Coatings

Excellence in Automotive Refinishing

BASF Automotive Refinish Coatings Solutions offer high quality refinish paint brands and paint-related products for our customers and body shops from around the world. Our solutions are approved by the world’s leading automotive manufacturers for the repair of their vehicles.

BASF is committed to meet the global challenges and growth of the automotive refinish industry. We focus on eco-effective waterborne and high-solids coatings with low solvent content. Our main key success factors include being a leader in product, color and process innovations. A sophisticated global distribution network, comprehensive training programs and global network of training centers ensure our customers have the latest access to our products and knowledge.

At the heart of our business are our people and our trainers who take care of our customers’ needs including car painting skills, advanced body shop management solutions and sophisticated management solutions. We also offer paint-related products as a total solution that helps our customers drive business performance and efficiency.

That’s why automobile manufacturers prefer BASF automotive refinish coatings because of our high color accuracy and expertise. In the end, it’s all about color. Our professional color management tools and expertise help you find the car color you need quickly and precisely. This guarantees that the paintwork will look like new again after it has been repaired.

BASF provides custom-built coatings solutions for transport and commercial vehicles based on the same level of expertise and excellence.

BASF Coatings and Bosch

New opportunities

BASF (China) Co., Ltd. and Bosch Automotive Technology Service (Beijing) Co., Ltd. jointly signed a memorandum of understanding at Automechanika Shanghai to collaborate on the automotive aftermarket business. This partnership aims to create an innovative platform that enhances the automotive refinish sector, delivering higher quality and more sustainable solutions.

Sustainable Solutions: 3M and BASF Coatings announce collaboration

3M and BASF’s Coatings division today announced a collaboration to co-develop and deliver new standard operating procedures (SOPs) and training content to the collision repair industry. The new SOPs will be tailored to help body shops achieve greater sustainability and productivity within the automotive refinish process. The SOPs and training content are set to be introduced through early Q1 2025.

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Captivating glow: Structure of the iconic flame painted with Glasurit^®

Recognized as a reliable and a highly qualified bodyshop in Saône-et-Loire, France, Sébastien Godot had the incredible opportunity to paint the structure housing the iconic flame that rises every evening in the Paris' skyline. Since the opening ceremony, it has been a truly breathtaking sight. The challenge was to achieve a smooth and mat finish using Glasurit^® 90 Line waterborne basecoat and AraClass clearcoat. A stunning and exclusive Bentley tone was selected, showcasing the dedication and skill of Sébastien Godot and his team.

WorldSkills Lyon 2024:
Supporting young talents

In 2022, BASF signed a multi-year global industry partnership as the exclusive sponsor of the Car Painting category of WorldSkills International and will be the global silver partner of the 47th WorldSkills Competition in Lyon, France, with its premium refinish paint brand Glasurit. From September 10–15, over 1,500 participants from more than 65 countries will compete in 62 skill competitions at WorldSkills Lyon 2024.

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Significant time and material savings with BASF`s Glasurit 100 Line

Smart business decisions should be based on data. Four years ago, BASF amazed the refinish paint world by introducing Glasurit 100 Line, a new waterborne basecoat system from its premium paint brand. Now that more than 1,000 body shops across 20 countries have adopted 100 Line, BASF has updated its data to back up its claims of being even more productive, with the highest process efficiency and product quality, and the lowest VOC content ever.

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Global Preferred Partnership agreement with INEOS Automotive

INEOS Automotive and BASF’s Coatings division have signed an agreement on a global automotive refinish body and paint development. The partners will commit to a long-term strategic collaboration that enables them to exceed the industry standard in vehicle body repair and paint refinish. The partnership includes the supply of sustainable refinish solutions, expertise and latest digital color-matching solutions and training.

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Innovation Award for R-M AGILIS

R-M AGILIS has been awarded the prestigious International Award for Automotive Innovation in the "body repair" category at EQUIP AUTO Lyon 2023. Selected by a distinguished jury of French and international journalists, R-M was recognized for its groundbreaking AGILIS Amplifier A 2560. With less than 250 grams per liter, AGILIS exceeds all global VOC requirements reaching the lowest VOC content in the industry and helping customers to shape the future with the most eco-effective solutions in the industry. AGILIS Amplifier is a new and revolutionary Multiple-Purpose Tintable product that allows body shop customers to paint new car parts in half the time compared to the standard process.

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Global Preferred Partnership agreement with INEOS Automotive

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Your business partner for today and for the future

Our brands

Whether you need to refinish a tiny scratch or repair large-scale damage, BASF has a paint brand for you.

What you get from us

Leading high quality refinish brands of BASF serving all our customers need in the refinish market
Leaders in eco-efficient waterborne and high solids coatings for next generation coatings demands
High-quality paint-related products from RODIM® get the job done faster.
By using digital business solutions and technologies, we help drive overall business performance and profitability for our customers.
Trusted and approved by leading OEMs around the world
We are committed to providing environmentally friendly and process-driven solutions along the value chain.