Surventis and NST sign a global cooperation agreement on robot painting
2026-08-13
Surventis and NST signed a global strategic cooperation agreement in Dalian on August 13, 2026. Surventis is the automotive coatings and surface treatment business formerly known as BASF Coatings, independent since July 1, 2026, with brands including Glasurit, R-M and Chemetall. The agreement covers the development of automated painting applications for automotive refinish.
It formalizes work that was already running. Over the past months the two companies tested Surventis coating systems on NST robotic platforms, confirmed the two work together, and tuned the application parameters that decide whether a robot lays down an even film. Surventis reports that body shops, particularly in Asia-Pacific, already use its coating materials with NST robots in daily operations.
That combination is the point. Refinish has always been a hand skill, and the result moves with whoever is holding the gun. Once a coating’s requirements are written as robot parameters, the same result repeats, and the painter works from a computer outside the booth instead of standing in the spray.
“Through joint testing and customer applications with NST, we have demonstrated that Surventis coating systems can be successfully integrated into automated paint processes,” said Chen Liu, Vice President Global Technology Refinish Coatings at Surventis.
“Our collaboration with Surventis is built on a shared belief that the future of automotive refinishing lies in the combination of advanced coating technology and intelligent automation,” said Bi Kedong, founder and chairman of NST. The agreement sets a framework for further testing, technical validation and joint customer projects.
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