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Citation
(2003), "PPG’s CeramiClear automotive clearcoat nets company a fourth consecutive PACE award", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 32 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/prt.2003.12932dad.002
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2003, MCB UP Limited
PPG’s CeramiClear automotive clearcoat nets company a fourth consecutive PACE award
PPG’s CeramiClear automotive clearcoat nets company a fourth consecutive PACE award
Keywords: Coatings, Automotive industry, Awards
PPG Industries Inc.’s CeramiClear automotive clearcoat has won a PACE award for automotive-industry innovations, marking the fourth consecutive year the company has won the prize. The CeramiClear clearcoat employs nanoparticle technology, which the company says provides a durable, glossy appearance by creating a highly crosslinked network at the coating surface, resulting superior resistance properties. The PACE awards program is sponsored by Automotive News magazine and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young.
CeramiClear was developed in conjunction with Mercedes-Benz during a 3-year period, with commercialization occurring in August 2002 at the Mercedes’ Sindelfingen, Germany, plant. A second Mercedes-Benz plant, at Bremen, Germany, has also begun use of the product. PPG said commercialization of the clearcoat in Europe will accelerate this year.
PPG said it also has developed an aftermarket clearcoat offering comparable levels of protection as the factory-applied CeramiClear clearcoat in auto-refinish applications.
PPG’s previous PACE award-winning products are the FrameCoat electrodeposition coating (2002), the Audioguard sound- and vibration-damping coating (2001), and the Enviracryl powder clearcoat (2000).