• Vauxhall Zafira tops accident list
    • 11/05/2021
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    The Vauxhall Zafira has topped the list of car models involved in an accident between 2015 and 2019. Of the total number of accidents per 10,000 models on the road, the Vauxhall Zafira had the most incidents in the four-year period, with 511 accidents for every 10,000 models, according to Rivervale Leasing. The [...]
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  • Axalta SunRiser takes bronze
    • 27/10/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    German students’ solar car takes third place in its class in the 2015 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge with help from Axalta’s Voltatex technology The ThyssenKrupp SunRiser, a solar sports coupé, came third in the Cruiser Class of this year’s 2015 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia, based on [...]
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  • Axalta lead discussion at EACC
    • 28/09/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    At the recent European Coatings Conference on Automotive Coatings on 25-25 September in Düsseldorf, Germany, Dr. Klemens Bartmann, global technology director at Axalta Coating Systems, discussed how today’s advanced automotive coatings can favourably affect vehicle performance and fuel economy, benefitting both [...]
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  • Axalta announce new global innovation centre
    • 10/09/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Axalta Coating Systems announced that its new Global Innovation Centre will be located at The Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The 175,000 square foot facility will be home to Axalta’s global research, product development, and technology initiatives and partner with the Company’s other technology centers in the [...]
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  • Axalta signs partnership with University
    • 03/09/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Axalta Coating Systems today signed a partnership agreement with the University of Oviedo, Spain. The first stage of this partnership will involve Axalta offering students internships at the company’s offices in Asturias, starting in November 2015. Four of the University’s best students, chosen based on their [...]
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  • Obituary – Nigel Glass
    • 14/08/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    It is with great sadness that Axalta Coating Systems announces the death of Nigel Glass. He had been with the company since January 1997 and held the role of Manager of Key Accounts Fleet and Insurance, for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Refinish Systems at the time of his passing. ‘The sudden passing of [...]
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  • Standox offers summer tips
    • 16/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Standox has issued a number of tips to ensure that the recent hot temperatures, coupled with either increased or very low humidity, do not stand in the way of achieving the perfect finish. Here, Kevin Welling, training academy manager for Axalta Coatings Systems in the UK and Ireland, offers some valuable [...]
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  • Axalta receives Volvo quality excellence award
    • 08/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Axalta Coating Systems, was presented with the Volvo Cars Quality Excellence (VQE) Award at a dedicated ceremony held at Axalta’s Wuppertal, Germany, site on June 30, 2015. The VQE Award is given to those companies that meet the Award requirements and score 100% on a set of criteria, as defined by Volvo Cars, [...]
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  • BB Body Repairers signs Axalta Apprentice
    • 03/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    BB Body Repairers, a well-established bodyshop based in Dumfries, Scotland, has signed its newest trainee up to the Paint and Refinish Apprenticeship Programme from Axalta Coating Systems. Tom Beattie, the bodyshop’s owner, explains why the advantages of Axalta’s Apprentice Programme were the driver behind the [...]
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  • Axalta commissions new waterborne facility
    • 25/06/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Facility engineered to meet demand for high-quality, environmentally-responsible coatings. Axalta Coating Systems a global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, commissioned its new waterborne manufacturing facility in Wuppertal, Germany, nine months after ground was broken on the project. The facility further [...]
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