Market research firm Future Market Insights (FMI) released a study that reports the advanced aerospace coatings market in Europe was valued at just over $390 million in 2018.
The search for a suitable replacement to hard chrome on aerospace components has been a key supply chain priority for aircraft manufacturers. This is because of the documented health risks to workers and the impact on the environment from exposure to hexavalent chromium, a carcinogen that occurs during the chrome plating process and the most toxic form of chromium.
A double first has been landed by AkzoNobel's Aerospace Coatings business after it supplied products for a new long-distance tanker aircraft commissioned by the French Air Force.
Monitor Coatings led and R&D project that led to the development of a basecoat plus seal coat that met all functional requirements tested, showing that a solution could be deployed as a system and gaining significant levels of scientific understanding.
Animal attraction has drawn AkzoNobel and Embraer together to develop stunning livery for three of the aircraft maker’s latest line of E2 business jets.
Iceland's rich and vivid history is being celebrated with a colorful new livery launched by Icelandair, which was specially created using AkzoNobel products.
Advanced surface coating technology company Hardide Coatings has been awarded funding from a UK-wide aerospace initiative to further the application of the company's coating technology to aircraft components.
