project’s first phase in Zhangjiakou city,
Hubei Province.
Uxin Banner, located in the southernmost part of Inner Mongolia, has been
chosen for the accelerated Phase II, which
will see twice as many trees planted as
the first phase. More than 80 percent of
Uxin Banner is impacted by wind erosion
and desertification, and addressing these
challenges calls for a concerted effort.
The Youth League Committee of Uxin
Banner will support the maintenance of
the ‘Axalta Forest,’ which has been designated as a base for environmental education for local teenage students.
Axalta employees, along with a local
environmental expert, also organized a
class about environmental conservation
at a local school on the same day. An
‘Axalta Reading Corner’ was set up at the
school which was supported by books
and computers donated by Axalta and its
employees in China.
CYDF Deputy Secretary General,
Yang Chunlei, said, “We are pleased to
continue our cooperation with Axalta
for this critical social initiative. Soil ero-
sion and environmental degradation have
major impacts on the lives of everyone.
We hope more companies like Axalta can
join us to take this important project even
further so that, together, we can make
China greener.”
As a major supplier of industrial coat-
ings operating in 130 countries around
the world, Axalta makes protecting and
conserving natural resources a corporate
priority. Axalta is committed to engaging
sustainable manufacturing and practices,
and to providing environmentally respon-
sible products and application systems to
our customers around the world, helping
them save energy and reduce CO2 and
VOC emissions.
PPG Expands Aerospace
Coatings Development,
Color Capabilities at UK
Facility
PPG has expanded development and
technical-service capabilities for aero-
space and military coatings at its
Shildon, England, facility with a $2
million investment supporting installa-
tion of advanced-technology equipment
for evaluating paint characteristics.
Environmentally controlled spray booths
and a suite of complementary rooms
now enable the PPG site to streamline
new-product launches and produce
more-exact color matches.
One paint spray booth, which can
house an aircraft section or small military
vehicle, provides variable temperature
and humidity settings for prod-
uct development and training. A
second paint spray booth, which
maintains constant temperature
and relative humidity settings, is designed
for applying coatings to panels for cus-
tomer color-match requests. An expanded
testing laboratory has a dedicated color-
mixing area and constant temperature
