Henkel’s Autophoretic® Brand offers environmentally friendly epoxy resin-based automotive coatings for use in automotive and general industrial metal coating applications. These coatings offer several production benefits and can simplify operations by removing time consuming steps. The company's Terophon® brand automotive coatings offer solutions for a variety of acoustical applications, and Henkel’s Teroson® brand products include automotive underbody coatings to provide resistance to abrasion and corrosion.

Combining outstanding performance with corporate responsibility, Henkel’s waterborne automotive coatings have low solvent and volatile organic compound (VOC) levels, which adhere to both environmental and government regulations. These waterborne automotive coatings provide excellent adhesion, and make terrific primers because of their resistance to heat and abrasion. Their advantages over solvent-borne automotive coatings including less toxicity, less flammability, a reduction of air emissions, and improved worker health and safety. Plus, our waterborne coatings do not require any additives, hardeners or thinners, which provides a significant cost advantage.

Phosphate coatings from Henkel are used extensively to improve corrosion resistance and reduce manufacturing costs. Hidden metal automotive parts can be zinc phosphated at a lower cost when compared to alternative finishes like plating or painting.

The interior of an automobile can be made up of a variety of rigid plastic materials. Henkel's interior automotive coatings are able to adhere to several types of plastic while providing aesthetics, low gloss, and protection from the sunlight and common chemicals. Henkel's superior coatings for automotive interiors give our customers an edge over the competition.

Henkel's automotive underbody coatings are extremely dependable and resilient. Our Teroson® brand automotive underbody coatings offer excellent resistance to both abrasion and corrosion, as well as providing several acoustic benefits. Different automakers require different specifications, and Henkel's automotive underbody coatings allow for a multitude of customized and standard uses. Henkel's Teroson® underbody coatings offer the versatility necessary to accommodate a multitude of applications.

Henkel's TRACK-Site Solutions are reducing manufacturing costs while providing more durable, environmentally sound coating solutions. Transportation Resources And Coating Knowledge (TRACK)-Site Solutions combine the resources of the Henkel Integrator Group (HIG) with Autophoretic® Coating Chemicals (ACC®) to eliminate outdated manufacturing steps. By eliminating the need for nearly 45% of the handling steps, Henkel's TRACK-Site Solutions are reducing the complexity of the automotive coatings process and reducing manufacturing costs by up to 10%.

Waste treatment during the process of automotive coating can be a time consuming and costly process. But with Henkel's ACC® coatings, the process requires little or no volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This eliminates many costly waste treatment steps. Our automotive conversion coatings improve efficiency by allowing more parts to be packed into fewer racks, at more easily accessible angles. By allowing parts to be assembled, coated and shipped all in one container, HIG designed conversion coating packages cut manufacturing cycle times and reduce transportation steps, labor costs and scrap and reworking expenses.

For every type of automotive coating, Henkel's wealth of knowledge, expertise and resources ensures we stay ahead of industry trends. Henkel has developed non-PVC automotive coatings in anticipation of future end of vehicle life (ELV) directives. In anticipation of changes in environmental and government requirements, Henkel is already researching new automotive coatings to meet tomorrow's regulations.

Learn more about how our automotive underbody coatings, phosphate coatings and conversion coatings are helping manufacturers achieve impressive results.