Articles Tagged with ''Automotive Coatings''

 Automotive coatings involve technology that is constantly evolving, for both manufacturers and applicators. Keeping current with color preferences is certainly a key interest to coatings manufacturers. 

According to a new report released by research and consulting company MarketsandMarkets, the global market for automotive coatings is projected to total 998.7 million gallons by 2018 with revenue of $11.7 billion.

Sherwin-Williams MIL-DTL-53022 Type V Aerosol Enhanced Corrosion Epoxy Primer, a two-component epoxy, is now available.

The world’s most environmentally friendly automotive paint shop: that was the requirement of BMW Brilliance when placing the order with Dürr in 2011 for the construction of the paint shop in Shenyang, China. This year Dürr has already received a follow-up order from BMW Brilliance to increase production capacity.

BASF’s Coatings Division opened a new International Refinish Competence Center (RCC) in Clermont, France, for R-M®, the company’s premium automotive refinish brand. The facility is now one of the most modern training facilities in Europe.

Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is used extensively to characterize the chemical composition of trace evidence such as paints, fibers and adhesives as well as seized drugs and related chemicals. Thermo Fisher has recently introduced the Thermo Scientific™ iS™50 ATR module, a novel, extended-range attenuated total reflectance (ATR) module that is integrated into the Nicolet™ iS50 FT-IR spectrometer.

BASF is going to expand its production capacity for waterborne coatings in the Demarchi Coatings site, located in São Paulo state, Brazil.

BASF is investing around €90 million to set up a world-scale production plant at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park in Shanghai, China.

Axalta Coating Systems, formerly DuPont Performance Coatings, received the prestigious Daimler Trucks North America Masters of Quality award.

PPG Industries has inaugurated a new manufacturing facility for the production of heavy-duty equipment coatings in Tianjin, China.