AkzoNobel-supported team wins 3,000 km solar-powered challenge
31-12-2016The Nuon Solar Team, sponsored and supported by AkzoNobel, has once more won the solar
car race across Australia.
Sikkens global campaign shines the spotlight on Painters in Canada and USA
20-01-2014Sikkens, the leading vehicle refinish brand from AkzoNobel’s Automotive and Aerospace Coatings business unit (A&AC), is bringing its global “Painters” campaign to Canada and the USA. The campaign, which was previously launched successfully in Europe, stars the people who work the closest with Sikkens products. Now customers from Canada and the USA will also be hearing from the heroes on the paint shop floor – “The Painters” – as they tell of their experiences and how their partnership with Sikkens leads to a continuous improvement of the Sikkens vehicle refinishes system and the repair process more generally.
AkzoNobel A&AC launches new color tools
27-11-2013AkzoNobel’s Automotive & Aerospace Coatings (A&AC) has introduced Color on Display and Color Variant Descriptor
VeloX3 bicycle with ultralight coating en route to world speed record
21-08-2013With the VeloX3 recumbent bike, the Human Power Team, a group of students from the Delft Technical University and the Free University of Amsterdam, is planning to tear the world speed record of 133 km/h to shreds in the Nevada desert this autumn. In their efforts to achieve optimum aerodynamics, the team have entered into an innovative partnership with the AkzoNobel brand Sikkens. Sikkens partners with both the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes F1 racing team and the Nuon Solar Team and will be supplying special high performance coatings for the first time for the recumbent bike.
Un altro miglioramento al Sikkens VR System: nuovo Sikkens Autoclear Mix&Matt
25-09-2012Sikkens, la principale marca di prodotti per la verniciatura dei veicoli della divisione Automotive Coatings di AkzoNobel, propone un ulteriore aggiornamento al proprio Vehicle Refinishes System con l’introduzione di Autoclear Mix&Matt in Europa, Medio Oriente ed Africa (EMEA). D’ora in poi, grazie a questo versatile sistema di smalti trasparenti adatti sia per carrozzerie opache che componenti in plastica, si potrà ottenere qualsiasi livello di lucentezza.
