Axalta Coating Systems announced that Caterpillar has approved the use of Axalta AquaEC™ 6100 electrocoat coatings covering two approved materials EK2160/629-2161 and 4023-2161 on its equipment.
Rival™ RV450™ Epoxy Primer provides customers with a wider variety of Axalta Coating Systems’ popular economy paint brand. It is designed for high performance, color capability and appearance.
The St Helens Arriva painting team, using an array of HMG Paints products, received the Highly Commended award in the Team of the Year category at an awards ceremony in the UK.
Polyaspartic coatings a one cost-saving solution – offering both increased productivity and reduced labor costs in tough corrosion protection applications.
The PPG Industries Foundation announced a $5,000 donation to the Frontiers of Flight Museum located in Dallas to support aviation and space-flight education programs for pre-K through 10th-grade students.
A collaborative 14-year effort involving BASF, automotive and aerospace original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), material suppliers and test equipment manufacturers has resulted in a new American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) test standard for transportation coatings.
The trade-off in the yellow and orange color space between the weatherability, heat stability and opacity of inorganic pigments versus the chromaticity, brightness and tint strength of organic colorants, in light of the decrease in use of pigments based on deprecated metals, has opened an opportunity for new colored pigment chemistries.
