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The Steinach investment adds an integrated coating line, automated dispensing and plans for plasma surface treatment and automated coating inspection.

New collaborations with Quality, Electronics, Smart Factory, and STEM Organizations create unmatched opportunities for learning, innovation, and workforce development.

The connected workflow measures and reproduces color and opacity directly on cans before full production.

In an exclusive PCI Q&A, CCA President Dave Carey explains why the clearest early tariff signal is uncertainty, and why packaging, inputs and equipment may matter more than finished-product lists.

The selection revisits one of automotive color’s most familiar families through newer pigment and effect technology.

A 650-person international industry survey found unplanned coating degradation affected reported budgets more often among onshore respondents than offshore respondents.

The automaker expects construction to begin by year-end, but key details about the coating process, application equipment and suppliers remain undisclosed.

The transaction fills a geographic gap in the company’s repair network as vehicle complexity and calibration requirements continue to increase.

A new life-cycle assessment compares conventional gas-fired ovens with UV, electron-beam and excimer curing pathways.

Four purchase orders from aerospace, defense and energy customers extend the company’s cold-spray work in targeted U.S. markets.