Japan: Quake hits automotive paint supply

A supplier of paint pigment used by numerous vehicle manufacturers has been forced to halt operations at its Japanese plant. Bloomberg reports that Merck KGaA, the only supplier of the metallic paint pigment Xirallic, has stopped operations at its Onahama factory in Japan due to its proximity to the Fukujima-Daiichi Subscribe to Automotive World to … Continued

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• March 28, 2011