Highly elastic soft touch coatings for footwear, furniture and vehicle interiors

Under “Functional Coatings – Haptic”, BASF develops and markets innovative coating technologies for highly flexible substrates. Uses include shoes, vehicle interiors and furniture. These technologies set new standards in design opportunities, customization and process optimization, which helps our customers create innovative and unique products.

Our customers need to protect, functionalize and color flexible substrates, such as foams, and our expertise in paint formulation, application, color development and process integration help them do it. We partner up with our customers, we understand their current and future needs and help them differentiate and optimize themselves.

Simon Winzen

Head of Functional Coatings – Haptic

Simon Winzen

Head of Functional Coatings - Haptic

+49 2501 14-3072

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NovaCoat-P

Highly elastic soft touch coating for post mold coloration

NovaCoat-D

Very elastic coating for in-mold coloration with added functionalities

NovaFlex valure^TM

Reverse-coated substrates with unique optical and haptic properties

BASF at SIMAC 2021 – Innovative coatings technologies for highly flexible substrates

Like no other country, Italy stands for premium-quality shoe fashion. That’s why the international machine and technology fair for the footwear industry, SIMAC, took place in Milan from September 22 to 24. BASF presented also innovative coatings technologies for highly flexible substrates. These solutions protect, functionalize and color flexible surfaces. They set new standards in design opportunities, individualization and enable BASF's customers to optimize their processes.

Our Key Markets

Our innovative coating technologies for highly flexible substrates can be used for the production of shoes, vehicle interiors and furniture. Get to know the future trends of those industries.

Footwear

Furniture

Vehicle Interiors

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Functional Coatings for Concept Car RN 30

BASF and Hyundai Motor present an impressive showcase of emotion and technical substance: The concept car RN30 combines key solutions from the chemical industry with purposeful aerodynamic design and specialized high-performance technologies. BASF contributes significantly to the concept with lightweight plastics, endless possibilities in design as well as durable and eco-friendly materials like our new functional coatings.

For example, the seats are equipped with BASF’s technology NovaFlex valure™. The coated surface remains breathable and feels soft. The roll bar is coated with the highly elastic soft touch coating NovaCoat-P.