Automotive coatings involve technology that is constantly evolving, for both manufacturers and applicators. Keeping current with color preferences is certainly a key interest to coatings manufacturers.
According to a new report released by research and consulting company MarketsandMarkets, the global market for automotive coatings is projected to total 998.7 million gallons by 2018 with revenue of $11.7 billion.
The world’s most environmentally friendly automotive paint shop: that was the requirement of BMW Brilliance when placing the order with Dürr in 2011 for the construction of the paint shop in Shenyang, China. This year Dürr has already received a follow-up order from BMW Brilliance to increase production capacity.
BASF’s Coatings Division opened a new International Refinish Competence Center (RCC) in Clermont, France, for R-M®, the company’s premium automotive refinish brand. The facility is now one of the most modern training facilities in Europe.
Infrared spectroscopy is one of the few analytical techniques considered by the forensic science community to have the highest discriminating power required to provide confirmatory evidence about the chemical composition of a material.
Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is used extensively to characterize the chemical composition of trace evidence such as paints, fibers and adhesives as well as seized drugs and related chemicals. Thermo Fisher has recently introduced the Thermo Scientific™ iS™50 ATR module, a novel, extended-range attenuated total reflectance (ATR) module that is integrated into the Nicolet™ iS50 FT-IR spectrometer.
