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Refinity® Eco Impact Assessment tool for body shops in Europe now TÜV certified for its calculation method. The TÜV certification confirms corporate carbon footprint calculation for body shops according to GHG protocol. Thus, Eco Impact Assessment enables body shops to achieve efficiency gains by leveraging reliable data and advanced analytics.

This International Women’s Day, R-M celebrates women breaking barriers in automotive refinishing and beyond. A standout example is Ntombi Makhele who won the South Africa’s 2025 R-M Paint or Die Trying Champion competition: "Being recognised as the best spray painter in that event was an incredible honour, but what made it historic was becoming the first woman to ever hold that title in South Africa. It was a victory for every woman trying to make her mark in a trades-based industry. It proves that excellence has no gender."

We recently welcomed the management team of Benecar® Cidade do Automóvel to our R-M, BASF Coatings site in Guadalajara, Spain. For over 30 years, the Benecar Group has been a benchmark in the Portuguese automotive market with R-M.

R-M® is the preferred paint supplier for the Volvo Car UK Approved Bodyshop Network. Volvo Body shops can benefit from the most advanced portfolio of the premium refinish brand R-M.

R-M and Toyota Motor Europe have defined a shared roadmap to drive Body and Paint excellence across Europe for the Toyota and Lexus network. The alignment, established at Toyota Motor Europe headquarters in Brussels, sets clear priorities for 2026 and beyond.

Our Automotive Refinish Coatings experts were on site at NADA (National Automobile Dealers Association) in Las Vegas and connected with OEM partners, dealership groups, and industry leaders to discuss how future repairability, advancing vehicle technology, and data-driven insights are reshaping dealership strategy. As vehicles continue to increase in complexity, driven by ADAS proliferation, EV adoption, advanced materials, and OEM-specific repair requirements, future repairability is becoming both a challenge and a significant business opportunity.

Sustainability decisions start with reliable data. With BASF Coatings’ new Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) solution, R‑M customers now gain real‑time, auditable CO₂ insights across more than 120,000 products, including AGILIS, ONYX HD and our full range of auxiliaries.

Powered by 25,000+ raw materials and global energy flows, the system delivers a consistent, fact‑based CO₂ calculation and expands beyond carbon to additional impact categories, offering deeper sustainability insights for body shops.

Green rises as the strongest chromatic signal worldwide. Nature‑inspired shades gain momentum, while gray evolves and violet becomes more visible.

Since 2023, R-M®, BASF Coatings’ premium refinish paint brand, has proudly partnered with Sauber Group in Formula One, delivering cutting-edge paint solutions that combine high color performance, sustainability, and speed. AGILIS has been the exclusive paint supplier to the Sauber F1 Team KICK Racing cars C43, C44 and C45.