Paint finish, especially in a discerning industry as the automotive space, is a critical element of vehicle production. The slightest of blemishes in the finish of a paint job can get a vehicle rejected by manufacturers. Manufacturers have a requirement for high accuracy and precision in the surface coatings that can be achieved through modern painting processes. This is due to the high number of customer rejections of cars with poor paint jobs. Bare-metal gets painted only in factories, thus eliminating the complexities in the painting process that is later executed at body shops. Hence, manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have clear and strict mandates for a flawless factory paint finish.

PART 01: Executive summary

PART 02: Scope of the report

PART 03: Research Methodology

PART 04: Introduction

Inspection tunnels: The vanguard of automotive painting

quality control

Use of automotive sensors in the paint inspection

space

The importance of paint to the branding and identification

of an OEM

Importance of paint to a customer

PART 05: Market landscape

Market overview

Market size and forecast

Five forces analysis

PART 06: Market segmentation by geography

Market overview

Market size and forecast

PART 07: Market segmentation by end-user

Market overview

Market size and forecast

PART 08: Decision framework

PART 09: Drivers and challenges

Market drivers

Market challenges

PART 10: Market trends

Adoption of inspection tunnels for automated paint

inspection process

Increase in hardware capabilities and vision techniques

to eliminate blind spots in paint inspection process

Rise in use of coating inspection tools instead of visual

methods

Growing inclination toward incorporating IoT to monitor

paint inspection process

Use of newer light sources to enhance the capabilities of

inspection tunnels

Adoption of simulation approach to improve assembly

line efficiency

Use of robot-mounted light microscopes and camera

sensors in inspection tunnels for inspecting multilayer

coatings

PART 11: Vendor landscape

Qualitative ranking of key vendors

Other prominent vendors and value chain members

PART 12: Key vendor analysis

EISENMANN

GigaTera (KMW)

Wenker

PART 13: Appendix

List of abbreviations

PART 14: Explore Technavio