Axalta

Axalta has announced the appointment of Jason Hopkins in the newly created role of UK and Ireland country manager, Axalta and U-POL. He will report to Redhwan Amine, Axalta’s West […]

Axalta Coating Systems has announced that its 2023 Global Automotive Colour of the Year is Techno Blue. This is the ninth year the company has featured a trending colour. Axalta’s […]

Axalta Coating Systems has revealed that white, black and grey remained the three most popular colour choices in the automotive industry last year. Its 70th annual Global Automotive Color Popularity […]

Motofix has announced that all nine of its sites across the Home Counties and south west are adopting the Spies Hecker paint systems. This includes its new prestige paint and […]

Axalta has launched an ongoing series of refinish training videos designed to help automotive repair bodyshops deal with common paint defects. The first six videos, available now free of charge, […]

The Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CIECA) has announced that several new members will join the board from 2022. Paul Barry, CIECA’s executive director, said: “We welcome all of the […]

Axalta has been named the 2021 Global Commercial Vehicle Coatings Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan. The annual Best Practices award recognised Axalta for developing innovative coatings that […]

Axalta has completed the acquisition of U-POL. The acquisition of U-POL, which supplies paint, protective coatings and accessories primarily for the automotive aftermarket, continues Axalta’s broader growth strategy. Robert Bryant, […]

Axalta will acquire U-POL from Graphite Capital Management and other holders for £428m. The acquisition is expected to finalise in the second half of the year and result in operating […]

Axalta refinish brand Syrox has launched an official app to complement the brand’s cloud-based colour retrieval software, Colour Search. The app, available to download free of charge, is intended to […]

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, […]

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, […]