PCI Editor Kristin Johansson recently visited with Nancy Lockhart, Global Product Manager, Color, at Axalta Coating Systems, to tour the company's Color Viewing Room and Color Studio in Clinton Township, Michigan.

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Axalta is making a splash with its 2020 Global Automotive Color of the Year "Sea Glass."

It may have once been a purely local brand, but customers all over the world are now enjoying the benefits of AkzoNobel’s Wanda vehicle refinishes brand, which is celebrating its 85th anniversary.

Greenkote PLC has reported a notable upsurge in its business coming from auto manufacturers – specifically for applying brightly colored powder coatings to brake caliper assemblies.

New hydrogen-free diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating technology provides unmatched hardness, smoothness and adhesion for high wear components in super cars, motor bikes and professional motorsports.

There are currently two dominant trends in the automotive industry: electric mobility and per-sonalized vehicles. Dürr's EcoPaintJet system for fully automatic car painting in two colors – without masking or overspray – is a perfect fit for this.

Automobile production of the future is moving away from the production line and toward modular workstations. An important feature is flexible Automatic Guided Vehicles, or AGVs for short.

A flourishing automotive sector, rising automotive production across the globe, and continuous development for high-quality coatings that are able to resist high temperatures and harsh environmental conditions are some factors providing a growth prospective to the automotive coatings market.

According to a report from Transparency Market Research, the global automotive coatings market is expected to expand at a healthy compound annual growth rate of 6.28% from 2018 to 2026.