automotive

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Auto Buyers and Color Choices

Axalta 2021 Automotive Color Preferences Study shows Americans tend to buy solid, often black, cars.

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Dürr Deploys Digitized Paint Shop for SAIC Volkswagen

Despite COVID restrictions, Dürr has delivered one of the largest, highly digitized paint shops in China to SAIC Volkswagen on schedule.

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automotive

FrogTape Introduces High-Performance Masking Tapes

FrogTape’s new line includes three high-performance products for marine, industrial, transportation and automotive coating applications. 

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Inside Stellantis Advance Color and Materials

La Shirl Turner, head of the Stellantis North America Advance Color and Materials Department, talks about how she got there and what they do in one of the auto industry’s most imaginative creator of colors.

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automotive

PPG's Automobile Digital Styling Program Tests Light, Colors

PPG’s new digital styling program for automobiles simulates PPG colors and effects on three-dimensional models of interior and exterior automobile surfaces.

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aerospace

Finishing Index Ends Year Lower As New Orders Contract

GBI: Finishing reports a slight overall contraction in the finishing industry for December 2020 – largely due to a drop in new orders in the automotive and aerospace markets.

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New MINI Hardtops Feature Multicolor Roofs

Wet-on-wet painting process means each roof is unique.

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automotive

Coating for RV Industry Comes at an Advantageous Time

The market for RVs is on the rise and these coatings can help improve output.

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UK Auto’s 2020 Top Paint Color Is Grey

Head of the top automotive industry association calls 2020 a “pretty dark year.” Paint choices substantiate that.

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Axalta Announces Auto Color of 2021

Axalta names the yellow-green ElectroLight its 2021 Global Automotive Color of the Year, while its research shows white continues to be a global favorite.

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