#AUTOMOTIVE

Electrocoating

Coatings Plant Evolves with Market Trends

Expanding its focus from exclusively serving the RV industry, one of this company’s stand-alone coatings plant has successfully extended its services to additional markets.
#automotive

Electroplating

Indonesian Plater Finds Fast Success in Auto Market

This father/son team, inspired by inventor Michael Faraday, focuses on anti-corrosion methods and automated processes to help their Indonesian plating business flourish.
#automotive

Automotive Cleaning Questions Answered

Parts cleaning experts answer questions about automotive cleaning trends, including questions about effective cleaning for electric vehicle parts as well as ISO16232 specifications.
#automotive

Electroplating

Episode 38: On the Line — Looking Back on 2023

PF’s On the Line discusses some of the issues that were top of mind for industry during the past year.
#workforcedevelopment #regulation #automotive

AkzoNobel Creates Bio-Based Interior Coating for Kia Motors

The interior coating was designed for the inside of the Kia EV9 electric SUV.
#automotive

The Time is Now

Products Finishing editor-in-chief Scott Francis discusses takeaways from recent industry events and recounts observations about the growing interest in mobility applications. 
#editorial #automotive

Liquid Coating

Precise Paint Flow Reduces Material and Labor Costs

Finding a more accurate paint proportioner for its application enabled this auto parts manufacturer to save significant costs and labor while increasing capacity.
#automotive

A Remarkable Rolls

Alex Innes, head of coachbuild design, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, describes the specially commissioned La Rose Noire Droptail as “glamour distilled.” The finishes, outside and in, contribute largely to that charm.
#asktheexpert #automotive

Seres Selects Dürr for Paint Shop Installation

Dürr installed a paint shop for electric vehicle manufacturer Seres that focuses on energy and resource efficiency.
#automotive

PPG Partners With Dutch University for Off-Road Solar Car

The Stella Terra vehicle uses PPG’s CoraChar fire protection coatings.
#automotive

Axalta Partners With Xaar to Provide Sustainable Digital Paint Technology

Technology can contribute up to a 40% reduction in CO2 for two-tone vehicle manufacturers.
#automotive

Fremax Begins Commercialization of Products With Nanotechnology Coating

Fremax Maxcoating Brake Discs from Frasle Mobility feature nanotechnology with niobium pentoxide nanoparticles.
#automotive

Electroplating

Pulling Out All the Stops

Evolving coatings and finishes for automotive brake components. 
#automotive

Liquid Coating

Robots, AI and Superb BMW Surfaces

There isn’t an automotive paint shop in the world that doesn’t have post-paint inspection and defect processing. But BMW is doing this with levels of technology at a plant in Germany that exceed all other paint shops in the world.
#automotive

Liquid Coating

Joint Venture Expands PPG's Paint Film Solutions Portfolio

PPG and Entrotech Inc. have formed a joint venture that will provide paint film solutions to automotive and industrial customers.
#automotive

Automated Mixing Machine Saves Time, Provides Sustainability Benefits

The Axalta Irus Mix mixing machine’s technology reduces the need for manual mixing.
#sustainability #automotive

PPG Paints, Coatings for Battery EVs Showcased at Germany Battery Show

PPG is attending The Battery Show in Stuttgart, Germany.
#energy #automotive

The 2024 Ford Mustang: All the Colors Available

Although Chevrolet has announced the end of the Camaro and Dodge is offering “Last Call” editions of the Charger and Challenger, the Ford Mustang is launching to its seventh generation.
#automotive

Powder Coating

Powder Coating Line Adds Color, Style, Performance to Brake Caliper Design

Interpon A1243 from AkzoNobel is a powder coating range designed for the needs of automotive OEMs, supporting color, style and performance demands for brake calipers.
#automotive

Electroplating

Finishing High Reliability, Function Critical Parts

From safety critical automotive and aerospace components to lifesaving medical micro-components and implantable devices, Indiana-based Electro-Spec finishes applications that require zero failure rates. 
#medical #military #electronics