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Electrocoating

General Motors Names BASF As 2011 Supplier Of The Year

BASF receives honor for the eighth time in 10 years

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Powder Coating

Navy Is Full Steam Ahead On Powder Coating

With the military increasing its use of powder-based coatings to cover vehicles, equipment and ships—the Army has recently announced that it will allow the use of powder coatings in its CARC coverings that are normally e-coated—more assets are getting the powder coating treatment than ever before, much to the joy of the powder manufacturers.

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Liquid Coating

Tackoff: In Pursuit of the Perfect Paint Job

When it comes to today’s vehicles, a high quality paint finish is the first thing a consumer notices. The automotive industry is constantly improving its paint shop either by upgrading existing facilities or by building new ones to take advantage of the latest technology available. But manufacturers also go to extraordinary measures to prepare the vehicle’s surface before it is painted, including making sure the surface is clean and ready to absorb a coating.

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automotive

RFID Refines Automotive Electroplating

Radio Frequency Identification systems can automate and optimize operational sequences during electroplating, especially with automotive parts. The operator of a new plant can often reduce error-prone manual inputs, making the production more efficient and transparent than ever before.

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Liquid Coating

“Petty Blue” goes green as Petty’s Garage converts to BASF Waterborne Paints

First car painted with Onyx HD is Petty Signature Series Mustang

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automotive

Billions, Bikes and Bucky Badger

New reports on metal finishing, a retro-reflective bike and a new truck for UW

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Liquid Coating

Chevy Sonic Gets Eco-Friendly Paint Job

Thanks to this system, as well as other recent shop enhancements designed to minimize energy use and paint-solvent emissions, Orion Assembly’s paint facility will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 80,000 metric tons each year at full production, cut solvent emissions by about 108,000 lbs. annually, slice $40 of manufacturing costs from each vehicle and use 50 percent less process energy per vehicle—all while being heated by natural and landfill gas instead of more emissions-intensive coal-fired boilers.

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energy

BASF unveils it’s iGloss “intelligent paint system”

New paint reflects heat rays, designed for transparent organic solar cells in the roof of car

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energy

Materials and Coatings Development: From Bench Scale to Application

Materials research, and more specifically the development of novel coating methods, has been a central focus of Eltron R&D since the company’s inception over 25 years ago. Eltron has developed, synthesized and characterized materials ranging from nanoparticles to thin films and ceramics for a wide range of applications in the aerospace, semiconductor, energy and automotive industries.

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automotive

MetoKote becomes VW Service Parts E-Coat supplier

Will provide 100 percent of the German auto manufacturer's service part e-coat needs

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