Messe Frankfurt announced it is rescheduling two of its automotive aftermarket trade fairs in China as the Government has escalated several COVID-19 prevention and control measures. CAPAS Chengdu, the auto parts and aftermarket services show originally scheduled for May 19-21, will move to August 18 – 20, 2022.). In addition, the Auto Maintenance and Repair […]
BASF Continues Global Partnership with WorldSkills
BASF’s Coatings division has signed a new multi-year Global Industry Partnership with WorldSkills International. The agreement continues BASF’s long-standing commitment to developing new talent in the automotive refinish industry and solidifies BASF’s support of the next global WorldSkills Competition, which will be held in Shanghai, in October 2022. Founded in 1950 and held every two […]
Honda Introduces New Honda Sensing 360 System as Latest Step Toward Achieving Goal of Zero Traffic Collision Fatalities by 2050
Global rollout to begin in China in 2022 and will be standard on models in the U.S. by 2030. Honda today announced plans to apply the next generation of its advanced suite of safety and driver-assistive technologies – Honda Sensing 360 – to all new Honda and Acura models in the U.S. by 2030. With […]
GM Invests $300 Million in Momenta to Deliver Self-Driving Technologies in China
General Motors announced it will invest $300 million in Momenta to accelerate the development of next-generation self-driving technologies for future GM vehicles in China. “Customers in China are embracing electrification and advanced self-driving technology faster than anywhere else in the world, and the agreement between GM and Momenta will accelerate our deployment of next-generation solutions […]
Axalta Breaks Ground on New Coatings Facility in Northern China
Axalta (NYSE:AXTA) broke ground for construction of a state-of-the-art coatings facility in Jilin City, Jilin Province, North China. The 46,000-square-meter new plant will produce mobility coatings to support growing customer demand in China for light vehicles, commercial vehicles, and automotive plastic components. “Our new plant in Jilin is another building block supporting our ambitious growth […]
AkzoNobel and Sikkens Extend Partnership with Mercedes-Benz in China and Indonesia
Mercedes-Benz and AkzoNobel have agreed to extend their partnership agreement for another four years. It means the company will continue to be a recommended supplier of vehicle refinish products and services in China and a preferred partner in Indonesia. The deal was confirmed after extensive testing and analysis of the product assortments and services provided […]
Philadelphia Customs and Border Protection Seizes Nearly $300k in Counterfeit Auto Parts from China
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Philadelphia, Pa. seized a counterfeit Chinese cache of vehicle parts on July 14 that were destined to an address in Feasterville-Trevose, Pa. The shipment arrived on June 4 and consisted of 5,657 pieces that included vehicle door locks, hinges, powered mirrors, steering wheel switches, headlights and taillights, grills, […]
Baidu Apollo Launching Fully Driverless Ride-Hailing Services in China
Passengers can experience a driverless autonomous driving service at Beijing’s Shougang Park. Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU) will open fully driverless robotaxi services to the public in Beijing starting from May 2, that will be China’s first paid autonomous vehicle service where users can hail a robotaxi without a safety driver behind the steering wheel, marking […]
Axalta Introduces Spies Hecker Waterborne System, Opens Regional Refinish Training Center in China
Axalta (NYSE:AXTA) announced the launch of its Spies Hecker Waterborne Full System, its latest full-layer waterborne solution for refinish customers in the Chinese market. The announcement was made during the grand opening ceremony on March 3 of its Southern Refinish Training Centre (RTC) in Guangzhou. The new auto refinish coating system brings world-class technology to […]
PPG Launches Waterborne Refinish System in China
PPG (NYSE: PPG) today announced that its automotive refinish business in China launched a new waterborne coating system consisting of an epoxy primer, primer surfacer and clearcoat. The system complies with new environmental and volatile organic compound (VOC) standards in China that will take effect in December 2020. “PPG is at the forefront of compliance […]
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