AkzoNobel launches new innovative technology

The new water-based primer launched by AkzoNobel can be applied in the pre-treatment stage and allows customer to be more cost competitive in the market. It significantly reduces materials’ handling and conversion costs by turning a double-pass line into a single-pass line.

"AkzoNobel’s strategic ambition is to deliver a world-beating innovation and product portfolio”, says Dominique Fort, Marketing Director, AkzoNobel Metal Coatings. "Our strategy is focused on delivering a combination of innovations that provide differentiated performance and value-driven benefits for our customers. The new water-based primer is a great example of how this strategy is being implemented”.

The new primer can be applied in the pre-treatment stage of the traditional chemcoaters and is cured at a temperature of 80°C.

"Our new pre-treatmentless primer technology enables a mono-bake satellite coil line to achieve a two-coats paint system in a single pass and as a result to double the capacity”, said Rob Lagendijk, RD&I Director, AkzoNobel Metal Coatings. "Moreover, it helps to reduce energy consumption which is in line with our strategy to provide our customers with more sustainable products and deliver more value from fewer resources.”

AkzoNobel is a leading global paints and coatings company and a major producer of specialty chemicals. The company supplies industries and consumers worldwide with innovative products and is passionate about developing sustainable answers for them. AkzoNobel’s 45,000 employees, who operate out of more than 80 countries, are committed to delivering leading products and technologies to meet the growing demands of the fast-changing world.