BASEL, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA), a leading global manufacturer of
liquid and powder coatings, has been working with Bombardier
Transportation on two major railway projects in London, England.
Bombardier Transportation is a global leader in the rail industry, with
61 production and engineering sites and 18 service centers in 28
countries. Both projects will utilize products from Axalta’s leading
Imron® Hydro portfolio of coatings.
Elizabeth Line (previously known as Crossrail)
Steve Wilson, Axalta’s Rail Business Development and Key Account Manager
for EMEA, and his team have been working for more than two years on the
Elizabeth Line (previously known as the Crossrail project), which
involves 669 rail cars. From improving journey times across London, to
easing congestion and offering better connections, The Elizabeth Line
will provide easier, quicker and more direct travel opportunities across
London. The project is among the most significant infrastructure
projects ever undertaken in the UK and is Europe’s largest construction
project – work started in May 2009 and there are currently over 10,000
people working across over 40 construction sites. It will transform rail
transport in London and the south east of England, increasing central
London rail capacity by 10%, supporting regeneration and cutting
journey times across the city.
The trains will be light - constructed using materials such as aluminium
for the body shell - yet well equipped for performance and customer
comfort with features such as intelligent lighting and temperature
control systems.
“After several successful product tests and line trials, the first
Elizabeth Line train is now being tested. This is the first time that
Axalta’s Imron HydroBasecoat 8200 and Imron HydroClearcoat HC300 – both
new product developments of ours specifically for the rail industry -
have been used for a major railway project,” Wilson says.
LOTRAIN
Axalta’s second significant rail project with Bombardier is also based
around the same new technology products - Imron HydroBasecoat 8200 and
Imron HydroClearcoat HC300. The LOTRAIN project, which comprises 180
rail cars, expects its next-generation AVENTRA trains to feature an
innovative design with optimized performance, including reduced weight,
energy consumption, maintenance costs and high reliability providing
substantial benefits to passengers traveling on key London Overground
routes.
Production of these rail cars starts in 2016 and the new trains are
expected to enter into passenger service between December 2017 and
October 2018.
Wilson says, “Working on these two very large rail projects has been a
concerted team effort. Our challenge has been to meet the extremely
stringent requirements at every step of the development process, but
with our extensive coating experience we have been able to deliver what
Bombardier needed.”
For further information on Axalta Coating Systems, please visit Axalta
at www.axaltacoatingsystems.com.
About Axalta Coating Systems – Celebrating 150 Years in the Coatings
Industry
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providing customers with innovative, colourful, beautiful and
sustainable solutions. From light OEM vehicles, commercial vehicles and
refinish applications to electric motors, buildings and pipelines, our
coatings are designed to prevent corrosion, increase productivity and
enable the materials we coat to last longer. With 150 years of
experience in the coatings industry, the 12,800 people of Axalta
continue to find ways to better serve our more than 100,000 customers in
130 countries every day with the finest coatings, application systems
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