# BASF Coatings and NIO sign strategic partnership for automotive coatings

BASF Coatings and NIO have signed a Letter of Intent for a strategic partnership focusing on automotive exterior coatings for NIO's electric vehicles, with BASF as exclusive strategic partner for exterior coatings.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2025-03-10
- Status: announced
- Products: automotive exterior coatings
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [NIO](https://endata.com/companies/22544.md) (partner)
- [BASF Coatings](https://endata.com/companies/75782.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [basf.com](https://www.basf.com/cn/en/media/news-releases/global/2025/03/p-25-039), 2025-03-10: "The signing of today’s strategic partnership agreement builds on ten years of successful collaboration."

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