AkzoNobel is the only coatings supplier
offering the training globally, bringing its
product and industry expertise to professionals around the world. The course focuses on correct safe application theory and
practice, aiming to reduce overspray and
wastage as well as extend asset lifetimes
and minimize rework.
Mauricio Bannwart, managing director of AkzoNobel’s Protective
Coatings business, said: “We are proud
to announce the launch of the SSPC
TrainthePainter program. It means that
we are able to share our expertise with
the industry and provide delegates with
training of the highest quality, delivered
by the people who best understand the
products and practices involved in coatings application.
PPG Earns 2016 John Deere
Supplier of the Year Award
PPG has announced that it was named
Supplier of the Year and earned recogni-
tion as a Partner-level supplier in the John
Deere Achieving Excellence Program for
2016. Partner-level status is Deere &
Company’s highest supplier rating.
PPG earned the honors in recognition
of its dedication to providing electrocoat
(e-coat), liquid and powder coatings,
and pretreatment chemicals products
and service of outstanding quality to
John Deere’s global operations, as well
as its commitment to continuous im-
provement. PPG representatives Viktor
Sekmakas, executive vice president;
Shelley Bausch, vice president, global
industrial coatings; Andrew Carroll,
global technical and product manage-
ment director, industrial coatings; and
Jill Buckley, global John Deere account
manager, industrial coatings, accepted
the awards on behalf of the company.
Suppliers who participate in the
Achieving Excellence program are evalu-
ated annually in several key performance
categories, including quality, cost man-
agement, delivery, technical support
and wavelength, which is a measure
of responsiveness. John Deere
Supply Management created
the program in 1991 to provide
a supplier evaluation and feed-
back process that promotes con-
tinuous improvement.
New AkzoNobel Site
Strengthens Leading
Powder Coatings Position
in China
AkzoNobel has officially opened its
€ 11 million powder coatings facility in
Chengdu, western China. The new site
will help to meet growing demand in
the region and supply customers with a
full range of powder products for the
automotive, construction, furniture and
IT industries.
The company now operates six powder coatings sites in the China region,
while a seventh – the biggest powder coatings plant in the world – is currently being constructed in Changzhou and is due
to open in October this year. AkzoNobel
