Articles Tagged with ''Automotive Coatings''

Coating processes on thermoplastics are multifaceted, and require precise engineering and quality controls. The effects of paint chemistry, plastic compatibility and surface quality are essential for product performance. Single-component lacquer, two-component thermosets and UV coating technologies are effective for painting and coating polypropylene substrates, and they are available in water-based chemistries.

In the eastern Chinese province of Shandong, Dürr is currently building two paint shops for Sinotruk, a leading manufacturer of heavy trucks.

New resin technologies bring improved temperature cure and reflow properties to automotive base and topcoats.

Designers for BASF’s Coatings division have delved into new color spaces for the 2021-2022 Automotive Color Trends collection.

Axalta recently broke ground for construction of a state-of-the-art coatings facility in Jilin City, Jilin Province, North China.

Axalta’s portfolio of electrocoats, thermoset and thermoplastic powder coatings, fire intumescent liquid coatings, and casting resins are specifically designed for electric vehicle (EV) battery applications.

Axalta Coating Systems recently announced that Mark Garrett stepped down as a member and chair of its board of directors, effective Aug. 26, 2021.

Axalta recently announced that the company was named Best Supplier by CAOA Chery in Brazil.

Automotive technology makes cars safer, more capable and increasingly enjoyable to drive. However, the impact of high-tech coatings often gets overlooked as an instrumental part of helping make such advancements happen. Here's a look at some of the coating innovations you should know about that push automotive progress forward.

More than 4 million vehicles are pretreated annually with Henkel's next-generation metal pretreatment process, which recently received the second-place award in the sustainability category of the 2021 Altair Enlighten Awards.