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BASF builds waterborne production plant for automotive coatings in Mexico

BASF has placed a cornerstone for its new waterborne production plant at the company’s manufacturing site in Tultitlan, Mexico. The new plant will provide ...

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Facts in five: The automotive coatings market

New materials, developments in car-producing markets and autonomous driving as a future technology  at the horizon – there is a lot of change ahead in the ...

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Driving Growth Globally: Automotive Coatings

Development of light-weighting vehicles and the move to low-temperature curing are driving the coating technology advances. Vehicle manufacturers are exploring...

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Automotive coatings in the focus of the September issue

The September issue of the European Coatings Journal features a full package on automotive coatings: a report on the global market, a novel water-borne acrylic...

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PPG opens automotive refinish training center in Argentina

PPG has opened a new 300-square-meter training center for automotive refinish professionals in Pillar, Argentina.

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Multi-impact testing for stone-chip resistance: EN ISO 20567 1 revised

Grit, road metal and other materials can damage automotive coatings so that individual layers come off or the whole coating delaminates from the substrate. ...

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The future is green – for the coatings industry, too!

Germany in summer 2017. The nation of carmakers is shocked. A court in the south of the country has ruled in favour of a diesel driving ban. From 2018 many ...

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Axalta Coating Systems presents 2017 automotive colour collection

Axalta Coating Systems has unveiled its 2017 automotive colour collection to European car manufacturers. "Color_gen” offers light vehicle OEMs an insight into ...

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Akzo Nobel makes double acquisition

Akzo Nobel has made a double acquisition to strengthen its leading global position in performance coatings.

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BASF invests in automotive coatings in North America

BASF is expanding its automotive coatings production in North America with investments of nearly EUR35.8 million over the next two years.

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PPG marks completion of coatings facility in Russia

PPG has marked the opening of a EUR45 million paint and coatings manufacturing facility and commercial operation in the Lipetsk region of Russia.

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Axalta opens Asia-Pacific Technology Center in China

Axalta Coating Systems has formally opened its newest investment in innovation, the Asia-Pacific Technology Center (APTC), in the Minhang District of Shanghai. ...

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Five facts about coatings in transportation

Mobility is one of the major foundations of modern society. To keep it efficient and affordable for everyone cars, trains, ships or common bicycles need good...