Silke Karl Editor T +49 511 9910-218 Many different features are expected of cars. Among them are speed, good looks and fuel economy. Automotive coatings , too, have to satisfy a number of requirements. These include good adhesion, scratch resistance, and wind and weathering resistance. In our focus article starting on page 16, Elwin de Wolf and his team examine how coatings adhere to the growing number of plastic parts used in car manufacturing and report on a new acrylic adhesion promoter resin for plastics coatings. ...