BASF Coatings expands business with biomass-balanced products
BASF Coatings is further expanding its business with biomass-balanced products. Following a successful launch in Europe and Asia, the first products from the refinish segment are now also being marketed in North America this year.
BASF Coatings' biomass-balanced products contribute to a reduction in CO2 emissions and to the circular economy. BASF Coatings thus continues to position itself at the forefront of the sustainable transformation in the surface coatings market. These products are offered, for example, under the name ReSource in the area of automotive OEM primers, 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 manufactured using the biomass balance method. Following the successful launches in the European and Asian regions, the North American automotive refinish market is now to follow.
Saving CO2 emissions with biomass-balanced products
"With the upcoming expansion of our offering for North America, we are sending a further signal of 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 process, renewable raw materials are already used as raw materials in the production of basic chemical products. The proportion of alternative raw materials is then allocated 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.