Axalta Coating Systems and its Global Business Advisor Jeff Gordon Partner with the University of Michigan to Support Student Education and Collaborative Research

Axalta to host U-M students at the August Pure Michigan 400 NASCAR event Dale Earnhardt Jr. to drive special Michigan-edition No. 88 Axalta Chevy SS

Jeff Gordon speaks with U-M student Shihaab Punia about the Solar Car while visiting the University of Michigan campus to help unveil a new partnership between U-M and Axalta Coating Systems.

Axalta Coating Systems, a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, and the University of Michigan today unveiled a new partnership to benefit the research and education missions of the university.

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Axalta Announces 2016 Lineup of U.S. Custom Car Shows

Adds First-ever Rev’n Rods & Heartland Country Music Tour

If your passion is cars, then attending custom car shows is probably right up your alley.  This is where builders and enthusiasts gather to swap stories, develop ideas and answer that all-important question, “What color should I paint my new project car?”
Axalta Coating Systems, a leading global manufacturer of liquid and powder coatings, is pleased to support custom car shows across the United States in 2016.
“These shows enable car enthusiasts of all types to interact with us and gather firsthand information about paint use and application ideas,” said Mickey Smith, Axalta Custom Builders Network Manager.  “Our show schedule includes the first-ever Rev'n Rods & Heartland Country Music Tour which will travel to five yet-to-be-named cities in the midwestern United States.”

To help make it easy to find us at these events, browse the schedule to learn more.  We invite you to stop by the Axalta booth at any of these regional shows and learn how Axalta’s paint lines are “Engineered for Speed.”
Join us at the next show, the 26th Annual Cruisin' Ocean City, a nationally recognized automotive event.  Cruisin’ Ocean City attracts more than 3,400 customs, hot rods, street machines, classics and more from over 20 states and Canada.  Axalta representatives will be on hand to offer show attendees examples of automotive art created with our brilliant paint, including our global refinish brands Cromax^®, Standox^® and Spies Hecker^®, as well as our Hot Hues™ line of custom colors.
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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 12,800 people of Axalta continue to find ways to serve our more than 100,000 customers in 130 countries better every day with the finest coatings, application systems and technology. For more information visit axaltacoatingsystems.com and follow us @axalta on Twitter and on LinkedIn. 

Axalta Coating Systems Debuts Nap-Gard® Enhancements at NACE Corrosion 2016

Nap-Gard^® Coatings Offer Ideal Pipeline Corrosion Protection

Axalta Coating Systems, a leading global manufacturer of liquid and powder coatings, participated in the NACE Corrosion Expo March 7-10, 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia.  For the past four years, Axalta has provided customers and attendees in-depth corrosion protection information.  This year, Axalta’s team of professionals and technical experts also explained recent enhancements that have been made to the Nap-Gard^® family of coating products through facility improvements, new product nomenclature, and the introduction of new colors.

“We were excited to bring information about our Nap-Gard fusion bonded epoxy (FBE) expansions and updates to attendees at NACE Corrosion 2016,” said Meghan Hodge, Global Product Marketing Manager, Functional Coatings. “This show gave us the ability to interact with our customers and show them how our commitment to meet their needs has driven us to pursue ever better processes for an effective and efficient line of oil and gas pipeline corrosion products.”

Axalta experts described how recent enhancements at the company’s Houston, Texas facility streamlined manufacturing processes to more efficiently support customer needs.  Booth displays included the new Nap-Gard 7-2500 series, which organizes Axalta’s well-established FBE powder coatings into one product grouping and more clearly explains the benefits of its range of thermosetting epoxy powder products for both onshore and offshore oil and gas pipelines. Attendees also learned about the Nap-Gard 7-2514 EN series’ color expansion.  Now available in green, this new color option increases Nap-Gard’s product offerings even further.

Nap-Gard FBE powder coatings have provided innovative anti-corrosion protection for more than 50 years.  These coatings provide ideal corrosion protection on rebar, used to strengthen concrete in the construction of highways and bridges, and are a viable choice for valve coatings used in many different environments ranging from drinking water to more demanding wastewater and saltwater.

NACE Corrosion is the world’s largest corrosion conference and expo.  The 2016 show brought more than 7,000 corrosion professionals and 450 exhibiting companies to the Vancouver area for an educational experience focused on the prevention and mitigation of corrosion worldwide.  In addition to educational opportunities, Corrosion 2016 was a chance to expand professional networks and receive technical support.

For more information about Nap-Gard, please visit axaltacs.com.

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 12,800 people of Axalta continue to find ways to serve our more than 100,000 customers in 130 countries better every day with the finest coatings, application systems and technology. For more information visit axaltacoatingsystems.com and follow us @axalta on Twitter and on LinkedIn.

Axalta Coating Systems Supply Chain Director Shares Key Insights at Gartner Forum

Glen Mills, PA – March 17, 2016: Randall Willis, Axalta Coating Systems Supply Chain Director for North America, spoke at the Gartner for Enterprise Supply Chain Leaders Peer Forum last week in Phoenix, Arizona.  Following an introduction by Paul Lord, Gartner Research Director, Willis shared insights drawn from Axalta’s supply chain systems during his presentation titled, Deployment of Demand Driven Value Network.  During the forum, hundreds of supply chain professionals from a variety of industries collaborated to identify, define challenges and share perspectives on a variety of topics including aligning supply chain strategy with the overall business strategy.

