Sweitu Surface Treatment (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

For over 130 years, Sweitu has been dedicated to metal and plastic surface treatment, protection, and sealing across multiple industries with science and passion, providing brilliant coatings for new vehicles and precise color matching for vehicle repairs. Through brands such as Chemetall®, Glasurit®, and R-M®, Sweitu collaborates with more than 42,000 customers in over 140 countries worldwide to tackle the most complex surface technology challenges. The company employs approximately 10,700 people globally and generated sales of around EUR 3.9 billion in 2025, with its headquarters in Münster, Germany. Sweitu is now held by funds under Carlyle, with BASF holding a 40% stake.

We specialize in surface treatment processes for metal, glass, and plastic substrates and are familiar with every application area; the prerequisite for successful performance is high-quality products and services. Our products are used for cleaning, corrosion protection, sealing, improving paint adhesion, accelerating metal forming, and surface treatment, and we have established global product lines such as Oxsilan, Gardobond, Ardrox, and Naftoseal, which are widely used in most industrial manufacturing sectors such as aviation and automotive, delivering excellent performance in metal surface technology.

Committed to creating value for customers
Good products and high-quality services are prerequisites for our business success. However, we believe true success lies in close partnership with our customers. Therefore, our goal is to provide customers with value-added products featuring high-quality processes, on-time delivery, and professional technical services. Leveraging our extensive expertise across various industries and our familiarity with customer needs and processes, we can offer you tailored solutions.

Globally distributed branches
Our goal is to further strengthen our global leadership in quality and innovation. With our own sales teams, production facilities, after-sales services, laboratories, and warehouses around the world, we can meet diverse customer needs locally and stay closer to our customers.

Sustainable success
Reliable practical experience and sustainable development are the benchmarks for our actions. Our top priority is to implement environmental protection and safety production guidelines consistently and to continuously improve safety facilities in our global plants. We focus on social and environmental responsibility, treating it with the same importance as achieving our financial goals.