FormulaOne posts a new spec sheet
Shade-level numbers for all four families, on the same test basis as LLumar and SunTek.
FormulaOneManufacturer changes
Who bought whom, who renamed, which film lines came and went, and which spec sheets changed. Every post cites a public document and says what it moved on this site.
Ownership
ORAFOL buys Maxpro Window FilmsA German film group takes over the North Carolina factory that openly makes window film for other brands.Read the post →XPEL buys a film factory in ChinaThe brand that never named its film's factory now owns one, alongside a $110 million manufacturing and supply-chain push.Read the post →Madico buys Johnson Window FilmsTwo long-running film brands move under one company, and Johnson's own site now says Madico makes all its film.Read the post →Global Window Films is now Global Hi-Tech Films, and it names its parentThe old web address redirects, the old spec sheet is gone, and the company says it's a Garware Hi-Tech Films subsidiary.Read the post →Eastman owns a window-film factory in ChinaLLumar's parent bought Ai-Red Technology of Dalian, a paint-protection and window-film maker, in 2023.Read the post →
Sheets, lineups and conflicts
Madico's whole automotive line is on one sheet
Shade-by-shade numbers on a stated test basis for all eight families.
Madico3M publishes full data for every automotive series, and CR BLK 15 is gone
Every 3M family now shows its test basis. The current Crystalline sheet's darkest CR BLK shade is 30.
3MLineup check: what's new and what's gone on the current sheets
Five lines added to the database and two removed, each checked against the maker's current page or sheet.
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