automotive R&D centers in
China, responsible for design
and engineering. BASF supplies
a full range of innovative sus-
tainable solutions, including automo-
tive coatings, mobile emission catalysts,
engineering plastics, polyurethanes and
brake fluids. “SGM has been one of the
most important automotive custom-
ers for BASF in China. We are honored
to receive this Technological Progress
Award, which recognizes BASF’s strong
capability of driving technological inno-
vation with customers,” said Jeffrey Lou,
vice president, business management,
Greater China, BASF and Sponsor of
SGM Key Account Team, BASF Industry
Management Automotive China. “BASF
is committed to supporting SGM in meet-
ing the demands of the China market
while strengthening local R&D capabili-
ties and we work very closely with SGM-
PATAC to develop customized innovative
solutions that address local consumer
needs.” The new Buick Riviera concept
car, developed by SGM-PATAC won the
Red Dot Award in 2013, demonstrating
strong automotive design competency in
China. This concept car featured a unique
Ice Cyan-jade coating co-developed by
BASF and PATAC. In December 2013,
BASF and PATAC signed a memorandum
of understanding on technical coopera-
tion to further reinforce and expand the
technical collaboration bringing together
the strengths in materials science and
engineering from both companies and
develop more innovative and competitive
automotive applications for SGM.
Bobby Alloway Makes
Personal Appearances,
Touts PPG Automotive
Refinish
Renowned custom car painter and builder Bobby Alloway has begun a series
of appearances at some of the nation’s
foremost custom car shows to display
his work and promote PPG Automotive
Refinish products. Alloway is transporting several of his vehicles across the country in a special tractor-trailer rig painted
with PPG products and bearing Alloway
and PPG signage. His first appearance was
PPG Aerospace Coatings Add character to Cathay Pacific Special Livery
Coatings by PPG Industries’ aerospace business create the colorful characters and “The Spirit of Hong Kong”
livery on Cathay Pacific Airways’ Boeing
777-300ER airplane painted to support
the “Hong Kong: Our Home” campaign
of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region Government.
The livery features a dark green fuselage with silhouettes of the 110 winners in
an online contest calling on Hong Kong
people to submit creative entries that illustrate the true spirit of the city.
Eight custom colors of DESO-THANE HS/CA 8800 buffable topcoat
by PPG Aerospace were applied over
DESOPRIME HS/CA 7700 primer and waterborne chromate-free DesoGel EAP- 12 conversion coating and adhesion promoter pretreatment. The high-solids formulations of the topcoat and primer result in a lower percentage of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
“With an aircraft as visible as ‘The Spirit of Hong Kong,’ it was important for Cathay Pacific to have confidence that
it would be a showpiece as it flies around the world,” said Kent Wong, technical services manager, Cathay Pacific. “Hav-
ing worked closely with PPG Aerospace, we knew we could count on their products to perform and on their people to
provide the exceptional service we needed.”
“PPG Aerospace was honored to help Cathay Pacific create the special livery,” said Terence Cheng, PPG coatings
segment manager, Hong Kong. “Cathay Pacific has long been a PPG Aerospace coatings customer, and PPG supplied
coatings for the first and second ‘Spirit of Hong Kong’ liveries as well.”
Cheng said the PPG Aerospace application support center in Suzhou, China, worked closely with Cathay Pacific to
produce paint samples for color matching as well as the blended coatings. “With eight colors needed in a short time
period, the PPG Aerospace team at ASC-Suzhou worked quickly to provide the samples and specific size packages of
the blended paints.”
The aircraft was painted by Taikoo Aircraft Engineering Co. Ltd. in Xiamen, Fujian, China.
Eight colors were used for the third edition
of ‘The Spirit of Hong Kong.’
