Chemetall, the surface treatment business of BASF’s Coatings division
Chemetall is the global Surface Treatment business unit of BASF Coatings and a worldwide leader in advanced surface technologies.
Their high-performance solutions prepare, protect, and perfect metal, plastic, and glass surfaces for the world’s most demanding industries - from automotive and aerospace to energy, coil, and metal forming. With over 130 years of experience, 2,500+ specialists, and more than 30 laboratories across the globe, the Chemetall team combines deep expertise with real-world impact.
Headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Chemetall supplies more than 22,000 customers with metalworking fluids, corrosion protection and pretreatment systems, machining and forming lubricants, and aerospace sealants.
Their high-performance solutions prepare, protect, and perfect metal, plastic, and glass surfaces for the world’s most demanding industries - from automotive and aerospace to energy, coil, and metal forming. With over 130 years of experience, 2,500+ specialists, and more than 30 laboratories across the globe, the Chemetall team combines deep expertise with real-world impact.
Headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Chemetall supplies more than 22,000 customers with metalworking fluids, corrosion protection and pretreatment systems, machining and forming lubricants, and aerospace sealants.
The company’s expertise as a global leader in its field dates back to the late 19th century, when it was part of Metallgesellschaft, a German-based organization. Chemetall became a separate company in 1982, with headquarters in Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
Early in 2015, it was acquired by the Albemarle Corporation, a Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based manufacturer and marketer of highly-engineered, specialty chemicals, with a focus on processes for the surface treatment of metals and plastics.
In December 2016, BASF completed its acquisition of Chemetall, Albemarle’s global surface treatment business, expanding its Coatings division and enhancing its ability to offer comprehensive solutions. By integrating BASF’s chemical and coatings expertise with Chemetall’s leadership in surface treatment technologies, the combined entity strengthened its global reach and innovation capabilities. Chemetall, provided advanced products used across industries such as automotive, aerospace, and metal forming.
Chemetall has had a great history of global recognition for providing its customers with high-performance products and individual solutions and the combination of expertise and innovation power of two global market leaders has accelerated innovation and driven even more customer success.
Technologies from Chemetall can be found in almost all industry sectors because metal is an important substrate in many fields of application. The company serves more than 30 industries, including metal fabrication, aerospace, agricultural, appliance, microelectronics, architectural, automotive, coil, and other surface treatment-related markets. Furthermore, products and services are offered to non-metal industries, as well, such as food, pharmaceutical, plastics recycling, pulp and paper, latex, and transportation.
Today, Chemetall offers 1500 specialized products and systems for cleaning, anodizing, lubricating, giving corrosion protection, sealing, stripping, improving paint adhesion, and facilitating the forming and treatment of metals. The success of its R&D strategies is demonstrated by the more than 1,200 patents and patent applications it currently holds in the field of surface treatment.
We are proud to be a distributor for Chemetall, a division of BASF Coatings and to bring the wide portfolio of superior surface treatment solutions to our customers across Canada and the Americas. This comes after recent news that Azelis has also been recently appointed to distribute Chemetall’s surface treatment solutions to key market segments across the three countries in Southeast Asia - Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
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