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Recent supply chain disruptions and material shortages have strained almost every corner of the North American manufacturing sector, and the coatings industry has been no exception.

The first redelivered aircraft was completed July 9 at the Dean Baldwin Painting LP facility located at Middle Georgia Regional Airport in Macon, Georgia.

Lucid Motors has got big plans for the future of Lucid Advanced Manufacturing Plant (AMP-1) in Casa Grande, Arizona. And they all revolve around their innovative paint shop, designed to expand in phases.

Carlisle Fluid Technologies- Binks, DeVilbiss, Ransburg, MS, BGK- and Owens Community College have teamed up to present a Spray Finishing Technology Workshop.

Valence continues to extend its list of approvals to support aerospace supply chain with recent Raytheon Paint approvals per RPR 17004.

Dayna Lamb is a Materials and Process Engineer at Paragon Space Development Corporation, a provider of environmental controls for extreme and hazardous environments.

Axalta, a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, is pleased to announce it won three bronze Edison Awards in the categories of Innovative Services, Sustainability and Engineering and Materials Science.

Axalta, a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, today announced the launch of Axalta Mobility Coatings, a rebranding of its Transportation Coatings business unit.

PPG supplied Rex Airlines with various aerospace coatings for six Boeing 737-800 aircraft that will expand the airline into domestic service.

Despite all the restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, it was a precision landing; Dürr handed over one of the biggest paint shops in China to SAIC Volkswagen right on schedule.

Mercedes-Benz’ Saloon and Estate models of the new C-Class are starting to leave the production line at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen, Germany, and with an improved surface finishing capability.

Electric vehicle maker Enovate’s new e-car factory currently under construction in China will include a scalable paint shop built by Dürr.

Color Archeologist Montaha Hidefi has teamed up with color expert Marie-Chantal Milette to offer a series of Color Talk webinars designed for color professionals and designers in market sectors involved in color design and its applications, from paints, coatings to consumer goods, and more.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are conducting experiments with an antimicrobial surface coating designed to fight the spread of bacteria and viruses.

Barton Faylor is Senior Industry Marketing/Program Manager for Automotive Component and General Industrial Paint at FANUC America in Rochester, Michigan. FANUC America is a supplier of robots, CNC systems, and factory automation. Faylor has been with FANUC for 35 years.

Professional aerospace coatings applicators will be able to earn industry approved qualifications through the Aerospace Coatings Applicator Specialist (ACAS) program, administered by PRI Qualification, the organization that administers Nadcap.