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Entries for 2017 R-M Calendar Now Being Accepted

Every year, the R-M calendar from BASF Automotive Refinish features 13 of the most unique and outstanding vehicles finished with R-M paint in the U.S. and Canada (excluding Quebec).

BASF Names WASCO Distributor of the Year

WASCO has been in business since 1962 and a ColorSource distributor for the last 14 years.

BASF Automotive Refinish Names Employee, Salesperson of the Year

Richard Oster took home the 2015 North America Employee of the Year award, and Robert Alvarado was named 2015 North America Salesperson of the Year at the first annual Coatings Impact Awards presentation in Whitehouse, Ohio.

Christopher Kugler Joins BASF Automotive Refinish as National Strategic Accounts Manager

Kugler’s main responsibilities in his new position are growing and building relationships in the MSO segment.

BASF Automotive Refinish Names New North America Distribution Director

Denise Kingstrom began her career with BASF in 1999, joined the Coatings OEM team as a field technical sales representative in 2003, and joined the Refinish business in 2010.

BASF Opens New Automotive Competence Center in Houston

The center includes virtual and in-person training facilities, state-of-the-art spraybooths and market-leading application equipment to enable next-generation training for all collision repair industry job functions.

BASF and Chip Foose Support Auto Body Education at Calgary World of Wheels

Custom-painted pedal cars will be auctioned off during a special BASF customer event on Feb. 19th, with all proceeds going to local school auto body programs.

Acadian Painted with BASF’s R-M Onyx HD Wins at Grand National Roadster Show

Painted with R-M Onyx HD “Italian Passion” custom red, the car took home Best Street Machine and Best in Class at the show in Pomona, Calif., in January.

BASF Announces 2016 Middlecott Sketchbattle Winner

Introduced in 2012, the experiment is Detroit’s first-ever “Fight Club of Design,” an underground automotive industry event developed to identify emerging design talent.

BASF Joins Clarion Builds Program to Refinish Acura NSX

BASF will be supplying the NSX project with its Glasurit paint system, its premium automotive refinish paint system that is an approved OEM refinish for Acura.

BASF Automotive Refinish Hires New Sales Director

Tim Dawe has more than 30 years of experience in automotive refinish, most recently serving as managing director for Axalta in China.

1966 Ford Bronco Wins Inaugural Glasurit Paint Award

The award was presented by Chip Foose at the 2015 SEMA Show.