automotive

Anodizing

Pulling Out All the Stops

Evolving coatings and finishes for automotive brake components. 

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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.

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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.

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automotive

Automated Mixing Machine Saves Time, Provides Sustainability Benefits

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

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automotive

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

PPG is attending The Battery Show in Stuttgart, Germany.

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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.

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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.

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electronics

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. 

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Electroplating

Tin and Tin Zinc Overview and Growth

Brett Larick of Columbia Chemical discusses the increasing demand for conductive finishes driven by the increasing electrification of vehicles.

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automotive

Pretend Your Audi EV Is the Prototype

While camouflage car coverings are meant to disguise surfaces of development vehicles, what Audi is doing to the RS e-tron will turn a whole lot of heads — and it is an electric vehicle that you can have in your own driveway.

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