• Toyota eyes self-driving 2020

    • October 6, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Reuters reports that Toyota Motor Corp is aiming to bring to market cars that can autonomously change lanes, merge with traffic, and overtake other vehicles on highways by around 2020. Japan’s biggest automaker said in that car of the future, drivers would be able to turn on and off the auto-pilot mode with a single [...]
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  • Service King enters San Diego

    • October 6, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Service King Collision Repair Centers, one of the fastest growing automotive repair companies in the US, has expanded for the first time into San Diego, California. Service King has opened its first San Diego repair centres through a partnership with Carter’s Collision Service Inc and its five repair facilities. With the acquisition, Service King now [...]
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  • New appointment at Axalta

    • October 2, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Axalta Coating Systems has announced that Steve Markevich has been promoted to the position of executive vice president. In this new role, Mr. Markevich will continue as president of the company’s transportation coatings business and now also be responsible for all of Axalta’s operations in greater China. China presents many opportunities for the sustained growth of [...]
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  • Consumers still consider car colour

    • October 1, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Consumers consider car colour PPG Industries today released its annual automotive colour popularity data that revealed nearly 60 per cent of consumers identified colour as a major factor in their vehicle-buying decisions and that carmakers continue to sell a vast majority of cars (nearly 75 per cent) in conservative colours such as white, black, grey [...]
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  • Coatings market to reach $11.3 Billion

    • October 1, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    According to a new report by Allied Market Research, titled, ‘World Automotive Refinish Coatings Market – Opportunities and Forecast, 2014-2020,’ the global market for automotive refinish coatings would be worth $11.3 billion by 2021 and shall grow at a CAGR of 6.3% during 2015-2021. Solvent-borne refinish coating technology segment currently accounts for about half of the revenue; however, by 2020, water-borne refinish [...]
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