Surface Technology for Automotive Applications
We know Automotive from A to Z - From Aluminum Wheels to Zinc Coating
For today's light and heavy vehicles, the Atotech product range covers technologies for the entire spectrum of decorative and functional surface treatment for various materials including steel, aluminum and plating on plastics and all possible applications from engine and power train to electrical devices.
Global product standards for a global market
To be successful in a global market, your products have to meet the most stringent local rules and regulations with respect to product properties and environmental concerns. This is why the automotive industry belongs to the most demanding customers in the world. As an international company, Atotech is familiar with all industrial manufacturing standards and environmental regulations around the world.
We are proud, through broad global certifications to ISO - 9000 standards, to join the automotive industry in its commitment to continuous quality improvement. With Atotech processes you and your customers can be assured that international legal and environmental standards are accounted for.
IMDS is a database, which administers via the internet material data sheets with summarized material data of all parts that are used in the car manufacturing.
End of Life Vehicle Directive (external Link)
The End-of-Life Vehicle Directive of the European Parliament banned the use of lead, mercury and cadmium for the automotive industry from July 1st 2003, hexavalent chromium is banned from July 1st 2007. Suppliers to the automotive industry will have to guarantee products free of the above mentioned elements.
Read more about the determination of Cr(VI) contained in corrosion resistant coatings for automotive parts.
Technology in accordance with the environment
Our commitment to the industry we serve has not only been to develop and design systems and processes that improve the performance and extend the life of our customers' products, our goal is also to provide products that are compatible within the environment they are used and safe for the workers who handle them.
With new and improved processes and alternative production systems, we are constantly striving for environmental protection and quality.
System, Solution, Services
Atotech is dedicated to offering complete production systems comprising chemistry, equipment and service. We can supply the right solution for every requirement, enabling our customers to stay at the leading edge of technological advances. With customers on every continent, Atotech proves its quality and dependability wherever functional and decorative finishes are required. Our consultancy and service are further reasons why our customers have made us one of the world's leading suppliers for the electroplating industry.