portfolio in Asia Pacific by adding the Yinfan line of products
to its successful global brands
including Glasurit, R-M, baslac
and NORBIN.
Shelby Cobra Wins Axalta’s
“Best in Blue” Award at
Hagley Car Show
Axalta Coating Systems turned the
Hagley Car Show blue to celebrate its
North American Automotive Color of the
Year 2016-Brilliant Blue. Axalta’s booth
featured a pedal car and mini hoods
painted in Brilliant Blue, giveaways that
featured the chromatic color, and a five
foot trophy for the winner of Axalta’s
“Best in Blue” award.
The car show, held in Wilmington
earlier in the month hosted more than
500 automobiles including antiques, restored cars, and trucks. Many displayed
an impressive use of the color blue, but
the standout vehicle and “Best in Blue”
winner was Dennis Whitaker’s 1965
Superformance Shelby Cobra replica
from Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
Whitaker was awarded with a trophy, a
“Best in Blue” grille badge, and a replica
No. 88 Axalta Chevrolet SS diecast car
autographed by Dale Earnhardt Jr. The
stunning vehicle, which demonstrated
the boldness and vibrancy of blue, was
also awarded pole position in the car
show parade.
“It was a pleasant surprise to win
Axalta’s Best in Blue award at the Hagley
Car Show,” said Whitaker. “I am proud of
my Superformance Shelby Cobra replica
and it is an honor to be recognized by a
leading paint supplier.”
“The Cobra is an iconic car—it’s
hard to take your eyes off of it,” said
Dan Benton, Axalta Color Marketing
Manager. “Dennis’ Cobra was a great
example of the use of blue. The ener-
getic, vivacious and striking hue shows
off the Cobra’s contours really well. The
Cobra was a deserving winner of the
Best in Blue award.”
Attendees also enjoyed many other at-
tractions including pedal car races, festi-
val foods and pictures with the No. 88
Axalta Chevrolet SS show car, driven by
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Mankiewicz Coatings
Announces U.S. Expansion
Mankiewicz Coatings has announced
the expansion of its U.S. operations to a
10-acre parcel located in the Charleston
Regional Parkway in South Carolina.
Only four years after the 2010 ribbon-cutting ceremony at the company’s new
facility in Charleston, the demand for
products outgrew Mankiewicz’s U.S. operational footprint, creating the need for
a new site with more capacity to serve the
robust North American market.
Mankiewicz Coatings has announced
the expansion of its U.S. operations to a
10-acre parcel located in the Charleston
Regional Parkway in South Carolina.
Only four years after the 2010 ribbon-cutting ceremony at the company’s new
facility in Charleston, the demand for
products outgrew Mankiewicz’s U.S. operational footprint, creating the need for
a new site with more capacity to serve the
robust North American market.
PPG Kansai Automotive
Finishes Receives Nissan
2016 Regional Monozukuri
Spirit Award
PPG announced that PPG Kansai
Automotive Finishes (PKAF), its joint
venture with Kansai Paint, has received
the Nissan 2016 Regional Monozukuri
Spirit Award from Nissan Group of North
America. PKAF was one of four suppliers,
and the only coatings company, to earn
the honor based on 2015 fiscal-year performance during the regional carmaker’s
annual supplier conference last month in
Franklin, Tennessee.
The award recognizes suppliers for
their exceptional use of philosophies
and processes related to “Monozukuri”
– Nissan’s collaborative strategy of working closely with suppliers to increase
quality and reduce cost through continuous improvement.
PKAF provides vehicle coatings, adhesives and sealants to all Nissan plants in
North America.
“It is an honor for PKAF to receive
this prestigious award, recognizing our
team’s inventiveness and overall focus in
helping Nissan to improve productivity
and vehicle quality while reducing costs,”
said Ranju Arya, global director for
PKAF’s Nissan account. “Like Nissan, we
are committed to the spirit of cooperation
that is the foundation of ‘Monozukuri.’”
PPG Kansai Automotive Finishes is a
joint venture of PPG and Kansai Paint
that sells automotive coatings, adhesives
and sealants to global original equipment
manufacturers, primarily Japanese auto-
makers with manufacturing operations in
North America and Europe.
RPM Acquires UK Industrial
Tape Manufacturing
Business
RPM International Inc. has announced
that it has acquired Adhere Industrial
Tapes Ltd. to be part of its tremco illbruck
business group. Adhere manufactures a
wide variety of single- and double-sided
foam tapes used in construction and industrial applications. Based in Colchester,
in the United Kingdom, it has annual net
sales of approximately $6 million. Terms
of the transaction, which is expected to
be accretive to earnings within one year,
were not disclosed.
“Our tremco illbruck business has
an extensive sales force and marketing
resources that will help Adhere expand
within the U.K. construction and indus-
trial sectors and into other European
markets as well,” stated Frank C.
Sullivan, RPM chairman and chief ex-
ecutive officer. “We intend to leverage
Adhere’s wide range of products and ex-
cellent customer service to generate sig-
nificant new marketplace opportunities
for tremco illbruck.”
Headquartered in Cologne, Germany,
tremco illbruck is a provider of high-
performance sealing, bonding, flooring,
waterproofing and passive fire protection
products for the construction and manu-
facturing industries. Regarded as one of
the innovation leaders in the sealing in-
dustry for the past 60 years, its specialized
product brands include illbruck, Tremco
and Nullifire for construction industries
and Pactan for OEM manufacturers.
Axalta Coating Systems
Announces Houston Plant
Advancement Project
Axalta Coating Systems announces a
