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Introducing new electric vehicles

  Chris Klok, Director, Vehicle electrification technology, MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions As we’re entering a new decade, the EV market is growing at a rapid, yet anticipated pace. A huge area for investment, recent figures have suggested that almost a quarter of the vehicles being manufactured on the global market are expected to be non-ICE (internal combustion engine) by
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Changes in vehicles offer innovation opportunities

Dr Heather Nelson is director of displays and in-mold electronics at MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions. She sees a strong consumer demand for replacing mechanical switches with touch sensitive and fully integrated displays. In addition to the space and weight saving, it can also offer a more sanitized surface eliminating the need for dust-trapping bevel edging, an issue that barely registe
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Improving range by optimizing power electronics

Extending the driving range of electric vehicles (EVs) is one of the key challenges in the automotive industry. Silver sintering is an effective alternative to conventional solder that increases the efficiency of EV traction inverters.    Meeting stringent targets The global EV market looks set to grow in the coming years: the result of new emissions regulations in Europe and Ch
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Driving change for OEMs design in electric vehicles

Road to Zero The biggest change within automotive manufacturing over the past few years has been the shift away from internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle designs, prompted by global legislation and the Road to Zero narrative. This has forced automotive OEMs to refocus attention on the production of EVs, where one of the biggest barriers to mass adoption is range anxiety. Overcoming this is
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Connected. Autonomous. Shared. Electrified

How do circuitry, semiconductor, joining, and surface treatments enable automotive engineers to implement the CASE strategy? Connected – Autonomous – Shared – Electrified. The CASE principal. We are often asked, “How does MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions help automotive manufacturers implement CASE projects”?  Well, circuitry, semiconductors, joining technology and surface trea
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XtraForm Antiglare - unrivaled optic capabilities

Car interiors are changing, as user experience and expectations grow automotive designers are looking to increase the size of car interior display screens.  However, display screens can be prone to interfering glare, a potential issue in the car – the solution? MacDermid Enthone Industrial Solutions broad range of printable 3D formable antiglare substrates. Readable – with
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Galfa

Galfa GmbH & Co. KG has been approved as a ZinKlad 72 applicator for the phosphating of fasteners. With this approval, Galfa is the first ZinKlad 72 approved applicator in Germany with plating capacities to fulfil the largest volume needs of major OEMs. Serving many industries including automotive, Galfa will use its ZinKlad 72 applicator status to deliver high
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Electrolube acquisition enables MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions to expand EV capabilities

  Following the consolidation of a new acquisition, a global automotive materials specialist claims it can now help automotive OEMs improve the range, power, and reliability of electric vehicle (EV) designs by improving the output of inverters, batteries, and electric motors at a systems-level. The claim is being made by MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions after the Electrolube bran
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Three ways to improve range and efficiency in electric vehicles

Chris Klok, Director of Electric Vehicle Technology at MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions Depending on where in the world you are based, the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) is likely to differ quite considerably. Schmidt Automotive states that battery electric vehicles (BEV) will account for 60% of all vehicles sold in Western Europe by 2030. BEV sales more than doubled in 2020 alone, risi
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Maximizing performance of EVs

After the corona-related cancellation in 2020 and the Hybrid Edition in 2021, the current plans see the ZVO surface days 2022 ( #OTLeipzig22) again as a purely face-to-face event. From September 14th to 16th, 2022, the experts in electroplating and surface technology will meet again in Leipzig after the premiere event in 2018. The congress will open on September 14, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. in the congre