PPG Experts and Industry Partners to Highlight New Automotive Technologies at 2017 SURCAR Cannes Congress
On June 29, Jean-Marc Pinel, research and development director and Thierry Harm, business development manager for PPG Adhesives and Sealants, will jointly present “How adhesives and sealers address new car designs and trends” in the morning. In the afternoon, Axel Nagel, technical manager, automotive clearcoats core group, Ingersheim, Germany, will join Martin Schuenemann, manager of top coat systems development for passenger cars, Mercedes Benz / Daimler AG, to discuss the companies’ color technology collaboration in their presentation “Generating new color effects by using stratifying pigments in clear coat.”
Also in the afternoon, a presentation will address energy-saving coatings product and process improvements PPG is developing with other industry partners. “The evolution of low temperature curing spray applied decorative coatings,” presented by David Fenn PPG research manager decorative coatings, will cover optimized spray application and reduced energy use for curing in automotive production paint shops.
SURCAR is the world’s leading biennial congress on automotive body finishing since 1964. The International Congress is held every other year in Cannes, and every year in Asia, and it brings together an international audience of decision-makers and experts in automotive body painting from over 25 countries.
For more about PPG’s innovative products and technologies for the automotive industry, visit www.ppgautocoatings.com.
PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD™
At PPG (NYSE:PPG), we work every day to develop and deliver the paints, coatings and materials that our customers have trusted for more than 130 years. Through dedication and creativity, we solve our customers’ biggest challenges, collaborating closely to find the right path forward. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, we operate and innovate in more than 70 countries and reported net sales of $14.8 billion in 2016. We serve customers in construction, consumer products, industrial and transportation markets and aftermarkets. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com.
We protect and beautify the world is a trademark and the PPG Logo is a registered trademark of PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
ContactsPPG Media Contact:
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Automotive OEM Coatings
Mike Millar, +1-248-641-2237
[email protected]
www.ppgautocoatings.com
TROY, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PPG (NYSE: PPG) experts and technology development partners will discuss
innovative coatings, adhesives and sealants technologies for the
automotive industry in three presentations during the 29th SURCAR Cannes
Congress, June 29–30 at the Majestic Barrière Hotel in Cannes, France.
On June 29, Jean-Marc Pinel, research and development director and
Thierry Harm, business development manager for PPG Adhesives and
Sealants, will jointly present “How adhesives and sealers address new
car designs and trends” in the morning. In the afternoon, Axel Nagel,
technical manager, automotive clearcoats core group, Ingersheim,
Germany, will join Martin Schuenemann, manager of top coat systems
development for passenger cars, Mercedes Benz / Daimler AG, to discuss
the companies’ color technology collaboration in their presentation
“Generating new color effects by using stratifying pigments in clear
coat.”
Also in the afternoon, a presentation will address energy-saving
coatings product and process improvements PPG is developing with other
industry partners. “The evolution of low temperature curing spray
applied decorative coatings,” presented by David Fenn PPG research
manager decorative coatings, will cover optimized spray application and
reduced energy use for curing in automotive production paint shops.
SURCAR is the world’s leading biennial congress on automotive body
finishing since 1964. The International Congress is held every other
year in Cannes,
and every year in Asia,
and it brings together an international audience of decision-makers and
experts in automotive body painting from over 25 countries.
For more about PPG’s innovative products and technologies for the
automotive industry, visit www.ppgautocoatings.com.
PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD™
At PPG (NYSE:PPG), we work every day to develop and deliver the paints,
coatings and materials that our customers have trusted for more than 130
years. Through dedication and creativity, we solve our customers’
biggest challenges, collaborating closely to find the right path
forward. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, we operate and innovate in
more than 70 countries and reported net sales of $14.8 billion in 2016.
We serve customers in construction, consumer products, industrial and
transportation markets and aftermarkets. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com.
We protect and beautify the world is a trademark and the PPG
Logo is a registered trademark of PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
Contacts
PPG Media Contact:
Automotive OEM Coatings
Mike Millar,
+1-248-641-2237
[email protected]
www.ppgautocoatings.com
