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Friday, January 30, 2015

Automotive news: Nippon Paint unveils 40 new colours for automotive use

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Mr. Ong Eng Keong, Assistant General Manager-Group Technical Sales Dept. 
Industrial Use and Mr. Alex Yoong, Assistant General Manager-Marketing of Nippon 
Paint Malaysia with the Just Me automotive colour display

Now the automotive industry isn't all about driving and testing vehicles all the time. As you guys know there are support industries all over the place. From car service centres, automotive tint film, oils, chemicals, tyres and other stuff. This makes the industry go round. And there is also paint. Nippon Paint has decided to unveil 40 new supporting colours for the automotive market.




Quite surprisingly for me was that the colours were derived from nine trending colour palette by paint industry professionals and in the end, Nippon Paint has 40 new metallic, pearl and solid colours in three main categories. They have names for these categories - ‘Just Me’, ‘Sacred Love’ and ‘Revo-Evolution’

So white, isn't just 'white' these days you know. And they come in better protection and glazing too. All technical for me to bother typing. But you can read more about it below. Yes?

Press Release

NEW YEAR, NEW COLOURS FOR YOUR NEW (OR OLD) RIDE!

Nippon Paint unveils 40 new automotive colours set to trend for 2015 and 2016

Kuala Lumpur, 27January 2015 – Nippon Paint Malaysia recently stepped up its game with its Automotive Colour Trend Showcase, unveiling 40 brand new supporting colours set to lead the automotive colour trend in 2015 and 2016.

The 40 automotive colours forecasted to trend for the next 24 months were derived from nine trending decorative colours palette by Asian industry professionals at the Asia Pacific Chromazone Colour Forecasting Workshop earlier last year, creating the first Asian Palette for Asia which was unveiled at Nippon Paint’s inaugural ‘Trend Beyond Colours’ initiative.

Available in multiple finishes including; metallic, pearl and solid, the 40 trending automotive colours sit within three palette categories. ‘Just Me’, ‘Sacred Love’ and ‘Revo-Evolution’ –
these themes represent the evolving socio-ecological consciousness sweeping across Asia today, promoting Asian sentiments as well as diversity.  

Mr. Alex Yoong, Assistant General Manager-Marketing of Nippon Paint Malaysia explained,

“At Nippon Paint, we understand that consumers like to have personality traits reflected on the vehicles we drive, and of the most effective ways of doing this is through colour.”

“As such, through our Re:Think, Re:Create philosophy sparked our Trend Beyond Colours and Automotive Colour Trend Showcase initiative, where we strive to create an avenue for end-users to fully immerse themselves in the up-coming-trends, making it easier for vehicle owners to truly express themselves through colour,” said Mr. Yoong.

The ‘Just Me’ theme represents individualism and is ideal for compact cars, while ‘Sacred Love’ resonates the user’s love for nature and appeals to hybrid cars. On the other hand, ‘Revo-Evolution’ reflects the era of transition and is accompanied well with MPVs and “The Automotive Colour Trend Showcase further deepens our footprint in the automotive industry, of which includes the Automotive Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and Refinish markets. With 20% of our market segment dedicated to the Industrial Market, we continue to push boundaries to not only meet the demands of consumers, but to always be a
step ahead of trends, technology and market wants,” said Mr. Ong Eng Keong, Assistant General Manager-Group Technical Sales Dept. Industrial Use.

The Paint Expert also provided an insight on how the automotive colours are developed, and further lived up to expectations as the Paint Expert at the Automotive Colour Trend Showcase with the demonstration of its new Nax Crystal 9905 with CyGLAZ® technology.

The Nippon Paint Nax Crystal 9905 provides an armour-like protection and glossy finish, amplified with the excellent properties made possible with breakthrough CyGLAZ® technology, ensuring a tough, truly beautiful and lasting finish for one’s automobile.CyGLAZ® technology is an industry first boasting a robust molecular structure to form a high cross-linked density and excellent binding to the paint film – As a result, advancing fundamental properties of the clear coat resistance to environmental factors, toughness, and

With CyGLAZ® technology, Nippon Paint Automotive Coatings are poised to set a new standard for the future of automotive coating solutions with its scratch and chemical resistant, hi-gloss finish and long lasting shine as well as its self-healing properties.

Nippon Paint offers a complete range of Automotive Refinish from Putty, to Primer, to Basecoats and Topcoats that are marketed under the brand name ‘Nippon Paint Nax

“As the only paint manufacturer in Malaysia offering Total Coating Solutions, we are driven by a strong commitment to innovation as well as ambition to provide the best solution to multi-segments be it for the automotive, auto refinish, industrial, wood coatings and many more. It is through initiatives such as Trend Beyond Colours and technological development that we aim to inspire the public to Re:Think and Re:Create. Together, we can add a dash of vibrancy and advancement to our society, setting the trend and pace for the near future,” added Mr. Yoong.

To find out more about Nippon Paint, Trend Beyond Colours, please visit

http://www.nipponpaint.com.my/.

For more information on Nippon Paint’s Automotive products, please visit

http://www.nipponpaint.com/automotive/.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Automotive News: VW Group takes over Blackberry's European R&D centre and also founds Volkswagen Infotainment GmbH

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This is something fairly interesting. The Volkswagen Group is taking over BlackBerry's European research and development centre in Bochum (Germany). What does this tell me? 

Well, it tells me that VW Group wants to expand their reach into the vehicle connectivity and infotainment sector of the automotive industry. This is a good thing as everything is not related to the smartphones we use in our lives and how it connects to our car is now supposedly a big deal to all auto manufacturers. Note Apple's latest foray into most cars with its CarPlay systems which you can now find in some Audi (part of the VW Group) and Mercedes Benz vehicles. 
The second thing that it tells me is that Blackberry is steadily losing its market share and that selling off parts of its research and development divisions isn't a good sign to the company. Things do not look so bright for Blackberry unless they find a new niche market soon. Remember that just a few years ago everyone was on Blackberries and everyone used its BB Messenger services. These days no one uses their phones but only BBM which now caters for multiple platforms. How times have changed.

PRESS RELEASE
Volkswagen broadens its expertise in the field of connectivity • Volkswagen Infotainment GmbH founded in Wolfsburg 
Wolfsburg, 1 July 2014 – The Volkswagen Group is taking over BlackBerry's European research and development centre in Bochum (Germany). With the newly founded Volkswagen Infotainment GmbH, the Wolfsburg-based automotive group is further expanding its expertise and capabilities in the field of vehicle connectivity.  With its objective of interlinking vehicles and the surrounding world, the field of 'connectivity' forms a focal point of research and development within the Volkswagen Group that has seen rapid growth in recent years. New strategies and innovations are needed in order that interlinking driver and automobile with the infrastructure can be further optimised.  The exchange of information between vehicle and mobile devices, such as MP3 players, smart phones and car keys, is already taking place today. In the near future further forms of communication will become equally established: communication between vehicle and the driver's home or office; communication between vehicle and filling stations, parking spaces and road infrastructure (car-to-X communication); and ultimately also from vehicle to vehicle (car-to-car communication). It will be possible in this way to provide drivers with very prompt information of any hold-ups or obstructions.  Dr. Heinz-Jakob Neußer, Member of the Board of Management Volkswagen Brand for the Development Division, explains: "Connectivity will be a key feature of the car of the future. Many customers are expecting connected vehicles of a new dimension in terms of convenience and road safety. Around the globe, our customers' aspirations will change rapidly, leading to shortened cycles of innovation for systems and functions. In order to be able to meet these challenges it is necessary for us to broaden and expand our options through additional know-how." 

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