The Automotive News PACE Awards honor superior innovation, technological advancement and business performance among automotive suppliers. This prestigious award is recognized around the world as the industry symbol of innovation.
2000 Powder Clearcoat Automotive Topcoat
2001 AUDIOGUARD™ Sound / Vibration Damping Coating
2002 FRAME COAT® E-Coat for Truck Chassis Components
2003 CERAMICLEAR™ Next Generation Scratch Resistant Clearcoat Based on Nanotechnology
R&D100 Award
For 43 years, the prestigious R&D 100 Awards have been helping companies provide the important initial push a new product needs to compete successfully in the marketplace. The winning of an R&D 100 Award provides a mark of excellence known to industry, government, and academia as proof that the product is one of the most innovative ideas of the year.
| Product Category |
Product Name |
Award Year |
| Chemicals and Plastics |
Pittment Durable Paint |
1968 |
| Chemicals and Plastics |
Azdel Glass-Reinforced Thermoplastic Sheets |
1968 |
| Ceramics and Other Nonmetallic Materials |
Window of the Future |
1971 |
| Other Products |
Automotive Exhaust Gas Particulate Filter |
1972 |
| Other Products |
Solar Energy Collector |
1974 |
| Chemicals and Plastics |
Cathodic Electrodeposition |
1974 |
| Plastics |
Glass Fiber Reinforced Molding Shhet XCM |
1975 |
| Processes |
Paycron 400 Dual Coat Topcoat System |
1978 |
| Compounds and Alloys |
Durethane DEW Water Borne Automotive Coating |
1980 |
| Optical Components |
Image Plane Plate Etched Glass Photomask |
1981 |
| Processes and Systems |
Sinterable Titanium Diboride Plasma Arc Process |
1983 |
| Production Components and Equipment |
BIZEC Permionic Membrane Electrolyzer |
1984 |
| Environment and Safety |
Pitt-Char |
1984 |
| Biosciences and Medicine |
StatPal Blood Gas Analysis System |
1992 |
| Thin Film Technology |
Gas Barrier Coating |
1996 |
| Process Technology |
Relative Humidity Adaptive Application Process |
1997 |
| Process Technology |
Automotive Powder Clear Coat |
1998 |
| Consumer Products |
Solar Ray Windshield Antenna |
1998 |
| Process Technologies |
Power-Prime |
1999 |
| Environmental |
ENVIROPRIME 2000 |
2000 |
| Process |
FrameCoat |
2002 |