What Silverstone Paint Technology does

Silverstone Paint Technology (SPT) is a privately held UK advanced paint technology specialist founded in late 2008 by Mark Turner, an ex-Jordan Grand Prix F1 Vehicle Science Technician. The company operates from a single facility in Eastcote (within Motorsport Valley) and runs four integrated divisions — Design Studio, Paint, Engineering Coatings, and Composites — that together deliver lightweight finishes, pattern coatings with 0.1mm film build tolerance, livery design, and carbon-fibre component production. Its proprietary technology, including a pioneered pattern coating system and an in-house full-purpose autoclave, supports both upstream composite manufacturing and downstream finishing under one roof.

SPT's commercial offering targets Formula One teams, professional cycling squads, and select luxury-goods manufacturers. The company positions itself as the largest paint facility within Formula One, reportedly painting 25% of the grid in 2016, and has served clients including Haas F1, Manor Racing, Team INEOS, Team Sunweb, Team GB (with Cervelo for the 2016 Rio Olympics), Mark Cavendish, Hummingbird Bikes (limited editions with Princess Yachts and Paul Smith), and Suzuki Heritage. Revenue is generated through custom, project-based B2B engagements combining professional services with limited hardware sales (composite components); pricing is not publicly disclosed.

Go-to-market is relationship-driven, enterprise field sales plus event-driven technical partnerships (e.g., Official Technical Partner to Team INEOS for the 2019 Tour de France). The company employs 11-50 staff, holds patented processes, and operates as an independent, founder-led entity with no identified institutional investors or parent company. Geographic footprint is UK-based with global project delivery to distributed clients, although no formal overseas subsidiaries are documented.

Name

Silverstone Paint Technology

Legal name

Silverstone Paint Technology

Website

https://silverstonepaint.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Silverstone Paint Technology (SPT) is a UK-based specialist paint and composites firm providing lightweight coatings, pattern coating, livery design, and carbon-fibre component manufacturing primarily to Formula One teams, professional cycling squads, and select luxury-goods manufacturers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Motorsport Paint & Coatings Services

NAICS

Paint and Coating Manufacturing (32551), Paint and Coating Manufacturing (325510), Coating, Engraving, Heat Treating, and Allied Activities (3328)

SIC

Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels & Allied Prods (2851), Coating, Engraving & Allied Services (3470)

akta.pro primary industry

Automotive & Transportation Coatings (IMAEAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Automotive & Transportation Coatings (IMAEAGAC), Passenger Vehicle Paint, Coatings & Surface Finishing (ICE) (IMACAAAD), Powder Coating Services (IMAIAKAD)

Keywords

• Motorsport paint services
• Composite manufacturing
• Livery design
• Engineering coatings
• F1 paint technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Towcester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom Paint Services: Project-based custom paint and coating services for motorsport vehicles, including F1 cars, racing motorcycles, and professional bicycles. Services include repair, preparation, refinishing, and machine polishing of body shells, tubs, and composite components.
2. Composite Manufacturing: End-to-end composite manufacture including pattern coating, mould making, and carbon fibre component production using in-house autoclave facilities.
3. Engineering Coatings: Specialist coatings for composite tooling used by Formula One teams, providing pattern coating services that reduce production schedules and improve surface finish.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Silverstone Paint Technology provides custom paint and coating services for high-performance motorsport and cycling applications, operating four integrated divisions: SPT Design Studio (livery and brand design), Paint (lightweight surface finishes for race vehicles), Engineering Coatings (pattern coatings for composite tooling), and Composites (carbon fibre component manufacturing). The company delivers end-to-end paint technology solutions to Formula One teams, professional cycling squads, and luxury goods manufacturers.

Product overview

Silverstone Paint Technology (SPT) operates as a single unified service offering with four integrated divisions: Design Studio, Paint, Engineering Coatings, and Composites. These divisions work collaboratively to provide end-to-end leading-edge paint technology solutions for high-performance racing and luxury goods applications. The core offering combines creative design expertise with advanced engineering coatings, lightweight paint technologies, and carbon fibre composite manufacturing capabilities. SPT's unique operation enables clients to access pattern coating, mould making, component production, paint application, and livery design through a single provider, with expertise spanning Formula One, professional cycling, motorsport, and luxury goods sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Paint

Quantifiable outcome

• 70% exceeded weight reduction targets for 2016 Olympic velodrome bikes
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• INEOS GrenadiercoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2019SPT is featured as a sponsor partner on the INEOS Grenadiers cycling team website, demonstrating a marketing partnership where SPT's technology is promoted as part of the team's technical capabilities. The partnership involves SPT providing paint technology as an Official Technical Partner to Team INEOS for their 2019 Tour de France Pinarello bikes.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Prodrive: UK-based motorsport engineering services company operating composite manufacturing, design, and vehicle programmes — directly comparable to SPT's four-division integrated offering for elite motorsport customers.
• HWA AG: German motorsport engineering services company (formerly Mercedes-AMG F1 works partner) offering composite, vehicle development, and applied engineering — closely comparable to SPT's bundled motorsport services model.
• Dallara: Italian motorsport engineering firm specialising in carbon-fibre monocoques, composite manufacturing and vehicle design for racing series; directly comparable to SPT's Composites division and integrated engineering offering.
• Multimatic: Global motorsport and automotive engineering company with composite manufacturing, vehicle dynamics and specialised vehicle programmes — directly comparable on the integrated composites-and-engineering services axis.
• M-Sport: UK-based motorsport engineering operator running Ford's WRC programme and providing composite/vehicle services; comparable niche motorsport-services peer with similar proximity to elite racing customers.
• Williams Advanced Engineering: UK motorsport-to-mobility engineering services firm commercialising technologies originally developed in F1; comparable to SPT in translating racing-grade engineering into adjacent commercial and mobility applications.

Broad incumbents

• PPG Industries: Largest global automotive and industrial coatings manufacturer with a dedicated motorsport and Formula One coatings portfolio; a tier-1 incumbent SPT competes against at the OEM/coatings chemistry frontier.
• Axalta Coating Systems: Global automotive coatings supplier with motorsport, refinish and OEM product lines; comparable to SPT in the high-performance coatings application space, though at vastly greater scale and breadth.
• BASF Coatings: Division of BASF supplying OEM automotive paints and coatings with motorsport applications; broad incumbent competing for the same automotive-coating chemistry relationships SPT serves.
• AkzoNobel: Global paints and coatings major with Sikkens and other automotive brands serving OEM, refinish, and motorsport customers; broad-spectrum incumbent comparable on coatings chemistry and customer-overlap dimensions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/spt_f1
• Facebookfacebook.com/sptf1
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/spt-f1

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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