A current research project in Spain is working on finding e-coat alternatives for current Cr(VI) based coating for the aviation industry. The new e-coat demsontrators for aircraft coatings have been implemented at Titania. At the upcomming IntAIRCOAT conference, more details about the project will be presneted. Picture: Titania [...]
Airlines and operators now have the opportunity to optimize the paint maintenance schedules for their entire fleets thanks to a digital management system developed by AkzoNobel’s Aerospace Coatings business. Manual inspections of the aircraft coatings can be further enhanced by automated inspections conducted by drones according to the new [...]
A few months after the approval of CorsoPatch Aircraft by EASA, other aviation authorities also approve the fast paint repair solution. The dry film repair kit is used to repair paint on exterior aircraft paint. Picture: Corso Magenta CorsoPatch is a dry film of paint with an adhesive [...]
Tiger Infrastructure Partners, a middle-market growth infrastructure investor, has announced the acquisition of International Aerospace Coatings ("IAC"), a market-leading aviation services provider based in Shannon, Ireland and Irvine, California. Tiger Infrastructes strenghtens its aircraft paint businiess. Picture: Picture Yingyaipumi – stock.adobe.com IAC utilises 18 strategically located hangars [...]
The leading international conference on aircraft and aerospace coatings will take place in Sevilla, Spain in May 2023 and just opened the call for Speakers. The IntAIRCOAT 2023 will be accompanied by a technical tour at the SATYS paint shop in Sevilla, where the military Airbus A400M transport machine [...]
For the first time, a Boeing 777-300ER operated by Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) took off on a passenger flight with the AeroSHARK surface technology jointly developed by Lufthansa Technik and BASF. The first Boeing 777-300ER with the functional riblet film developed by BASF and Lufthansa Technik. (© SWISS [...]
The new facility in Portugal will be opened this year and offers multiple services in the area of aircraft coatings. Picture: STI Group) STI is about to open a new plant in Agueda, Portugal. The plant in will be able to treat Titanium as well as Aluminium parts. [...]
AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings launched a new Virtual Reality approach to the reality of painting an aircraft. The new VR-training tool was developed with technology specialists from Virtual Paint Products and has been successfully trialled at AkzoNobel’s training centre in Troy, USA, and several portable units have since been designed for [...]
Large components up to four metres in height and five metres in length can now be coated fully automatically at Fraunhofer IFAM in Bremen, Germany for current research work. This possibility is offered by a new technical centre, which is to be used in particular for research work on aircraft [...]
Jeremy Bradly of Airbus joins the IntAIRCOAT Advisroy Board. Bradley follows Armin Fangmeier of Airbus who is leaving the board as he retires his professional career. Jeremy Bradly studied Material Sciences and Technology at Brunel University and started his professional career at the Defense Evaluation Research Agency (DERA) in Farnborough, [...]
