TAGS: Automotive Coatings Environmentally Friendly Coatings
Axalta and Chery debuted their latest coating collaboration at Shanghai’s 2020 SURCAR, an annual event for the global automotive body finishing industry. The coating solution comprising a high-solid basecoat and 2K clearcoat adds another offering to Axalta's environmentally friendly product suite, including its recently introduced waterborne coating solution.
Auto. Industry's Commitment to Sustainability
The innovative combination solution aligns with the Chinese automotive industry's commitment to sustainability in which low-volatile organic compound (VOC), low-emission waterborne and high-solid coatings are gradually becoming the norm.
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Axalta provided the perfect solution to meet our needs of reducing VOC emissions and lowering our operating costs without sacrificing the vehicle’s appearance,” commented Rongbo Shi, materials manager, Chery.
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Through collaboration with Axalta, we can advance our manufacturing technologies to meet our sustainability and productivity goals. We hope this will benefit the broader auto industry in China.”
The solution is specifically tailored to local auto manufacturing plants’ customer standards and characteristics, paving the way for automakers to stay at the forefront of advanced and green manufacturing, and is well-positioned to seize new market opportunities.
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Axalta is committed to developing product innovations that meet our customers’ needs. This coating solution customizes the painting process for our OEM customers and is a great example of how we innovate with purpose," said Dr. Fucheng Yan, product director, transportation coatings at Axalta China.
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We are excited to share this breakthrough product with our customers and industry peers and help support coating advancements in this market. This solution aligns with Axalta’s sustainability commitment and supports automakers in achieving their sustainability goals and lowering their carbon footprint, all at a reasonable cost.”
Source: Axalta