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BASF Coatings expands business with biomass-balanced products
- Reduction of around 8 million kilograms of CO2 in 2024 for BASF products
- More than 250 products in 3 regions and 3 business areas
- Launch of biomass-balanced refinish coatings products in North America in 2025
BASF Coatings is consistently pursuing its strategic roadmap for sustainable development and is further expanding its business with biomass-balanced products. Following successful launches in Europe and Asia, the first products for the automotive refinish coatings market will now also be introduced in North America this year. These products further contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions and circular economy. BASF Coatings thus continues to position itself at the forefront of sustainable transformation in the coatings industry.
The company's biomass-balanced products are offered under names including ReSource for automotive OEM coatings, functional texturized films, and refinish coatings under the Glasurit® Eco Balance and R-M® eSense brands. In total, BASF Coatings already offers a portfolio of around 250 sales products with the biomass balance approach. Following the successful launches in the European and Asian regions, the North American automotive refinish market is now to follow.
“With the upcoming expansion of our offering for North America, we are further strengthing our commitment to sustainability,” explains Dr. Markus Piepenbrink, Head of Sustainability at BASF Coatings. “We want to create double-added value for our customers by providing high-performance and sustainable solutions and also actively supporting our customers in the transformation to a sustainable coatings industry.” Dennis Dropmann, Sustainability Manager at BASF Coatings and responsible for the topic of mass balance, emphasizes: “We are replacing part of the fossil resources with renewable raw materials, which makes an important contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In 2024, our more than 250 biomass-balanced products saved around 8 million kilograms of CO2 emissions, and we are aiming for the 10 million mark in 2025.”
In BASF's biomass balance approach, renewable raw materials are already used as raw materials in the manufacture of basic chemical products. The proportion of alternative raw materials is then attributed to specific sales products according to the certified method. REDcert² is a certification system for the sustainable use of biomass that confirms that BASF has replaced the quantities of fossil resources required for the biomass-balanced product sold with renewable raw materials.
Further information on how BASF Coatings is enabling change along the entire value chain can be found at: www.basf-coatings.com/sustainability.
BASF product carbon footprints are calculated following the requirements and guidelines of ISO 14067:2018 and Together for Sustainability (TfS). The product carbon footprints for biomass balance products are assessed cradle to gate, i.e. without CO2 emissions caused during product application and end-of-life treatment. Our product carbon footprint data is based on assumptions and approximations valid at the time of data collection.
About BASF Coatings
The Coatings division of BASF is a global expert in the development, production and marketing of innovative and sustainable automotive OEM and refinish coatings, decorative paints as well as applied surface treatments for metal, plastic and glass substrates in a wide range of industries. We create advanced performance solutions and drive performance, design and new applications to meet our partners’ needs all over the world. BASF shares skills, knowledge and resources of interdisciplinary and global teams for the benefit of customers by operating a collaborative network of sites in Europe, North America, South America and Asia Pacific. In 2024, the Coatings division achieved global sales of about €4.3 billion.
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About BASF
At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. Our ambition: We want to be the preferred chemical company to enable our customers’ green transformation. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 112,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises, as core businesses, the segments Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, and Nutrition & Care; our standalone businesses are bundled in the segments Surface Technologies and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of €65.3 billion in 2024. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the United States. Further information at www.basf.com.
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