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Alisha Bellezza (PPG): “The automotive industry is undergoing an enormous change”
PPG Industries has announced plans to build a new production facility for automotive coatings in North America. The coatings manufacturer is investing USD 300 million in the project. Alisha Bellezza, Senior...
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Interview: “India offers remarkable opportunities”
BASF's Coatings division has expanded its cathodic dip coating production facility in Mangalore, India. This strategic expansion is driven by growing local demand and customers in the ASEAN markets of...
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VOC analysis in car workshop paints: Focus on employee health
Researchers found that the identified volatile organic compounds emitted from the coatings in a car workshop paint line can be potentially toxic to the employees on the paint line.
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Automotive market: Slowly recovering
A slight recovery is underway, but we cannot speak of full throttle. The primary growth is in Asia, while Europe is stagnating. Nevertheless, market researchers at PRA are forecasting that the market for...
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Nippon Paint acquires D-Act
With the acquisition of D-Act, Nippon Paint intends to strengthens its presence in the automotive market.
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BASF publishes “Automotive Color Trends”
Each year, designers for BASF’s Coatings division create a new collection of colours to inspire automotive designers around the globe. Among other things, colours that are atypical for the automotive...
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Anti-ultraviolet film for automotive glass
A recent work shows the preparation of high-performance polyurethane-polyacrylate coatings based on hyperbranched structure and their application in anti-ultraviolet film.
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PPG inaugurates centre of excellence for automotive colours
PPG has inaugurated a centre of excellence at its Quattordio, Italy site that is intended to increase the efficiency for automotive colour development and application.
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IGL Coatings appoints exclusive distributor for the Netherlands
IGL Coatings has announced the appointment of Quality Detail Distribution (“IGL Coatings Netherlands”) as its exclusive distributor for its automotive coatings in the Netherlands.
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PPG opens “Color Creation Lab” in China
PPG has announced the opening of a "Color Creation Lab" in collaboration with automaker Chery Automobile.
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Orion debottlenecks post-treatment unit in Germany
Orion Engineered Carbons has debottlenecked a post-treatment unit at its Cologne, Germany, plant that produces high-jetness specialty carbon blacks.
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Axalta’s Automotive Colour of the Year 2023: “Techno Blue
Axalta Coating Systems has announced its 2023 Global Automotive Colour of the Year – "Techno Blue". This is the 9th year the company has featured a trending colour.
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BASF publishes “Color Report 2022 for Automotive OEM Coatings
As they have for several years, achromatic colours dominated the automotive market around the globe in 2022. But as BASF’s designers found in the company’s Color Report for Automotive OEM Coatings,...
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Inorganic additives and their impact on automotive coating systems
Researchers have systematically varied inorganic additives and and studied their impact on interfacial delamination processes of automotive coating systems.