Automotive Masking

Want to reduce your automotive masking tape wastage?

 

Great for broad sweep jobs, but when it comes to precision and accuracy automotive masking tape can waste time and money. Not to mention the creeping concern about all that added non-biodegradable waste your company is throwing away. Talk to us about those regular and recurring precision jobs that a more accurate masking device would be perfect for.

 

Can you afford not to investigate the increased production efficiency and reduced costs a Décor Engineering metal mask can bring to your business?

 

How to be in the same race as BMW, Audi and Mercedes ...

 

Three of the most elite and sought after automotive brands in the world. These companies pride themselves not only on their end product but on pushing the boundaries of innovation at every point of production. They knew some time ago that the days of super heavyweight car manufacturing were over. Vehicles that will make it through the 21^st century will be light weight, economical to make and run and adaptable to the needs of the natural and social environment.

That's why the Big Three have all started the move from chrome plating to vacuum metalising for their interior components. And given that there is NO WAY these companies would jeopardise their reputations you can be certain they have checked and triple checked the quality control of vacuum metalizing.

 

If you want to know more about the many benefits of vacuum metalizing for your automotive parts and components get in touch with us at Décor Engineering. We're pretty happy to be in the same race as the best car makers in the world on this one.

 

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Coda Automotive

One week after unveiling the Coda electric sedan, Coda Automotive has announced a joint venture to produce lithium-ion batteries for the car. The upstart automaker says it will build a factory with Yardney Technical Products to develop and manufacture automotive-grade batteries for the Coda (pictured), which it expects to begin selling in California next year. 

The four-door, five-passenger sedan will use batteries developed by Chinese manufacturer Lishen until the factory, slated for Enfield, Conn., is up and running. “The partnership was a natural fit,” Kevin Czinger, CEO of Coda Automotive, said of the venture with Yardney that will be called Coda Battery Systems. “We are eager to supply our respective strengths to facilitate the rapid advancement of an electric vehicle industry built on the vast skills and traditions of U.S. workers. 

This Connecticut factory and the hundreds of new manufacturing jobs it will create are only the beginning of our long-term plans.” The company’s first order of business is producing the Coda, a mid-sized electric sedan that will be built in China by Hafei Automotive. The car is based on the Saibao, a sedan Hafei sells in China, but the chassis was re-engineered with help from Porsche Engineering to suit the electric drivetrain and meet U.S. safety regulations. Porsche Design designed the front and rear ends to tweak the aerodynamics and increase efficiency.

The Coda sports a 33.8 kilowatt-hour lithium iron phosphate battery that Coda says provides a “real world” range of 90 to 120 miles. It’s also got a $45,000 price tag, a figure Czinger attributes to the high cost of batteries. But he believes that cost will come down dramatically as electric vehicles catch on and manufacturers start turning out batteries in big numbers.

“Over the next five years, you’re going to see these costs come down tremendously,” he told us last week at the car’s unveiling in Santa Monica, Calif. Most of the major automakers are forging partnerships with battery companies. Toyota is aligned with Panasonic, Nissan with NEC and General Motors with LG Chem. Volkswagen recently signed a deal with Chinese battery- and automaker BYD that builds on its partnerships with Sanyo and Toshiba. And Daimler bought almost 10 percent of Tesla Motors last month.

The company has applied for a Department of Energy grant to finance construction of the factory, which Czinger says will employ 600 people once it is running at full capacity. Coda Automotive plans to produce 2,700 cars next year, a figure that is largely limited by its battery supply. Czinger says the company could build as many as 20,000 batteries by the end of 2010, which will allow it to increase auto production accordingly. The company plans to offer the Coda nationwide by 2012.