Quest Automotive Products (QAP), a member of the Quest Specialty Chemicals group, has hired Hermon Ferrell to be the company’s new Director of Product & Color Management.

The Car Body Painting conference is taking place November 3-4 in Bad Nauheim, Germany.

Axalta Coating Systems announced a commitment to invest $10.5 million in Tlalnepantla, Mexico, to expand capacity to produce resins used in the manufacture of transportation coatings.

The all-new Ford Transit is making its North American debut with more durable paint, thanks to an industry-first paint technology now in use at the company’s Kansas City Assembly Plant.

This year’s BASF Coatings Color Collection 2014/2015 report, Under the Radar, predicts a new level of normality is coming as North America bounces back from the recession and society embraces the unpretentious beauty of the “flyover states.”

Automotive clearcoats based on this new binder technology are now on their way to being approved by selected automobile manufacturers.

Matrix Automotive Finishes announced that Ryan Evans, head painter of the History Channel’s TV show “Counting Cars,” will be featured in the Matrix booth (#26003) at the NACE Expo.

This study supports the position that modern compact high-solids automotive OEM paint technology can achieve the lowest GWP, while meeting European VOC emission limits.

Market research firm Lucintel has released a new report that analyzes the global automotive coating industry by segments and region.

The DSCT’s annual FOCUS conference drilled down into the topic of innovation.