Coatings

People & Society

We value people and treat them with respect. We enable and empower our employees and we ensure safe working conditions. Beyond that, we take responsibility to contribute to a better quality of life for everyone.

The neighborhood around our sites plays an important role in our success. We can conduct our business successfully only if we have the trust and the support of our neighbors. For this reason, we take our role as a reliable partner and an attractive employer seriously and implement diverse social responsibility projects in our communities.

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Our employees

Our employees are fundamental for achieving our goals. They are the key to our success. We engage and empower our employees to make the most of their talents and their jobs. We create an environment in which our diverse talents can contribute in the best possible way. We promote a culture in which different ways of thinking and working can develop optimally.

Health & Safety

We never compromise on safety. We act responsibly and value the health and safety of people above all else. We also work every day to protect the environment.

We commit ourselves to the principles of Responsible Care® and continuously improve the efficiency of our production plants to save resources.

Empowering the next generation of refinish painters

The refinish business would not exist without refinish painters, so we work to show off the refinish business and attract new people to the refinish industry. We also support high, sustainable refinish standards in our core of diverse training and development programs. Whether it’s STAMPP, the R-M Best Painter Contest or the global WorldSkills competition, we empower the next generation of refinish painters and enhance their skills on the global stage that benefits local markets.

STAMPP

STAMPP stands for STimulate and revAMp the Paint Profession. Launched in 2008, it is an internationally standardized one-year training for new automotive refinishing technicians, partnering with more than 100 vocational schools and body shops.

WorldSkills

Started in 1950, WorldSkills Competitions are the gold standard of excellence in vocational skills. In May 2020, BASF Coatings renewed its global sponsorship of WorldSkills to continue its long-standing commitment to developing new talent in the automotive refinish industry. The mission of WorldSkills is to raise the profile and recognition of skilled people and show how important skills are in achieving economic growth and personal success. The competition inspires competitors to reach new heights, while giving them the training and skills needed to turn their passion into a profession.

World Skills Competition 2022 Special Edition

Best Painter Contest

Focusing on training and opportunities to grow expertise in the industry, the R-M International Best Painter Contest is the automotive refinish brand’s own unique competition. Since 1999, R-M has hosted the contest for up-and-coming spray painters to promote the profession as an attractive career and honor the most talented spray painter.

R-M International Best Painter Contest 2022

Building bridges into skilled work

Without training, you can’t get a job. Without a job, the range of prospects might get slim. To broaden the individual range of prospects for job opportunities, BASF Coatings not only offers a wide variety of vocational trainings, but is also involved in projects with regional partners to build bridges between schools and professional training sites early in a person’s career.

Youth Research competition

"Jugend forscht"

What are gummy bears made of? How can waste be removed from bodies of water and metal be recovered from old computers? Every year, school students take on these and many other questions during the German “Jugend forscht” (Youth Research) competition. In Münster, we have supported the regional competition as a main sponsor since 2002 within the national framework. Young talents from the areas of science, technology, information and mathematics have the opportunity to realize their ideas, while connecting BASF with the bright minds of tomorrow.

Jugend forscht

One-year internship

Bridge into skilled work

With the program “Brücke zum Beruf” (a bridge into skilled work), BASF Coatings is offering a one-year internship for young people who could not enter a vocational training program. “Schule – und dann?” (School – what’s next?) is a project established by the Wirtschaftsförderung Münster GmbH (Münster business promotion organization), giving school students from Münster the opportunity to spend one afternoon at the BASF site learning about the know-how required for various professions.

In addition, the business network “Industry in Münster” (BASF Coatings is a member) offers a job orientation tool on its website. Here, school students can find out more about their interests and talents. Furthermore, they can find personal contacts to get in touch with in case of any questions.

Job orientation tool

Cultural Engagment

Preservation of Brazil’s cultural heritage

Suvinil Color, Architecture & Memory

For many years, BASF Coatings’ Suvinil brand has been the market leader in Brazil, South America’s largest country. That success involves commitment to the community, which is why BASF Coatings has long promoted the preservation of Brazil’s cultural heritage.

The company has used the initiative Suvinil Color, Architecture & Memory for more than 20 years to support the renovation of important historic buildings, public sites and institutions. In 2008, for instance, the Museu de Arte São Paulo (MASP) underwent extensive renovation. Its exterior walls were painted with Suvinil’s “Red MASP” color, which emphasizes the extraordinary architecture of the entire building. One year later, BASF Brazil teamed up with Brazilian graffiti artist Rui Amaral to renovate the Buraco da Paulista pedestrian tunnel on Paulista Avenue, one of the most famous streets in São Paulo. And in 2010, the mountain town of Campos de Jordão, one of Brazil’s most famous attractions and tourist destinations, received a new entrance painted with Suvinil products.

Suvinil's History