Cromax Signs Agreement with Punch Powertrain Solar Team for Solar Car
MECHELEN, Belgium – Cromax®, one of the three premium global refinish brands of Axalta Coating Systems, has signed an agreement with Punch Powertrain Solar Team in Belgium to become one of the team’s Bronze Partners for the development of its solar car.
Under the terms of the agreement, Cromax supplies the paint for the special solar car that a team of young students – the Punch Powertrain Solar Team – is designing and building. The car is being painted at the latest-generation Cromax Training Centre in Mechelen, Belgium – the brand’s training headquarters for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) – and the livery, which includes the Cromax logo, will be unveiled in August 2015. The car will compete in the 2015 World Solar Challenge, regarded as the world championship for solar vehicles, in October in Australia.