Automotive OEM Coatings Solutions

In the field of automotive OEM coatings, BASF Coatings is one of the top three global leaders. We offer eco-efficient technologies and a broad range of competence in e-coats, primers, basecoats and topcoats. We are a trusted partner to all of the world’s major automobile manufacturers in terms of corrosion protection, color competence, and scratch-resistant coatings.

Developing innovative coating processes

Working in close partnership with our customers is one of the key factors behind our success. Jointly, we develop innovative coating processes, and our applications engineers are highly integrated into our customers’ production lines.

What coating have to withstand

Modern automotive coatings shine and shimmer differently depending on how light strikes them. They withstand rain, hail, ice and snow, heat and cold, and several years of intensive brushing in the car wash. Gravel and chippings on dirt tracks, desert sand, or salt scattered on roads in the winter cannot destroy them. Nor do they suffer under the sun’s aggressive UV rays.

No thicker than a human hair

At a tenth of a millimeter, the paint system is no "thicker” than a human hair, yet still has to be resistant to these high stresses and demands.