Painting

SMR is a global specialist in using automatic painting technologies. All major manufacturing plants across the world are equipped with state-of-the-art paint shops. Besides painted covers for exterior mirrors, SMR also provides body colour-matched fuel filler door modules, door handles, license plate carriers and trim parts. With capacity for more than 25 million painted parts per year, SMR is a leading partner for painted parts to many car makers around the globe.

SMR offers a wide range of painting options to meet diverse customer needs.
■ Water based painting
■ Solvent based painting
■ 5-axis robot aided painting
■ Semi-robotic painting
■ Manual painting

SMR innovations include the development of colour plastic moulding processes and high gloss plastic surfaces that substitute for painted surfaces. Exact matching of colours is ensured by in-house development of resins and moulding technology. SMR has also developed dip-coating processes for varnishing plastic glass with scratch resistant surfaces.