The new suite of e-coat products provides sustainability benefits for customers, including lower energy use and reduced CO2 emissions at manufacturing facilities.
The launch is part of PPG’s new Advanced Surface Technologies, a new joint venture formed with entrotech, Inc., a provider of technology-driven film solutions.
Abrasion is one of the most important defects that deteriorates the durability of coatings. The goal of the research presented in this article was to achieve a good understanding of the effects of coating additives on the abrasion resistance of waterborne coatings.
The new line is located at the company’s existing site in Changhua, Taiwan. Thermoplastic polyurethanes are a performance benchmark in PPF for quality, long-term aesthetics, and surface integrity.
Effective August 1, 2023, the Coatings division of BASF will implement global units for its Automotive OEM Coatings Solutions and Automotive Refinish Coatings Solutions businesses.
While recent years have witnessed a bit of a slowdown in the growth of the automotive sector, the value produced by body shops and repair facilities has increased significantly, which illustrates the market for automotive refinish coatings' potential for expansion.
Automotive painting is a challenging process, and requires each layer to be sprayed at the optimal thickness. Some leading-edge, ultrasonic thickness gauges can provide both the thickness measurement of each individual layer, and the total thickness measurement of several layers at once, making the process faster and easier.
Published reports place the total cost of corrosion in the United States at $552 billion. The majority of the current coating formulations are not designed for extended maintenance support. This article introduces the concept of Lifetime Coating Systems (LCS), a program designed to match coating life with asset life.
