Coatings World - September 2009

Fresh Paint
PPG, Penske celebrate 25-year partnership

become more environmentally responsible by switching the organization’s Mooresville, NC, NASCAR facility to using Envirobase High Performance waterborne paint. Now Penske NASCAR race cars are painted in this environmentally-friendly product.

PPG businesses, brands featured on No. 77 car at Pocono Raceway.

This summer, PPG Industries and Penske Racing are celebrating a 25- year relationship. The two companies established a partnership in 1984 through PPG’s participation in motorsports and sponsorship of the PPG Cup from 1979 to 1999 in the CART Series, where Penske Racing teams competed.

The opportunities between the two companies started with PPG providing paint for Penske race cars. Over the years, the relationship has grown and PPG has become Penske Corp.’s largest supplier of refinish coatings for its racing, truck leasing and automotive collision repair subsidiaries.

In celebration of this relationship, PPG businesses and brands were featured on the No. 77 Dodge Charger driven by Sam Hornish Jr. at the Aug. 2 NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, PA. Painted with Envirobase High Performance waterborne paint by PPG, the car featured decals for PPG Automotive Refinish, Transitions lenses and Olympic Paints and Stains.

PPG Automotive Refinish recently
assisted Penske Racing in its efforts to

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE TO RECEIVE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY GRANT Bayer MaterialScience LLC was selected to receive a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to support development and testing of advanced composite technologies and resin infusion processes for larger, more efficient and more powerful 1.5+ megawatt wind turbine blades. The project, “Carbon Nanotube Reinforced Polyurethane Composites for Wind Turbine Blades,” is an initiative to help accelerate development of advanced wind turbines, with a focus on overcoming technology barriers to broader application.