Articles Tagged with ''Automotive Coatings''

Joint testing validated coating and robot compatibility as the companies move toward more technical validation and body shop projects.

The complete system combines digital color tools with fast flash, drying and clearcoat cure performance and lower-VOC waterborne basecoat technology.

The project brings new waterborne basecoat, primer and clearcoat production plus greater automation to a key North American automotive coatings site.

Five years after the business was sold to Wuthelam, restructuring has changed the case for bringing it back.

Robotic sensors replace destructive sampling with micrometer-level measurements of individual paint layers on plastic components within seconds.

The planned move will split a subsidiary’s operations between two coatings businesses as the group shifts to an integrated product and service structure.

IFS Coatings reported 2025 coatings sales of $110-$135 million and advanced its automotive powder coatings portfolio with a new GM materials approval.

Fortech Products reported 2025 coatings sales of $20-$25 million and marked 30 years serving automotive and industrial manufacturing markets.

The dust-free, low-VOC preparation disperses directly in water and is designed to simplify production, handling and transportation.

Automotive coatings experts reflected on 50 years of innovation while outlining future challenges in curing, corrosion, sustainability and AI-driven R&D.