Friday, March 20, 2009

BASF Coatings is one of the world's leading manufacturers of decorative wood coatings for the automotive industry

The paint inside the vehicle not only impressed by his brilliant shiny, elegant appearance, but also by its high durability and scratch resistance. In these qualities he is like the piano, pianos and grand pianos of their noble appearance lends. But then came in the automotive sector added further requirements. Among the special properties of the paint for the vehicle's interior is one of its high elasticity, which ensures that the coating itself temperature variations from minus 35 degrees to plus 90 degrees is about prejudice. In order for the dashboard with a deep, elegant exterior shine, it needs the refinishers five to eight layers of paint applied on top of each other. Therefore, the Coating of a square meter of wood decor, the same amount of paint needed, which is required to view a large average body completely with varnish to paint. After the coating of a wood decor part hardened, ground and polished finish is its thickness is about one millimeter. This makes it about twenty times thicker than the varnish layer on a body. BASF Coatings AG belongs to the international division of BASF Coatings Group. The Coatings Division develops, manufactures and markets a high-quality range of innovative vehicle, automotive and industrial coatings and decorative paints and funds generated in 2008 worldwide sales of approximately EUR 2.5 billion. BASF is working in the field Coatings achieved global sales positions and has a strong market position in Europe, North and South America and the Asia / Pacific region.