“The conference provides attendees with an opportunity not only to network, but also to share information and ideas that can be of great benefit to professionals in our discipline,” said Willis. “I am pleased to have been a presenter and to share Axalta’s experience, knowledge and supply chain best practices that include solutions designed to improve perfect order fulfilment and on-time delivery that help us support our more than 100,000 customers around the world.”

“The conference provides attendees with an opportunity not only to network, but also to share information and ideas that can be of great benefit to professionals in our discipline,” said Willis. “I am pleased to have been a presenter and to share Axalta’s experience, knowledge and supply chain best practices that include solutions designed to improve perfect order fulfillment and on-time delivery that help us support our more than 100,000 customers around the world.”

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 12,800 people of Axalta continue to find ways to serve our more than 100,000 customers in 130 countries better every day with the finest coatings, application systems and technology. For more information visit axaltacoatingsystems.com and follow us @axalta on Twitter and on LinkedIn.

Axalta Coating Systems Recognized by General Motors as a 2015 Supplier of the Year Winner

Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA), a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, was named a GM Supplier of the Year by General Motors during its 24th annual Supplier of the Year awards ceremony held Thursday, March 10, at Cobo Center in Detroit. GM recognized 110 of its best suppliers from 17 countries who consistently exceeded GM’s expectations, created outstanding value, or brought new innovations to the company.

“We are focused on building positive supplier relationships, bringing new, customer-centric innovations to GM, and being the OEM of choice among suppliers,” said Steve Kiefer, GM vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain. “The companies we recognize tonight not only have brought innovation, they delivered it with the quality our customers deserve.”

The number of suppliers to receive the award in 2015 represents a nearly 40 percent increase in the number of suppliers honored in 2014 and constitutes the largest number of winners recognized in any year since the Supplier of the Year award debuted in 1992. More than half of the suppliers are repeat winners from 2014. This is the fifth time Axalta has received the award.

Winning suppliers were chosen by a global team of GM purchasing, engineering, quality, manufacturing, and logistics executives and selected based on performance criteria in Product Purchasing, Indirect Purchasing, Customer Care and Aftersales, and Logistics.

“The Axalta team around the world takes great pride in receiving this recognition from GM and repeating last year’s success,” said Steven Markevich, Axalta Executive Vice President and President of Transportation Coatings and Greater China. “This award from GM is especially significant as we celebrate our 150 years of creating innovative 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 12,800 people of Axalta continue to find ways to serve our more than 100,000 customers in 130 countries better every day with the finest coatings, application systems and technology. For more information visit axaltacoatingsystems.com and follow us @axalta on Twitter and on LinkedIn.

Northeast 2016

The keys to success in the collision repair business are productivity and profitability, both of which can come with challenges. That is why Axalta Coating Systems, a leading global manufacturer of liquid and powder coatings, works hard to create innovative solutions through advanced paint systems and a complete line of services, tools, and business and technical training that are engineered for speed.

The 39^th Annual NORTHEAST^® Automotive Services Show, presented by the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers/New Jersey, will be held on March 18-20, 2016 at the Meadowlands Exhibition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey. Axalta will showcase its Cromax^® Pro, Standox^® Standoblue^® and Spies Hecker^® Permahyd^® systems, along with our newest line, the Cromax^® Mosaic^TM low-VOC system.

“Axalta can help collision repair shops improve efficiency. For example, our ProfitNet^TM collision management system gives shop owners the power to track every aspect of their business,” explained Ray Fratella, Axalta Collision Services Manager for North America. “It puts tools at their fingertips to provide pertinent data.”

Those who visit Axalta’s NORTHEAST 2016 booth can learn how we are uniquely positioned to provide a broad range of solutions like our ColorNet^TM formula-retrieval system, which includes a variety of tools that can be used separately or together. These tools include our VINdicator^TM color retrieval system that enables customers to color match by vehicle identification number; our ColorNet color proofing to pick the right formula before any paint is mixed; our X-Pert^TM dispensing system to eliminate costly over pours; our AcquirePlus^TM EFX handheld spectrophotometer that helps fine tune color for a more precise match; and our newest tool, the Axalta Speed Light, a hand-held LED light source developed to help shops achieve the best possible results in the refinish paint process.
Axalta’s business and technical training programs can have an immediate impact on bottom lines. We design our management training seminars for collision industry owners and managers specifically. Technical training includes hands-on education presented in state-of-the-art facilities by experienced industry experts.

Axalta is here to help you achieve and maintain productivity and profitability. To learn more, visit our website or stop by Booth #427 at NORTHEAST 2016.

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 12,800 people of Axalta continue to find ways to serve our more than 100,000 customers in 130 countries better every day with the finest coatings, application systems and technology. For more information visit axaltacoatingsystems.com and follow us @axalta on Twitter and on LinkedIn.