| Body-in-white supplier Stadco
is switching its paint shop facility at its Coventry site in the UK to
use the next generation Powercron 6200 cationic epoxy electrocoat from
PPG Industries.
This means the paint shop will now be able to coat all components going
through the facility with black paint, increasingly the colour of choice
for OEM customers and component manufacturers.
The latest Powercron 6200 paint offers other benefits including broader
film build capabilities, improved transfer efficiency and excellent chemical
resistance.
Powercron 6200 has been formulated to meet the automotive industry’s
increasing demand for improved corrosion resistance without the need to
use heavy metals such as lead, thereby reducing any negative impact on
the environment.
Stadco’s paint shop facility in Coventry is one of the largest outside
a major OEM and can process everything from individual components, large
body panels to complete vehicle bodies. The 8m long, 80,000 litre cathodic
electocoat paint tank can process components and body shells over 6.1m
in length, 2.5m wide and 1.9m in height and is one of the only independent
paint operations outside of an OEM big enough to accommodate such large
components.
Stadco supplies body-in-white panels and assemblies to vehicle manufacturers
including Ford, BMW, Jaguar, Land Rover, Aston Martin, GM and Toyota.
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