Reflections

AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings
Reflections
Reflecting on global news, views and developments
Issue 14
Autumn 2012
In this issue
AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings products
Onur Air - Aerodur Base Coat / Clear Coat
Air New Zealand - Aerodur
Base Coat / Clear Coat
All aboard the Alan McDonald
Art and industry
Like a bird in the sky
Boeing celebrates another milestone
Sioux city goes Dutch
C130J Vega 58
The Windsor Hurricane memorial
Trade Show 2012
Base Coat / Clear Coat - General Aviation
Swatchout
YouTube - AkzoNobel and basketball tricks
Just Dab (2Fix)
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Editor, Chief Writer - Marina Turion-Kahlmann
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Contributors
Martin Carter, Teresa Dubaniewicz,
Enrico Hornbostel, Hans Koome, Trish Lewis,
Nick Moorby, Hendrik-Jan van Puffelen,
Robert Rijnsburger, Gus Slattery, Robert Walker
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Autumn 2012
Welcome to AkzoNobel
Aerospace Coatings
Reflections Magazine
Contents
An introduction from our Global Supply
Chain Manager, Nick Moorby
AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings products 4
After less than a year at
AkzoNobel Aerospace
Coatings, it is my pleasure
to welcome you to this issue
of Reflections.
Onur Air - Areodur Base Coat / Clear Coat 5
Air New Zealand - Aerodur
Base Coat / Clear Coat
5
All aboard the Alan McDonald
6
Art and industry
7
Like a bird in the sky
8
Boeing celebrates another milestone
10
Sioux city goes Dutch
13
C130J Vega 58
14
The Windsor Hurricane memorial
16
Trade Show 2012
17
Base Coat / Clear Coat - General Aviation 18
Swatchout
19
YouTube - AkzoNobel and basketball tricks 21
Just Dab (2Fix)
22
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Being new to the aerospace coatings business,
in my role as global supply chain manager, I
have been more than a little impressed with the
sense of purpose and commitment in this
organization. The way products are tailored to
the needs of a customer is second to none.
Having blatantly failed the ACC color test I also
am amazed by the skills and craftsmanship of
the color makers. I can honestly say I have
gained a whole new understanding of what
color is.
In my role as global supply chain manager I will
be looking for ways to further fine-tune the
supply chain, meaning our products get to you,
the customer, at the right time in the right
place. I have around 15 years professional
experience in various parts of supply from
ordering picking in warehouses through to
global process roles. I am proud of the fact I
have a counterbalance fork truck license and
could still load a trailer if needed. I still get
excited by making supply chains work
efficiently and effectively, as such contributing
to our and your success in business.
I look forward to meeting you in the near future
and wish you a good read with this issue of
Reflections.
Regards,
Nick Moorby
Global Supply Chain Manager
AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings
nick.moorby@akzonobel.com
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NEW AKZONOBEL
AEROSPACE PRODUCTS
AT WORK AT KLM
When a Fokker 27 Friendship needed a
new “coat of paint”, it became the perfect
opportunity to showcase Aerospace
Coatings’s newest products.
Ask the expert...
find out more!
Robert Rijnsburger
robert.rijnsburger@akzonobel.com
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nternational
Sales
Manager
Robert
Rijnsburger explains: “the aircraft is destined
for use in a static display at the Fokker
business park at Schiphol Airport. The
aircraft got a fully “new” treatment. We used
Metaflex SP 1050 as the pre-treatment,
followed by our new chromate free primer
Aerodur 2111. The base coat / clear coat
system used is Airbus approved.”
The process was supported by Zoran
Radosavljevic,
technical
consultant
at
AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings, together with
Ronald Kromopawiro, decoration instructor and
quality controller at KLM. The paintshop crew
(A, B, C and D team) showed themselves
pleased with the application performance of
these products. They will now be evaluated for
future use at KLM.
Adds Rijnsburger: “it is exciting to see
sustainable products like these successfully
used with great results. It not only makes for a
great looking plane, it also is part of our goal to
provide not just paint but sustainable solutions
to our customers.”
The sustainability application success with
the Fokker Friendship was coupled with a
Boeing approved application process. In this
case it concerned a Boeing 777 which was
painted with the Aerodur 3001/3002 base coat/
clear coat system. Rijnsburger: “also in this
process it was very exciting to again see the
excellent results of these new products.
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ONUR AIR
Aerodur Base Coat / Clear Coat is increasingly
becoming the system of choice, especially
in the maintenance field.
Ask the expert...
Global Solutions
Autumn 2012
find out more!
W
hen Aercap needed to have an
aircraft repainted for Onur Air, the
company turned to the tried and
tested painting services of Maas
Aviation. Maas in turn, recommended the
Aerodur Base Coat / Clear Coat system of
AkzoNobel (Aerodur 3001/3002). In the picture
you see what happens when great paint meets
great painters.
Hendrick-Jan van Puffelen
hendrik-jan.puffelenvan@akzonobel.com
AIR NEW ZEALAND
AERODUR
BASE COAT /
CLEAR COAT
Ask the expert...
find out more!
Gus Slattery
gus.slattery@akzonobel.com
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he ANZ Aircraft shown (right),
Registration ZK-NGO, was painted
with the new Aerodur Base Coat Clear
Coat paint system in April 2012.
The repaint was carried out at Air New Zealand’s
Christchurch Paint facility, by a dedicated team
of Professional Aerospace Surface Finishers.
A standard re-paint on a 737-300 in the Air New
Zealand Livery using conventional High Solids
Coatings would normally take approximately
five days. Using the new Aerodur BC/CC
system, the Aircraft was completed in
approximately three days. This represents a
30% time saving in the turn-around time of the
painting process.
