2023 Volume 96 Issue 1 Pages 22-30
The history of the development of painting production technology in the automotive industry of Japan was collated. 550 items related to automobile painting production technology were selected from the technical information posted from the first issue (1966) to the latest issue (2022) of the magazine “Toso-Kogaku” of the Japan Coating Technology Association. This technical information was classified as “Coating systems and equipment”, “Water-based paints and painting”, “Electrodeposition coating”, “Powder coating”, and “Current trends such as IoT and DX”. We can get hints for solving problems by learning the history of the development of painting production technology. We can achieve difficult tasks such as achieving carbon neutrality by collaborating across the boundaries of companies and industries.
