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Electronics Company Gets Boost from Bel Air Finishing

A team from TE Connectivity visited the mass finishing solution provider’s Process Technology Center to get help in developing a very specific surface finish for a new automotive connector.

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automotive

Paul N. Gardner Auto Film Applicator Performs Coating Drawdowns in Varying Speeds

The Byko-drive XL automatic film applicator from Paul N. Gardner is designed to perform drawdowns of coatings and inks in programmable speeds ranging from 5 to 500 mm/sec.

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Powder Coating

PPG Forms Mobility Team to Develop Coatings for Self-Driving Cars

PPG unveiled its work with self-driving and electric vehicles in January during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. 

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automotive

BASF Sponsors Automobile Design Competition

Introduced in 2012, Detroit’s Middlecott Sketchbattle Experiment is considered the “Fight Club of Design,” an underground, automotive industry event developed to identify emerging talent in car design.

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automotive

Automotive Coatings Manufacturers Helping Autonomous Cars ‘See’

Paint makers are coming up with ways in which autonomous vehicles could use their coatings to detect where they are on the road.

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automotive

Doerken USA Creates Director of Business Affairs Position

Dennis Mulalic will be responsible for business development growth in non-automotive industries and strategic marketing planning for the company.

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Electrocoating

Assured Testing Moves to New Facility

Assured Testing Services recently moved into a new, 26,000-ft.2 purpose-built facility, where it can perform virtually all automotive cyclic corrosion tests specified for ecoat applications.

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automotive

Michigan NASF Holding Detroit Auto Show Preview

Tickets include a lunch with a featured speaker and access to the NAIAS Industry Preview Week show at Cobo Hall.

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Powder Coating

Dürr Named Core Supplier of Groupe PSA

With its multiple automotive brands — Peugeot, Citroën, DS Automobiles, Opel in Germany and Vauxhall in Great Britain — Groupe PSA has been a major customer of Durr’s for more than 20 years.

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Liquid Coating

BASF Coatings Supplies New Belarus Auto Plant for BelGee

The BelGee Belarusian site currently has capacity to produce 60,000 car bodies a year, with the option to expand.

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