News and Testimonials

The cloud-based platform Refinity, recommended by R-M, a brand of BASF Coatings, consolidates a comprehensive suite of digital business solutions for the automotive refinish industry, ensuring body shops worldwide can embrace sustainable digitalization with confidence. With the latest launch of a new color innovation and additional features, automotive refinish customers get access to the most advanced digital color experience, as well as business and training solutions seamlessly.

For the 2025 Grand Prix season, R-M, a premium refinish paint brand of BASF Coatings, continues to be the exclusive technical paint supplier of Stake F1 Team KICK Sauber. The new C45 F1 car, adorned in bold matt green and black, is painted with R-M AGILIS. AGILIS paint technology ensures the most sustainable, fastest and efficient application process, setting new standards in the world of racing cars.

Becoming an automotive refinish painter is more than just a career—it’s a fusion of skill, creativity, and passion.

R-M, a premium brand of BASF Coatings, is at the forefront of delivering the latest eco-efficient automotive refinish solutions, giving body shops powerful tools to help them cut their energy costs and to ensure they can meet future challenges with OEM-approved car repairs with ease. With the new New Electric Vehicle Repair solutions, R-M helps car painters get trained using its latest air-drying and low-bake portfolio as it especially relates to different OEM specifications, to ensure the highest quality and most efficient repair process that will protect the car's battery life.

The recently released Automotive Color Report by BASF Coatings delves deep into the latest color trends in the automotive industry, examining preferences on a global and regional scale. As consumer tastes continue to evolve, color remains a crucial factor in vehicle design, influencing purchasing decisions and establishing brand identity. The color distribution referred to in the report was calculated by BASF Coatings on the basis of the available information regarding global automotive production and paint application to passenger cars.

 R-M is among BMW Group’s preferred paint brands for its aftersales network in selected markets
 Recommendation in more than 50 markets
 Partnership empowers BMW Group’s dealer network to meet the evolving demands of the market

Our R-M dealer in Bahrain Ebrahim K. Kanoo (EKK) recently showcased technical expertise and professional excellence at the 2024 Toyota & Lexus National Skills Contest held at the Ebrahim Khalil Kanoo Training Centre.

Jaguar Land Rover Certified Repair Network in North America has named R-M, premium refinish paint brand of BASF, as preferred paint brand for the Body and Paint Program of the Jaguar Land Rover Certified Repair Network.

Displayed in front of the R-M Refinish Competence Center, Coatings colleagues and experts could experience the appearance and learn about the new functionalities of the all-electric Renault E-Tech vehicles.
For new electric vehicles, R-M provides innovative and user-friendly repair solutions as well as digital training to help body shop painters to follow latest OEM repair standards for NEV and RADAR, ADAS equipped vehicles.