D) facilities for automotive coatings solutions, the facility covers over 400 square meters of floor area and is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment.
Press Release
Three young DIU employees talking and laughing
Digital Incubation Unit

Driving Digital Innovation

Welcome to our Digital Incubation Unit (DIU). The DIU develops digital business models and establishes corporate ventures for BASF’s Coatings division. Get to know the fascinating interplay between the challenges of the automotive and surface treatment industry and the opportunities offered by digital trends.
New DIU Website
The e-coat at the BMW Leipzig plant is based on biomass and contributes to the reduction of CO2 emissions. (Photo: BMW Group)
Biomass balance approach

Sustainable coatings

The BMW Group is the first OEM to use BASF paints certified according to the biomass balance approach. Reducing fossil resources and using more sustainable raw materials minimizes the carbon footprint.
Press Release
Festive opening of the laboratory building in Münster, Germany
Münster site

New laboratory building

BASF opened a new laboratory building for the development of automotive refinish coatings and innovations beyond paint at its site in Münster, Germany. It underlines the Coatings division’s global position as a future-oriented and innovative company.
Press Release
BASF Color Report Report 2021 - Title Page
New Color Report

Sharper Point on Color

The total number of vehicles built on the world’s assembly lines in 2020 and 2021 was significantly lower than the years before. That put a sharper point on the popularity of certain color spaces in the BASF Color Report 2021 for Automotive OEM Coatings.
Global Color Report 2021
Dr. Uta Holzenkamp
Personnel Changes

Holzenkamp succeeds Bremm

Dr. Uta Holzenkamp is the new president of BASF’s Coatings division effective January 1, 2022. She succeeds Dirk Bremm, who will lead the distinct legal entity BASF Automotive Catalysts and Recycling, headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, as CEO.
Press Release
From order management and color determination to training – the digital Refinity platform increases efficiency in the entire body shop process.
 Digital Solution for Body Shops

Seamless Experience

With Refinity, we are the first company in the global refinish market offering a single digital platform that combines a number of different software solutions into one secure, easy-to-use cloud-based solution. A solution that is designed to drive body shop business success.
  1. Learn more about Refinity
  2. Driving Digitalization
The whitewater river Steyr next to a paved road. The water is still blue from the melting snow in the montains in springtime. Location: next to the small ski resort Hinterstoder in the "Totes Gebirge" area in Upper Austria.
Sustainability

Climate Protection

BASF is committed to the targets of the Paris Climate Agreement and we act: Compared to 2018, we want to reduce our volume of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide by 25 percent by 2030. We want to become climate neutral by 2050. 
  1. How we become CO2 neutral 
  2. Driving Sustainability 
Two colleagues demonstrating Tracingo on a tablet
Digital Logistics

Tracingo

Always keeping track of intermediate bulk containers – with Tracingo. Our digital solution tracks the location of containers and can determine their fill level remotely at any time.  
  1. Learn more about Tracingo
  2. Digital Solutions
Transparent plastic in granules
Innovative cleaning solutions

PET Recycling

Up to 20 percent less energy consumption, wastewater and costs: Our cleaning solutions for washing and wastewater treatment plants do not only improve the safety, but also the life cycle assessment of PET recycling processes.
  1. Read more 
  2. Surface Treatment
beauty_01-back-13.png
Future Mobility

BASF's new virtual car

From engineering plastics and coatings to cathode materials, fuels and lubricants and more, this new interactive tool presents BASF’s broad portfolio of automotive solutions to help customers continue to innovate and drive the mobility industry forward.
  1. Explore our virtual car
  2. Driving Future Mobility
Frank Naber
Personnel Changes

Naber succeds Kloster

Frank Naber took over the position as head of the Automotive OEM Coatings Solutions EMEA business unit at BASF’s Coatings division effective May 1, 2021. In this position, he succeeds Thomas Kloster who has a new function in the BASF group.
  1. Press Release
  2. Automotive OEM Coatings
White car in front of a red building

Products and SoIutions

Our superior and innovative surface solutions meet the current and future functional needs and design trends in a sustainable way.
Read More
Showcasing future mobility with an autonomous driving car and a modern looking city with skyscrapers

Shaping the Future 

We anticipate market trends to identify business opportunities for us and our customers that shape the future of various industries.
Read More
Many colorful hands waving and symbolizing diversity.

Driving Diversity 

By embracing the diverse perspectives of our colleagues, customers and partners, we actively foster an inspiring exchange.
Read More
Three employees talking to a colleague on a screen in a virtual meeting

Work with us  

Add new color to your career and be part of our worldwide Coatings team. Or bring in your expertise as a start-up or collaboration partner.
Read More