As we enter into a new era for the automotive industry, automakers are faced with competing requirements and pressure to reduce cost, improve manufacturing sustainability and increase the use of lightweight material - needs which grow more pronounced with the continued growth of the electric vehicle market.
Henkel's Next Generation Metal Pretreatment helps meet these needs, delivering significant environmental improvements and cost reduction, while providing effective corrosion prevention across major metal substrates.
Join David George, Henkel's Surface Treatment Technical Manager, and special guest, Shashank Modi, Research Engineer, Center for Automotive Research, to explore industry trends driving the growth of this essential paint shop process - and learn how it is resulting in 20-40 annual cost savings for the automaker community.
Details regarding the efficient conversion of a line from a traditional zinc phosphate process to this next generation process will also be reviewed.