thyssen new materials provide additive solutions for waterborne and solvent-based automotive production line coatings, such as cathodic electrophoresis, primers, single-coats, basecoats and clearcoat systems. Our wide range of additives offers solutions to improve film surface properties such as gloss and leveling, increase brightness and tinting intensity, and help orient effect pigments to optimize off-color effects at angles. thyssen New Materials also offers solutions to prevent foam and related defects.