Range of products

Kansai Nerolac offers a very comprehensive product range, technical support & service to cater to the specific needs of Auto OEMs & Components Suppliers keeping in mind the latest global trends.

SOC (Substances Of Concern) FREE AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS

Kansai Nerolac has pioneered the activity in India to remove SOCs from its automotive coatings to meet stringent environmental standards of global automotive customers.

A list of products is as under, though it is not exhaustive as we keep on developing newer products to meet customer requirements.

Pretreatment (PT) chemicals

All automotive metallic surfaces need to be cleaned before the painting process.

Kansai Nerolac along with its collaborator Nihon Parkerizing Co., Japan offers Pretreatment Chemicals for cleaning various substrates and prepares these surfaces for improved Paint bonding & corrosion resistance. Pre treatment chemicals play a significant role in corrosion management along with E-coat and subsequent Primers. Zinc Phosphate Conversion Coating is widely used process in Automotive Industry.

Product Range

The product range consists of High & Low Temperature Degreasing Chemicals, De-rusting Chemicals, Di-cationic and Tri- cationic Phosphate Chemicals, Activation & Passivation Chemicals, Surface Conditioners & Pre Treatment Chemicals for Plastics.

Through its JV – Nipa Chemicals Ltd., Kansai Nerolac services all Pre- treatment requirements of Automotive Industry, Powder Coating Plants, Auto Ancillaries & General Industries segments with excellent line service & analytical support.

Electrodeposition (ED) Technology

In E-Coat the metal substrate is immersed in an aqueous bath solution & coated with a charged organic primer under the influence of electric field.

The distinct Advantages of E-Coat are- Uniform coverage without pinholes or other surface defect leading to less paint consumption; Better edge protection resulting in Corrosion Resistance ; Coating / access to recessed areas like Box-sections etc. It is a single coat Environment friendly Water-based coating system. The E-Coat process is a fully automated process leading to less manpower requirement and cost effective process with possibility of a high paint recovery ratio (up to 99.5% with Ultra Filtrate & Reverse Osmosis system).

Product Range

In CED, our product range consists of lead free Polybutadine Based Anodic Electro-deposition Primer (AED); Epoxy Resin Based Cathodic Electro-deposition Primer (CED) & Acrylic Resin Based Cathodic Electro-deposition Primer (ACED). The product ACED won an Innovation award for being first in the world for usage of a single coat application system for coating of Motorcycle frames.

Our CED is heavy metals free and meets the stringent environmental norms of Automotive Industry.

Intermediate Coats / Primer Surfacers

The Primer Surfacer is the second functional layer and it acts as an intermediate coat between E-coat and the topcoats. It also provides excellent stone chip protection and protection against UV rays to the E-coat film. The Intermediate Coats are available in White, Light Grey, Dark Grey, Red, Blue and other specific colours as required by OE manufacturers. Water borne Dipping Primers are also developed with an eye on safer environment.

Kansai Nerolac also manufactures special Intermediate coats such as Anti Chip Primers and Non Sanding Primers and Wet on Wet Primers etc.

Top Coats

Top Coats provide Colour, aesthetics and weather protection to the coating system in Automotives. Kansai Nerolac manufactures a large variety of Top Coats based on various resin backbones designed as per specific technical specifications of customers. Containing an extensive range of colored pigments and effect pigments, it plays a significant role in establishing the visual image. A general distinction can be drawn between a solid-color and a metallic paint finish in this segment. Various types of Metallic & Mica finishes are available.

New technologies in Top coats such as 3 Wet Coating Systems are available which are being adopted by various automotive customers to improve productivity, reduction in costs and meeting the environmental norms.

Clear Coats

The Clear coat is the top layer in a Paint System which provides resistance to sunlight and weather and also to Chemicals and biological materials such as bird droppings. It helps provide a scratch resistant final coat to the coating system. Kansai Nerolac offers Clear Coats of various functionalities such as scratch resistance, acid & alkali resistance, UV resistance, mar resistance etc.

Touch up Paints & Auto Refinishing Products

Kansai Nerolac manufactures various types of Touch Paints which are used to undertake small touch ups if the paint film is damaged. Kansai Nerolac offers a complete range of Auto Refinish product range to service requirements of Body Shops for repair coatings.

Heat Resistant Paints

Kansai Nerolac manufactures specialty paints such as heat resistant paints, both for interior & exterior surfaces of motorcycle mufflers. These are made to withstand high temperature conditions up to 600 degree C.

Underbody Paints & PVC Sealants

Kansai Nerolac manufactures Bitumen & PVC type Underbody Compounds for application on underbody surfaces of automotive bodies to impart anti chipping & sound deadening properties.

Rapgard Transit Protection Films

Kansai Nerolac supplies Rapgard Transit Protection Films which are used for protection of automotive vehicles during transit from dust, chemicals, bird droppings and damages to the paint film. Films are available for protection of metal & plastics surfaces.