SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA), a leading global supplier of liquid
and powder coatings, shared its industry-leading insights and
sustainable offerings for the automotive market at SURCAR Shanghai 2016.
SURCAR has been dedicated to car body finishing for over 50 years and,
as the world’s leading automotive body finishing congress, it now
attracts the most important industry auto body finishing experts and
decision-makers. This year’s event features four separate themed
workshops designed to allow visitors to share innovations, experiences
and insights.
During the first workshop on Waterborne Technologies, Dr. Fucheng Yan,
Product and Technology Director of Axalta China, participated in a panel
discussion as one of the industry experts. He shared Axalta’s views on
global automotive coating trends and Axalta’s sustainable water-based
products and solutions.
“In addition to rich and vivid color, sustainability has become a very
important factor for consumers, car makers, as well as others who follow
the automotive industry,” said Luke Lu, Vice President of Axalta and
President of Axalta’s operations in China. “During its one hundred and
fifty year history, Axalta has been dedicated to the development of
vehicle coatings, from carriages to the latest model cars. I am pleased
that Axalta has been working closely with our global and domestic
transportation customers to drive industrial innovation and contribute
to a colorful and environmentally responsible industry.”
Axalta has established a solid, leading position in waterborne coatings
and process solutions. Axalta’s Harmonized Coating TechnologiesTM,
including the 3-Wet System, Eco-Concept and 2-Wet
Monocoat system, are designed to deliver excellent performance due
to their inherent process efficiencies, superior quality and energy
saving sustainability features.
The newest version of Axalta’s 3-Wet Waterborne System is ideal
for light vehicle manufacturers. It uses a specially formulated
water-based coating that enables successive coats to be applied on top
of the prior coat while still wet or that requires only a minimal
“flash-dry” step between coats. The whole system can save on
energy-related operating costs. It also can reduce capital expenditure
associated with the installation of baking ovens which can be replaced
with a smaller, lower-energy flash zones or even use ambient temperature.
Axalta’s advanced Eco-Concept process combines the primer and
basecoat, followed by the application of a clearcoat. The two-step
process is a true primerless coating system which reduces a layer and
baking stage. It increases efficiency and shortens the production
process compared to the traditional painting process.
The 2-Wet Monocoat system is another great choice for light
vehicle OEMs. With six American patents, the 2-Wet Monocoat
system integrates the paint performance of a clearcoat-over-basecoat
system with the productivity of a monocoat process. Starting with a
layer of 2-Wet primer, followed by a no-heat, ambient flash, the vehicle
is then coated with the Monocoat coating followed by a standard bake
process. The system reduces top coating applications from three to two
and the number of drying steps from two to one. This is designed to
increase productivity while also reducing energy consumption and shorten
the paint shop footprint. Using a hyper-branched acrylic polymer, the
system offers a high quality appearance and durability. This process had
been adopted by a number of the world’s leading automotive manufacturers
in the past two years.
Axalta has been doing business in China since 1984. This wealth of
institutional knowledge has helped Axalta maintain its leadership role
for developing cutting edge coating products. In addition to its Jiading
waterborne coatings facility in Shanghai, Axalta operates an adjacent
plant in Jiading and a plant in Changchun, six Axalta-Huajia Powder
Coating operations, four refinish learning and development centers and,
in Shanghai, a Global Color Lab and Asia Pacific Innovation Center to
support R&D and its Asia Pacific regional headquarters. Axalta’s
multiple resources in China work together to support the sustained,
long-term growth of China’s automotive, commercial transportation and
industrial sectors that use Axalta coatings.
About Axalta Coating Systems – Celebrating 150 Years in the Coatings
Industry
Axalta is a leading global company focused solely on coatings and
providing customers with innovative, colorful, 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 more than 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 and
technology. For more information visit axaltacoatingsystems.com
and follow us on Twitter @axalta and on LinkedIn.
About SURCAR
As the world’s leading automotive body finishing congress, SURCAR has
been successfully enhancing innovation strategies and R&D programs in
the industry for over 50 years. It has been recognized a professional
platform for leading industrial players to showcase their advanced
solutions, technologies and applications, exchange marketing views,
share industrial insights and discuss industrial trends.
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