Aluminum Contaminant Issues
Metallic automotive basecoat maker looks for answers related to contamination.
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Coating by the Billions
A Raymond Tinnerman coats automotive parts fasteners and clips … a lot of them
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How Can I Tell If it's Been E-Coated?
How do I know if the black car parts I buy from aftermarket dealers are e-coated for anti-corrosion protection?
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Paint Attacking ABS Parts
ABS automotive parts become brittle and lose flexibility after application of a polyurethane enamel topcoat.
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VDA 19 and its Impact on European Manufacturing and Cleaning
The German Association of the Automotive Industry’s VDA Volume 19 is the first comprehensive standardization document for characterizing the cleanliness of products within the automotive industry’s quality chain.
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Finishing Brands Hosts Three-Day Symposium in Toledo
Topics included automotive, industrial and medical coatings from industry experts and from DeVilbiss, Ransburg, BGK and Binks company executives.
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Tape Test for Cleaning Efficiency
I want to learn about test methods to check efficiency of degreasing. Do you know anything about a Ford Scotch Tape test?
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Formula SAE Student Design - Products Finishing Cup
Formula SAE is a collegiate student design competition organized by SAE International. The concept behind Formula SAE Student Design is that a fictional manufacturing company has contracted a design team to develop a small Formula-style race car. The prototype race car is to be evaluated for its potential as a production item. The target marketing group for the race car is the non-professional weekend autocross racer.
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MySetta's New Styling With Clever BASF Technologies
A specially developed two-tone finish was applied to the microcar at BASF Coatings’ Refinish Competence Center in Münster by experienced master spraypainter Michael Wichmann using blue for the lower part of the car and white for the top.
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Platers Go Back to School to Help Future Engineers
Milt Stevenson of Anoplate Corp. in Syracuse, N.Y., wants more finishing shops to become part of this program that pairs the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) with collegiate engineering and technology students.
#automotive #workforce development
BASF Reveals Automotive Color Forecast
Movement towards more color shades than in previous years as BASF staff shows off the 65 new colors they are presenting to automakers and designers around the world.
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Shine & Dandy
SRG Global spans the globe plating automotive trim for nearly all the major car manufacturers, duplicating quality and control at all their plants around the world.
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Painting Lighted Display Panels
I am looking for information on how to paint lighted display panels such as motor vehicle lit and backlit displays.
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BASF Develops Color For Shanghai GM Concept Car
Buick Riviera made its global debut at Auto Shanghai 2013 featuring a unique Ice Cyan-jade coating from BASF
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George Koch Sons Acquiring Price Industries
Grand Rapids based company has more than 30 years experience in material handling systems for the aerospace, automotive, industrial, military and agriculture industries.
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PPG Wins PACE Award For Andaro Tint Dispersions
9th time PPG has received the award that honors automotive suppliers’ innovations in products, manufacturing processes and information technology.
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Plating Q&A: Black Finish on 430 Stainless Steel
A reader asks 'Do you know of a way to get a black surface finish on 430 stainless steel screws that will stand up to the road blast under a car?'
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Black Finish on 430 Stainless Steel
Do you know of a way to get a black surface finish on 430 stainless steel screws that will stand up to the road blast under a car?
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General Motors Names BASF as 2012 Supplier of the Year
BASF’s Coatings Division supports GM by combining modern paint processes with special effect pigments and technologies.
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Correction: Non-Electrolytically Applied Zinc Coat
My response in the February issue regarding General Motors specification GMW 3359 for non-electrolytically applied zinc-rich coatings was incorrect. Here is the correct answer.
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