Automotive Circle International

Strategies in Car Body Painting 2012
Strategies for tomorrow’s car body surfaces – painting processes, equipment and materials

Future-oriented car body painting in terms of sustainability, resources and global compatibility

The finite nature of fossil fuels and the now accelerated exit from nuclear energy do more than shake up the debate on energy-saving propulsion systems. They also call for more economical alternatives to existing production processes, in particular energy-intensive painting processes. At the same time, internationally different environmental legal regulations are valid. All this poses huge challenges for engineering experts in the globally operating automotive industry. Car body painting strategies that are not only sustainable and economical but also successful are required to ensure that the car body surfaces of the future are of outstanding quality.

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Against this background, the representatives of the world's leading OEM network meet every two years in order to discuss innovative concepts and the impact of new structures. The Automotive Circle International-conference on Strategies in Car Body Painting focuses on the necessary strategies OEMs are required to adopt, which in turn imply new processes, new system technologies and new materials - worldwide. In this way the exchange of genuine technological innovations helps the global network (Europe, Asia, NAFTA countries) to progress.

The conference is aimed at:

Paint shop managers/planners responsible for the further development and introduction of new strategies, concepts, structures, processes and systems
Paint-shop managers, divisional managers, departmental managers and strategic managers of automobile manufacturers
Suppliers (Tier 1/Tier 2) in the automotive industry
Service providers such as coating manufacturers, raw material suppliers, application and equipment suppliers and consultants
Authorities and institutions

Participating companies:
(as of: 16.05.2012)

ABB Automation GmbH, DE
ABB S.p.A., IT
Adam Opel AG, DE
Akzo Nobel Coatings Inc., US
Akzo Nobel, NL
ASIS GmbH, DE
Audi AG, DE
BASF Coatings GmbH, DE
Bayer MaterialScience, DE
BMW Group, DE
BYK-Chemie GmbH, DE
Centro Richerche Fiat, IT
Chemetall GmbH, DE
CNH Belgium N.V., BE
Daimler AG, DE
Doessel Consulting, DE
Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG, DE
DuPont Performance Coatings GmbH, DE
Dürr Systems GmbH, DE
Eastman Chemical B.V., NL
Eisenmann AG, DE
Evonik Industries AG, DE
EXEL Technology GmbH, DE
Fiat Group Automobiles Sp.A., IT
Ford Motor Company, US
Ford-Werke GmbH, DE
Geico S.p.A, IT
General Motors Company, US
Hemmelrath Lackfabrik GmbH, DE
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, DE
Honda R & D Co. Ltd. Automobile R&D Center, JP
Isuzu Motors Ltd., JP
Jacob Plastics GmbH, DE
Jaguar Land Rover, GB
Kanagawa-ken, JP
Kansai Paint Co., Ltd., JP
Karanto Corrosion Protection Technologies GmbH, DE
Karl Wörwag Lack- u. Farbenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG, DE
L&L Products Europe GmbH
LCS Life Cycle Simulation GmbH, DE
Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co. KG, AT
Mazda Motor Corp., JP
Nippon Steel Corporation, DE
Pfinder KG, DE
PPG Deutschland Business Support GmbH, DE
PPG Deutschland Sales & Services, DE
PPG Industries Europe Sàrl, CH
PPG Industries, Inc., US
PSA Peugeot Citroen, FR
Renault S.A.S., FR
Sames Technologies, FR
SAR Elektronic GmbH, DE
Sturm Holding GmbH, DE
Syspilot Industrie Consulting GmbH, DE
Teamobility AG, DE
Toyota Motor Corp., JP
Toyota Motor Corporation, JP
Toyota Motor Europe NV/SA, BE
Volkswagen AG, DE
Volkswagen India Pvt. Ltd., IN
Volvo Car Corporation, SE
Zeller+Gmelin GmbH & Co.KG, DE