Drive Efficiency. Cut Costs. Elevate Sustainability.
Leave Poor Water Management in the Rear View
From the paint booth to cooling systems, water management is essential for automotive manufacturing operations. Yet inefficient water use can lead to excessive energy consumption, unplanned downtime, poor process performance, and rising maintenance costs. Smart water strategies help environmental and plant managers unlock resilience, address sustainability goals and reduce operational costs without compromising quality or productivity.
Smart Water Solutions for Strong Performance
Ecolab® Water Track IQ™
Water Track IQ provides performance insights for facility-wide visibility into water use patterns. It helps identify inefficiencies and supports benchmarking across multiple locations.
- Continuously monitors water flow
- Detects anomalies and usage spikes
- Provides data for operational analysis and water project justification
3D TRASAR™ Technology
3D TRASAR technology provides real-time monitoring, automation and control for automotive manufacturing water systems, including cooling, boiler, reverse osmosis and effluent, to support optimal performance and reliability.
- Helps minimize water and energy usage
- Identifies system failures with predictive analytics
- Enhances production quality and consistency
Automotive Operations Management
Our operations management teams are your trusted partners to maximize operating efficiency across automotive paint shop, recycle, effluent and wastewater applications. Our experts help:
- Optimize paint booth operations to address water use, quality and output
- Manage and optimize waste paint / sludge systems
- Provide trained and certified wastewater treatment operations for 24x7 monitoring and management
Automotive Engineered Solutions
Our solutions are designed for specific automotive applications including paint shop pretreatment, wastewater recycling, and discharge compliance. They help:
- Reduce water use in paint booth operations
- Support effluent water reuse and discharge control
- Enable upgrades to existing infrastructure
Why Leading Automotive Manufacturers Trust Ecolab
Our solutions help automotive manufacturers:
- Help lower operational costs through smart water management
- Offer sustainable manufacturing solutions that support ESG goals
- Support energy-efficient automotive production
- Help improve process operations and product quality
- Provide data-driven insights for environmental managers
- Offer turnkey water treatment systems for paint shop pretreatment
Real-World Success Stories
Discover how global automotive manufacturers reduce operational costs, improve production quality, and advance sustainability goals using Ecolab’s smart water management
Global Automaker Cuts Water Use by 15% Per Vehicle with Water Track IQ
A global automotive leader turned to Ecolab’s Water Track IQ to uncover hidden inefficiencies, resulting in a 15% reduction in water use per vehicle while protecting quality and production.
Auto Assembly Plant Reaches 25% of 2030 Water Savings Goal with Ecolab’s Digital Water Solutions
Meeting long-term sustainability goals ahead of schedule, a major auto assembly plant leveraged Water Track IQ to achieve 25% of its 2030 water reduction target, years in advance.
Smart Water Solutions Helps Global Automaker Optimize Efficiency and Cut Water Use by 15%
Real-time insights from Ecolab’s digital water solutions enabled a global automaker to make more informed water management decisions, resulting in a 15% reduction in per-vehicle water use while improving operational efficiency.