| 1986 |
Start of waterborne basecoat
production at BASF Coatings Würzburg site |
| 1987 |
Introduction of BASF waterborne
basecoats at Opel in Bochum, Germany and Volvo in Gothenburg, Sweden. |
| 1989 |
General Motors uses waterborne
basecoats in its production in North America for the first time. |
| 1997 |
“Integrated Process” introduced
at Daimler in Rastatt, Germany |
| 2000 |
Changeover to waterborne
basecoats in Japan at Honda and Nissan |
| 2005 |
Changeover to waterborne
basecoats in China in cooperation with General Motors Shanghai |
| 2006 |
BASF Coatings Schwarzheide site
supplies 100,000th tonne of waterborne basecoat |
| 2007 |
Cornerstone for capacity
expansion laid at the Würzburg site |
