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BASF Coatings environment friendly technology

A milestone for BASF by becoming the global market leader in the field of chromate free corrosion protection for steel and aluminum coil coatings applications.

“Success goes to those who follow up their ideas” – this was how Thomas Stewing, head of Precoatings Europe at BASF Coatings, summed things up as he looked back at the beginnings of the success story in the field of coil coatings: it was some twenty years ago that BASF Coatings at Munster-Hiltrup started manufacturing a chromate-free primer for customers in the white goods industry and, a short time later, also for construction applications. Total production of the environment-friendly COILTEC* CF Primer technology has now passed the 25,000-tonnes mark. “One thing is for certain: we have only been able to achieve this target thanks to having the right partners, enthusiasm and a great deal of commitment,” states Stewing.

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Customers gathered in Munster to celebrate the BASF Coatings milestone. Click Go for High resolution image. photo: BASF

BASF Coatings had decided to celebrate this success with its customers on the user side. Around 20 customers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, from Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Benelux and even Africa and Korea came to Munster recently for a symposium. For this product, too, BASF Coatings has had long-term partnerships with many customers. Hoesch (now ThyssenKrupp Steel) and voestalpine, for example, were in at the very start of the development of this system. “The results show that we are on the right track. We have concentrated on our strengths and have therefore been able to become the global market leader in the field of chromate-free corrosion protection, in collaboration with our innovative partners,” continues Stewing. Two experts in corrosion protection, Prof. Wolfgang Bremser from the Technical University of Paderborn and Dr. Guido Grundmeier from the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research, also delivered papers at the event. A visit to the COILTEC* CF Universal Primer production plant and the various Analytical Services labs gave the customers further insight into the plant processes and operations.

In steel and aluminum coil coating applications, the primer ensures corrosion protection and optimum adhesion. A further attraction of the new technology was its environmental friendliness. BASF Coatings was the very first company to offer such a product. Just 10 years after the first tonne of the chromate-free primer left the plant, the company had already achieved the breakthrough on the market. This success was also attributable to the innovative customers who, in co-operation with BASF Coatings, made the use of this new primer possible. “We have always worked closely with our customers in the area of research and development. This is the only way to achieve optimum solutions that the market actually needs. Looking into the crystal ball, we have everything in place for further challenges. Bring them on! That’s why we’re here, and it’s what we love doing,” said Dr. Peter Steiert, head of the Industrial Coatings Solutions business unit.

* COILTEC is a registered trademark of BASF.

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