Axalta adds new environmentally-responsible coatings, including VOC-free and low VOC waterborne products, to its Industrial Liquid Coatings portfolio. The new products are: Corroless® VOC Primer – a High Performance 2K Waterbased Epoxy Primer, PercoHyd® 433 – a 2K WB Structure topcoat, and PercoTop® CS306 – a Chrome VI-free 2K wash primer.
Axalta announces the new legal entity names for Spencer Coatings after its successful acquisition by Axalta in May 2017. The Spencer Coatings Group, a leading industrial coatings manufacturer in the UK, has a reputation of unparalleled customer service and decades of success thanks to its high quality and durable products.
“Inspiring Colour Solutions” - this is the headline under which Axalta will present innovative products and services such as Acothane polyurethane coatings and AquaEC electrocoatings at PaintExpo. The world’s leading trade fair for industrial coating technology will take place in Karlsruhe, Germany, from 17 to 20 April 2018.
Axalta opened its Color Solutions Center in Frankfurt, Germany, which is to serve industrial customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) who require small batches of liquid coatings. It is designed to allow fast, agile production and provides Axalta customers with even more flexible and tailored service from a central European location.
Axalta has spent the last few years reinforcing its expansive portfolio of liquid, powder, and thermoplastic corrosion protection products to appeal to new customers and new markets. Products include top brands like Nap-Gard® for use on external and internal oil and gas pipelines, Abcite® for water pipelines and off-shore platforms, and newly acquired, renowned brands such as Corroless and Acothane products for steel structures and Plascoat thermoplastic products.
Axalta and the Netherlands-based towing systems manufacturer Brink Towing Systems BV have signed an agreement which sees the tow bars manufactured by Brink to be coated with Axalta’s high-performance cathodic electrocoat, AquaEC™ 3000.
Axalta has introduced the first clear, water-based coating that provides an invisible membrane to glass surfaces and is designed to keep potentially dangerous fragments in place, should the glass break or shatter. The technology was developed by the Glass Coatings Division of Spencer Coatings Group, which was acquired by Axalta in June of this year.
Dr. Herman Yee, the Global Manager of Technology for Electrocoat at Axalta Coating Systems, gave representatives from car manufacturers insight into new electrocoat technology innovations at the 29th International Conference on Automotive Body Finishing (SURCAR).
Axalta announced today that it has entered an agreement to acquire the Spencer Coatings Group, a leading manufacturer of high performance industrial coatings for heavy-duty equipment, general industrial, oil and gas, and glass coatings segments. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Axalta will attend the European Coatings Technology Forum "Coatings for Agriculture and Construction Equipment" (ACE), taking place in Berlin, Germany, on 24 November 2016 at 11.45am. Dr Carlos Rodriguez Santamarta will discuss trends and technological advances in coatings for the ACE market.
