automotive
PPG Hires New Senior VP for Automotive Coatings
Rebecca Liebert will succeed Gary Danowski, who will become vice president, global automotive refinish. Danowski is replacing John Outcalt, who has announced his intent to retire, effective August 1.
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Ford Honors Dürr Assembly Products with World Excellence Award
Dürr received an Aligned Business Framework World Excellence Award,the third consecutive Ford award for a company in the Dürr Group.
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Cleanliness Compliance Is Critical for Automotive Suppliers
The cleanliness of a car’s components can affect the way it operates. OEMs like Ford Motor Co. have created their own internal standards and have started cascading them to their suppliers.
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Acid Copper Technologies for Plating on Plastics
Automotive OEM performance requirements continue to increase which presents increased challenges to the supply chain to provide acceptable parts. This presentation will introduce a new system of acid copper technologies that have been designed to increase performance, widen the process operating window, reduce rejects and ultimately increase production capacity.
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Transition from a Simple Auxiliary Anode to a Fully-developed Conforming Anode System for Plating
This paper demonstrates that the use of an elaborate CAE designed conforming anode system enables plating complex exterior automotive part designs within specification. It will be shown that the increased fixed and variable production costs that are unavoidable when operating an elaborate conforming anode system can be partially earned back by a reduction in metal consumption, and by an increased capacity due to shorter plating times.
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John Owed will be responsible for all of the company’s product lines in the industrial and automotive industries.
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BASF Color Ideation Vehicle Wins Big at Goodguys Del Mar
“Lucille,” a 1940 Ford convertible, was unveiled at the 2017 SEMA Show and is coated with BASF Glasurit 55 Line in the custom color “Glasurit Cabernet, Goolsby Edition,” which builder Jonathan Goolsby developed through BASF Color Ideation.
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Auto Technology Provides Environmental Testing, Equipment
In addition to conducting environmental testing, Auto Technology produces corrosion test equipment and environmental test chambers, as well as centrifugal dryers and automated finishing equipment.
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QA Program Aims for Consistent, High-Performance Automotive Coatings
At Sur/Fin 2018, MacDermid Enthone will highlight its DecoKlad quality assurance program for high-performance decorative automotive coatings, which aims to ensures globally consistent performance from a network of approved applicators.
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Assured Testing Handles Corrosion Tests Specified for Plating, Anodizing
Assured Testing Services has moved into a 26,000-ft.2 purpose-built facility, where it can perform virtually all automotive corrosion and cyclic corrosion tests specified for plating and anodizing applications.
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