Axalta

Axalta is a global coatings company with more than 150 years of history and approximately 13,000 employees. It develops and supplies coatings that protect and enhance vehicles, infrastructure, consumer goods and industrial equipment, serving over 100,000 customers in more than 140 countries across North America, EMEA, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. The company reports coating around 30 million vehicles per year and operates through two primary segments, Performance Coatings and Mobility Coatings, spanning four end markets: Refinish, Industrial, Light Vehicle and Commercial Vehicle.

Technical work at Axalta covers coatings technology, enamel technology, surface engineering, and manufacturing and research and development in coatings. Recent product introductions include NextJet digital paint technology and the Irus automated paint mixing system, both launched in 2023. The company maintains a Global Innovation Center in Philadelphia.

Sustainability is a stated organisational priority, with targets of carbon neutrality by 2040 and 80% of new technologies delivering sustainable benefits by 2030. The company describes its mission as engineering smarter surface solutions for better living and a sustainable future, building on a heritage of innovation dating to enamel technology breakthroughs in the early 1900s.