BASF is sponsoring the East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT), a collision repair training program in Mesa, Ariz., that was created by Leading Edge Auto Refinishes, BASF’s ColorSource distributor in Arizona, and Dr. Sally Downey, EVIT superintendent.

BASF’s Coatings Division supports GM by combining modern paint processes with special effect pigments and technologies.

Buick Riviera made its global debut at Auto Shanghai 2013 featuring a unique Ice Cyan-jade coating from BASF

BASF’s Coatings Division supports GM by combining modern paint processes with special effect pigments and technologies.

New production facility is scheduled to commence operation in early 2014; complements the company’s existing plant in Shanghai, which has been operating for more than 15 years.

BASF has expanded its partnership with Nissan, now supplying the automaker with coatings and paints for the Pathfinder and Infiniti models at its Smyrna plant in Tennessee, USA.

Supplies Nissan with coating solutions from e-coat and basecoat to clearcoat; also working on more streamlined technologies with Nissan in emerging markets such as China.

BASF has opened its first production plant for acrylic dispersions in Durban, South Africa, to serve local customers in the coatings and construction industries. 

BASF’s Elastollan thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs) are designed to offer all-around security for wire and cable applications in the aerospace, automotive and industrial markets.

Determining real costs means competing in deflationary times.

BASF has hired Karen Broccardo as distribution services manager for its Automotive Refinish Business.

Results from this year's report show future colors will be 'naturally cultivated'

George Gallion was a designer at General Motors in Detroit when he accepted the head design position at Opel in Rüsselsheim, Germany, in 1966. For decades, he was responsible for the appearance of new vehicle models at Opel, including the legendary Manta.

BASF Automotive Refinish has presented its ColorSource Distributor of the Year Award to Leading Edge Auto Refinishers of Phoenix, Ariz.

BASF Coatings has won Daimler AG’s Daimler Supplier Award 2011 in the category “Trucks and Buses, Exterior.”

For the eighth time in 10 years, BASF’s Coatings Division has received General Motors’ Supplier of the Year award. The company provides GM with a range of color solutions and development capabilities designed to help improve productivity and environmental performance.

BASF receives honor for the eighth time in 10 years

BASF’s Coatings Division has redesigned its website, basf-coatings.com, to offer a variety of information on the company’s paints and coatings, from scratch-resistant automotive clearcoats to intelligent solutions for wind energy.

BASF Automotive Refinish’s compact COLOR-MAXmobile2 color-matching tool features 531 color chips that automotive paint technicians can compare against painted surfaces simply by fanning out the swatch book.

First car painted with Onyx HD is Petty Signature Series Mustang

New paint reflects heat rays, designed for transparent organic solar cells in the roof of car

BASF and Volvo celebrate 30-year cathodic e-coat partnership in Sweden.

'Green Luxury," human symbiosis with technology are in

BASF Automotive Refinish has named Jeff Wildman as a regional manager.Wildman joined the company in 1991 as a sales representative and since has held a variety of sales and marketing roles within the company, including manager of operations for Automotive Refinish Technologies and bodyshopmall.com.

At BASF, we believe the industry will focus on new technologies, new innovations, and products and processes that enable the customer to be more efficient and ultimately more successful.By more efficient we mean ‘no coats’ and ‘partial coats’ with significantly less re-work for the end-user.

BASF Automotive Refinish (Southfield, Mich.) re-launched its ColorSource Premier program and shared annual objectives and strategic activities at its annual ColorSource Conference.

BASF has launched new basfpaintnews.com and carizzmacolor.com websites.

Antimicrobial coatings are starting to make an even bigger entry into U.S. homes. More consumer goods manufacturers are offering “germ resistant” surfaces on many household items such as refrigerators, dishwashers, stoves and other appliances and fixtures. A report by Global Industry Analysts Inc. says the U.S. antimicrobial coatings market alone is expected to reach $1 billion by 2015.

BASF's Liquid Metal basecoat immerses the car in a radiant deep gloss, making it look as if it were made of chrome rather than painted.

BASF has developed two new additives said to further improve the application flexibility of its Onyx HD line of waterborne automotive refinish paints.

BASF’s has a new polychromatic paint for the coil coatings market.

All finishers want a high-quality line with high throughput. But a company's decisions will typically favor one or the other. Quaker Mfg. Inc. chose quality over quantity...