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Axalta Coating Systems has issued its first sustainability report, which was prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative’s G4 Guidelines. The 72-page report highlights the company’s commitment to sustainability by providing performance data and featuring stories, photographs and graphics that illustrate the company’s track record.
Axalta’s contributions include: 3-Wet (Wet-on-Wet) and Eco-Concept consolidated systems, which reduce customer energy use and investment costs, while increasing productivity; next generation functional coatings for deep and sub-sea oil and gas pipelines that achieve record temperature tolerances up to 311ºC; and cycle-time reduction of approximately 30% over five years/batch of paint in its operations.