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The global downturn hit the automotive coatings sector hard.<\/p>\n
The typical process is that a vehicle takes through a series of immersion or spray baths by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM).<\/p>\n
These baths are: pre-treatment, electrocoat followed by a layer of primer, basecoat and clear-coat.<\/p>\n
These five layers protect the vehicle underneath from corrosion, scratches and chips, while also improving its appearance, it is both expensive and time consuming.<\/p>\n
Three leading global players are PPG Industries, BASF and Dupont.<\/p>\n
The global downturn hit the automotive coatings sector hard.<\/p>\n
In part, thanks to incentives introduced by many governments worldwide the industry is facing a more positive picture about the future. In Spain for instance these incentives has increased a lot the sales.<\/p>\n
Sales are still very slow and this is going to be a difficult few years, (2012??).<\/p>\n