Abstract. It is well-known that a polynomial f (z) = a d z d (1 + o(1)) can be conjugated by a holomorphic map φ to w → w d in a neighbourhood of infinity. This map φ is called a Böttcher coordinate for f near infinity. In this paper we construct a Böttcher type coordinate for compositions of affine mappings and polynomials, a class of mappings first studied in [9]. As an application, we prove that if h is affine and c ∈ C, then h(z) 2 + c is not uniformly quasiregular.MSC 2010: 30C65 (Primary), 30D05, 37F10, 37F45 (Secondary).