The Number-One Vehicle Paint Color Is. . .
January 16, 2020 at 6:00 AMIsn’t it sort of the absence of color?
BYTON Wants to Take a Bite Out of Tesla
January 06, 2020 at 9:23 AMFast moving China-based EV startup is putting the finishing touches on a 300,000-unit factory
Work Begins on FCA’s New Detroit Assembly Plant
August 14, 2019 at 1:22 AMFiat Chrysler Automobiles NV has begun erecting a new paint shop on a site in Detroit that will house the city’s first new assembly plant in nearly 30 years.
Magna Opens $1.4 Billion Paint Shop in Slovenia
July 16, 2019 at 1:33 AMContract assembler Magna Steyr AG has opened a $1.4 billion paint shop in Slovenia to support its assembly plant in Graz, Austria.
Clariant on Colors
March 26, 2019 at 6:52 AMWho knew that the changes in automobility—everything from ride-hailing to potential autonomous operation—would have an effect on. . .exterior color?
Painting a McLaren
March 12, 2019 at 7:58 AMThe new McLaren 720S Spider by MSO: No, we’re not going to talk about the performance of the car that’s powered by a 710-hp, 4.0-liter, twin-turbo V8.
Robotic Tape System Developed
January 16, 2019 at 11:13 AMMasking tape has its genesis in the automotive body shop, back in the 1920s when an employee of 3M watched painters have difficultly removing the paper that they had affixed to vehicles to “mask” portions of the cars from the paint that was being applied.
Durr Names New CEO for U.S. Unit
December 03, 2018 at 4:21 PMMike Boss, a 30-year paint engineering veteran from Ford Motor Co., has been named CEO of Southfield, Mich.-based Durr Systems Inc.
A Counterintuitive Approach to Printing Metal Parts
December 03, 2018 at 12:37 PMHybrid additive/subtractive systems for printing and finishing metal parts have been around for years now. It’s always been “first build it, then cut and polish it.” A process developed by 3DEO Inc. uses a radically different hybrid method.