Today the automotive and commercial vehicle industry faces a relentless combination of conflicting challenges which threatens the future prospoerity of operators and manufacturers alike. Environmental pollution on a global basis is much more of a recent phenomenon. Traditionally, protective paint coatings contained considerable amounts of solvent which gave off harmful volatile emmissions.

Recognising the many different pressures facing both the client operators and the many and varied suppliers to the industry, Copon is working closely with many leading companies to achieve a comprehensive transition to the use of Waterborne and solvent free coatings.

Specially developed single and two component wet applied materials are now in regular use with original component manufacturers and vehicle builders.