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Fürth/Germany, May 24, 2018: Automotive cockpits with seamless, continuous instrument panels, homogeneous surfaces with a dead-front effect that reveal backlit designs or controls in response to a hand gesture – the coating specialist LEONHARD KURZ will be showing what the car interiors of the future will look like at this year’s Automotive Interiors Expo from the fifth to the seventh of June in Stuttgart. Visitors to the KURZ booth will be able to see innovative HMI (Human Machine Interface) applications, for example a multifunction steering wheel with optional selectable functions, which can be controlled by means of a multi-touch sensor with haptic feedback. A further highlight is a decorative trim with a day/night design: During daylight the viewer sees an elaborate surface design with various matte finish structures. A touch button activates partial backlighting, a touch slider changes the light color and intensity. Also on display will be a seamless dual touchscreen, a multi-touch pad with a wide variety of IMD (In-Mold Decoration) designs to choose from, and a touch-controlled air conditioning system.