Calling on the sort of expertise which is already helping the
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1
team to increase aerodynamic
performance and track speed, Sikkens has
partnered with the Human Power Team
to supply an innovative coating which
has improved the VeloX3’s air resistance
by 14 percent.
“We regard this as a unique opportunity to share our knowledge and expertise
with these students, who have already been
working very hard on this fantastic project
for almost a year,” said Marc Michelsen,
communications and sustainability director at AkzoNobel’s Automotive and
Aerospace Coatings business.
“These talented scientists give us a
unique opportunity to look at ques-
tions in a new way and to work togeth-
er to devise solutions that may have a
positive impact on the day-to-day lives
of our customers.”
Added Wouter Lion, head of the
Human Power Team: “We’re extremely
pleased that AkzoNobel has partnered
with us on the project. With their knowl-
edge of materials processing and innova-
tive coatings, we have taken an enormous
step towards perfecting the VeloX3 and
breaking the speed record in Nevada has
come significantly closer for us.”
The world record attempt will take
place in the Nevada desert later this year,
when Delft students will also be enter-
ing the World Solar Challenge with the
Nuna7 – another vehicle developed with
the help of experts from Sikkens.
Service King Collision
Repair Centers Forms New
Relationship with Axalta
Coating Systems
Service King Collision Repair Centers, a
multi-state operator of high-quality colli-
sion repair facilities and one of the fastest
growing U.S.-based collision repair com-
panies, entered into a new relationship
with Axalta Coating Systems. Axalta,
formerly known as DuPont Performance
Coatings, is a leading global provider of
liquid and powder coatings in the auto-
motive industry and will provide Service
King customers with top-of-the-line, pro-
fessional paint services through its Spies
Hecker line of products.
This new relationship extends Service
King’s access to Spies Hecker paint across
its entire nationwide footprint, thereby
building on its successful prior experience with the brand in selected locations.
In addition, the relationship will further
allow Service King to maintain its core
values of innovation, quality repairs and
customer satisfaction.
“As we grow as a brand in collision repair, Service King continues its
commitment to provide the best products and services in the industry,” said
Chris Abraham, chief executive officer
of Service King. “Axalta offers the best
of the best when it comes to automotive
Henkel Sponsors the “Best Use of Adhesives Award”
115 teams of students in the field of engineering from all over the world recently competed against each other at the Hocken-
heimring in the course of the Formula Student Germany. Present during the race as the main sponsor was Henkel, supporting the
teams with Loctite and Teroson solutions looking for the best up-and-coming student engineers. Henkel has been part of the race
since 2009, supporting students who are interested in automobile technology through its “Best use of Adhesives Award.”
The Formula Student Germany offers students an opportunity to display their engineering skills each year, encouraging
them to be dedicated to the field of engineering. The student participants have to design single-seat formula racing cars,
which should convince the jury through their construction, performance, financial and sales planning. During the construction
phase, the teams receive coaching assistance from Hen-
kel. The aim is not to crown the fastest car as winner, but
to rate the best overall package. The vehicles carried the
Loctite logo on them.
All 115 teams, 57 of them from Germany, competed
against each other at the Hockenheimring. At the initial
phase, each team makes a presentation which highlights
their implementation of adhesives. Afterwards their imple-
mentation of adhesives is assessed and rated. Students from
the Technical University of Vienna emerged winners of this
year’s “Best use of Adhesives Award.” The event ended with
a 22km car race for all vehicles, which was the highlight of
the whole event. The proud winners of the race were the
German-American team “Global Formula Racing” from the
DHBW Ravensburg and the Oregon State University. The
teams from the Universities of Stuttgart and Esslingen in Ger-
many received second and third place respectively. Present during the race as the main sponsor was Henkel, supporting the teams
with Loctite and Teroson solutions.
