Automakers select Ford Wixom as site for pilot powder coating line
The Big Three Low Emission Paint Consortium will spend $20 million on a Ford test-site expansion to study clear powder coatings for full-body automotive topcoat use.
In their quest to reduce solvent emissions in automotive paint systems, General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co., and Chrysler Corp. will expand an existing pilot facility at Ford's assembly plant in Wixom, Mich., to test powder clearcoat's potential as an automotive topcoat.