Achieving "Premium Black" Without Painting
Techno UMG announced "NEW VIVILLOY®," a new material that achieves high blackness and reduced angle dependence without painting. Joint verification with Konica Minolta Japan showed its potential to meet the quality required for luxury car exterior parts.
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Techno UMG Co., Ltd. has conducted quantitative measurements and verifications using a spectrophotometer with the cooperation of Konica Minolta Japan, Inc. for "NEW VIVILLOY®," a new material that achieves high blackness and color development without painting, significantly reducing changes in appearance depending on the viewing angle (angle dependence).
This verification focused on the "whitishness" and "color change due to angle" in piano black-like exteriors, which are common issues in automotive exterior parts. Three types were comparatively evaluated: NEW VIVILLOY®, existing unpainted material, and ASA + clear coating.
Background | Towards an era requiring both paintless production and exterior quality
Mainly in the automotive sector, there is a growing demand for reduced painting processes and paintless production from the perspectives of carbon neutrality and manufacturing cost reduction. On the other hand, unpainted resins had design challenges such as appearing "whitish depending on the viewing angle" and "difficulty in achieving deep blackness."
To solve these issues, Techno UMG has been developing NEW VIVILLOY® as a material that achieves a luxurious black appearance without painting.
Features of NEW VIVILLOY®
NEW VIVILLOY® is an unpainted resin material with the following features:
- Achieves high blackness and jet-black feel without painting.
- Significantly reduces color changes due to viewing angle (angle dependence).
- Contributes to cost reduction and CO₂ emission reduction by eliminating the painting process.
- Balances color development, weather resistance, moldability, and scratch resistance at a high level.
Overview of Measurement and Evaluation
In this verification, multiple spectrophotometers were used to evaluate from various perspectives:
- Material color (total reflected light)
- Apparent color (diffuse reflected light / specular reflected light)
- Angle dependence at multiple angles
- Blackness, Jetness, and Undertone
Result of Evaluation | The blackest unpainted material with low angle dependence
As a result of the measurements, NEW VIVILLOY® showed excellent performance in the following points:
- Both material color and apparent color were evaluated as the darkest (blackest) among the comparative materials.
- Significantly reduced angle dependence compared to existing unpainted materials.
- Achieves a blacker appearance with less color change even compared to ASA + clear coating.
- High blackness and jet-blackness at all observation angles, with suppressed blue and red undertones.
This demonstrates the potential of NEW VIVILLOY® to meet the exterior quality required for luxury car exterior parts, despite being unpainted.
Future Initiatives
Techno UMG will continue to provide material solutions that balance design and environmental considerations through proposals for paintless parts utilizing NEW VIVILLOY®.
▶ Detailed materials are available on the WEB exhibition and document download page.
Click here for document download
Click here for WEB exhibition (VIVILLOY® booth available)
This verification focused on the "whitishness" and "color change due to angle" in piano black-like exteriors, which are common issues in automotive exterior parts. Three types were comparatively evaluated: NEW VIVILLOY®, existing unpainted material, and ASA + clear coating.
Background | Towards an era requiring both paintless production and exterior quality
Mainly in the automotive sector, there is a growing demand for reduced painting processes and paintless production from the perspectives of carbon neutrality and manufacturing cost reduction. On the other hand, unpainted resins had design challenges such as appearing "whitish depending on the viewing angle" and "difficulty in achieving deep blackness."
To solve these issues, Techno UMG has been developing NEW VIVILLOY® as a material that achieves a luxurious black appearance without painting.
Features of NEW VIVILLOY®
NEW VIVILLOY® is an unpainted resin material with the following features:
- Achieves high blackness and jet-black feel without painting.
- Significantly reduces color changes due to viewing angle (angle dependence).
- Contributes to cost reduction and CO₂ emission reduction by eliminating the painting process.
- Balances color development, weather resistance, moldability, and scratch resistance at a high level.
Overview of Measurement and Evaluation
In this verification, multiple spectrophotometers were used to evaluate from various perspectives:
- Material color (total reflected light)
- Apparent color (diffuse reflected light / specular reflected light)
- Angle dependence at multiple angles
- Blackness, Jetness, and Undertone
Result of Evaluation | The blackest unpainted material with low angle dependence
As a result of the measurements, NEW VIVILLOY® showed excellent performance in the following points:
- Both material color and apparent color were evaluated as the darkest (blackest) among the comparative materials.
- Significantly reduced angle dependence compared to existing unpainted materials.
- Achieves a blacker appearance with less color change even compared to ASA + clear coating.
- High blackness and jet-blackness at all observation angles, with suppressed blue and red undertones.
This demonstrates the potential of NEW VIVILLOY® to meet the exterior quality required for luxury car exterior parts, despite being unpainted.
Future Initiatives
Techno UMG will continue to provide material solutions that balance design and environmental considerations through proposals for paintless parts utilizing NEW VIVILLOY®.
▶ Detailed materials are available on the WEB exhibition and document download page.
Click here for document download
Click here for WEB exhibition (VIVILLOY® booth available)