The BMW Group is the first automotive manufacturer to rely on more sustainable automotive coatings certified according to BASF's so-called "biomass balance process". At its plants in Leipzig and Rosslyn/South Africa, the BMW Group uses the cathodic dip coating (CDP) CathoGuard 800 ReSource produced by BASF's Coatings division, as well as the clearcoat iGloss matt ReSource throughout Europe. By using these more sustainable product variants for automotive coatings, around 40% CO2 per coating layer can be avoided, which will lead to a reduction of more than 15,000 metric tons of CO2 at the plants in the period up to 2030.
The biomass balanced cathodic dip coating technology CathoGuard 800 ReSource, complements the material efficiency of the cathodic dip coating application with a reduced CO2 footprint. In the course of BASF's biomass balance process, renewable raw materials such as bio-naphtha or biomethane from organic waste are already used as raw materials in the production of basic chemical products and fed into the production network. The proportion of biobased raw materials is then mathematically allocated to specific sales products using a certified method.