• 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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  • Seat involved in diesel scandal

    • September 30, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Seat is the latest VW brand to reveal it is involved in the diesel duping scandal that has rocked the automotive world. Seat sit under the Volkswagen umbrella along with Audi, Skoda and Seat and all have admitted to installing software that allows diesel vehicles to give false emissions readings during testing. Estimated cars involved [...]
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  • Axalta sets up scholarship

    • September 29, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Axalta Coating Systems today signed a partnership agreement with the largest university of applied sciences in Austria to offer one student per year an Axalta scholarship. The scholarship will support the student over a three-year Bachelor of Science degree in High Tech Manufacturing at FH Campus Wien in Vienna, Austria. In addition, Axalta is giving [...]
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  • Thatcham gathers international expertise

    • September 28, 2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Automotive research and repair experts from around the globe met together in the heart of England this week to discuss some of the burning issues affecting the automotive and insurance industries worldwide. As the UK’s insurer research centre, Thatcham hosted delegates from 24 international research organisations as the annual RCAR (Research Council for Automobile Repair) [...]
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