INNOVATION SURGING AHEAD IN JAPAN CAR PAINTS – SELF-HEALING COATINGS ON THEIR WAY
July 1st, 2007
BY JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo WITH a quick scrubbing motion, Tatsuya Ishihara commits an act that is tantamount to a crime in the vehicle industry. The to-and-fro of the wire brush has etched scars in the black paint on the bonnet of the brand new Nissan X-Trail SUV that would normally require a return to the workshop. But Ishihara, of Nissan Motor Co.'s Paint and Anti-corrosion Engineering Group, has confidence in the product that it took him five years to perfect. He pours hot water over the scratches to speed up a process that might take a day usually, and the ...
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