The remarkable hiding power of the Base
Coat, enabled changes to be made to the
conventional way of painting Aircraft, resulting in
less masking; and the two hour dry to tape time
meant that a number of different colors could
be applied in one shift.
Air New Zealand's
new repaint, coated
with Aerodur Base
Coat / Clear Coat.
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Onur Air has a longstanding relationship
with AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings, using
Clear Coats like Aviox 77702 and Aviox Clear
Coat UVR. Commented International Sales
Manager Hendrik-Jan van Puffelen: “Onur Air is a
valued customer, keen to check out new
products. They have used Aviox products with great
success and now have the same great result with
our new Aerodur Base Coat / Clear Coat system”.
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ALL ABOARD THE
ALAN MCDONALD
Premiership football team, Queens
Park Rangers, name tour plane
after late great legend.
Ask the expert...
find out more!
Dave Kingsman
dave.kingsman@akzonobel.com
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he late Alan McDonald, who
was known to football fans around
the globe as the uncompromising
centre-back of the Queens Park
Rangers has been honored in unique fashion
by having the Air Asia plane chartered to carry
QPR on their pre-season tour of Asia named
after him.
McDonald sadly passed away on June 23,
at the age of 48, after collapsing on a
golf course in his native Ireland. After tributes
to the QPR stalwart poured in from all over
the world, the club’s chairman Tony Fernandes
– who also happens to be the owner of
low cost airline Air Asia – thought up a
fitting tribute.
McDonald had over 500 appearances for
Queens Park Rangers during 17 memorable
years with the club. Mr Fernandes commissioned an Airbus
A320, destined to become part of the
Air Asia fleet, to be painted in the club’s
colors of blue and white, with a QPR shirt
with ‘Alan McDonald 5’ on the back featuring
prominently. The work was expertly done at
the SAE facility in Malaysia where the painters
used AkzoNobel’s base coat clear coat system
(Aerobase) over the top of the new chrome
free primer. Dave Kingsman, technical
consultant with AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings
was on hand to support the exquisite paint
job. Kingsman: “being a football fan myself,
with fond memories of Alan McDonald’s
appearances on the field, I was extremely
honored and grateful to be part of this
project. Both the painters at SAE and the
new Aerodur Base Coat / Clear Coat system
have done honor to Alan McDonald’s memory.”
The interior features facts about McDonald’s
career and the club, while an overhead
locker has a picture of McDonald tackling
club manager Mark Hughes, then in the colors
of Manchester United.
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ART
INDUSTRY
AND
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Below: A great success, the Art and Industry
event created by LucchiniRS and AkzoNobel
What do an AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings’
Sales Manager and the world leader in the
production of axles for high speed trains have
to do with art (aside from the fact they are both
Italian)? At first glance you may think, not a lot.
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t all came together at a major event in Lovere
in May 2012. The event was called Art &
Industry. LucchiniRS and AkzoNobel collaborated
to make it happen. Together with artist Ilaria
Rochira (yes, also Italian), both she and Enrico
presented works of art created with AkzoNobel
Aerospace Coatings and Lucchini steel. The
event attracted a huge turnout with 2,500 people
from several countries attending. The art is still
exhibited at the Museo Tadini for Mordern art in
Lovere - Bergamo.
THE CONCEPT OF
FUSION BETWEEN
ART AND INDUSTRY
IS NEW AND COULD
LEAD, IN A UNIQUE
AND INNOVATIVE
WAY, TO FINDING
NEW PRODUCTS
FOR COMPANIES.
LucchiniRS (from Italy) is the world leader in the
production of axles for high speed trains. They work
global, having factories in China, Poland, Sweden
and off course, Italy. In 2008 its technical staff was
searching for a protective system suitable for the
very peculiar technical requirements that axles used
for high speed trains tend to have. The thought of
comparing the speed that a landing aircraft exerts
with the speed of a modern train (we’re talking 2008)
was the basis for a warm relationship between
LucchiniRS and AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings
(not so Italian, but with an Italian office in Rome,
including an Italian sales guy, Enrico Hornbostel).
Enrico’s work with LucchiniRS resulted in a
successful collaboration, just a bit outside the “usual”
field of aircraft. The three part system gives very high
protection to the axles, exactly as the technical staff
at AkzoNobel and Lucchini had hoped for.
Aside from being an AkzoNobel Sales
Manager, Enrico Hornbostel is also an artist
who is making quite a name for himself in
the world of Art through his paintings
and sculptures. Check out the website
www.hornbostel.dk to see more of his work.
Ask the expert...
find out more!
Enrico Hornbostel
enrico.hornbostel@akzonobel.com
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Global Solutions
LIKE A BIRD
IN THE SKY
“I’m a bird in the sky, I’m an eagle that flies on the breeze”. The band Abba sang it years ago,
the Norwegian air force gives new meaning to the song with its anniversary aircraft.
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Below: Where it started – the successful
testing of Mg Primer through to completion
T
his year they Air Force celebrates its
100th anniversary. Numerous events
are taking place in different parts of
Norway. One of the events was the
repainting of and F16 (S/N 686) in a way that,
as an air force spokesperson put it “raises
awareness and pride of the past”. As you can
see on the pictures, the colors on top resemble
the insignia (without the outer ring) and the
bottom resembles the polished aluminum that
older planes used to have. AkzoNobel
Aerospace Coatings delivered the painting for
this plane, including the “polished aluminum”
look on the bottom. Robert Rijnsburger,
International Sales Manager, is responsible for
Norway in Aerospace Coatings’ sales team. He
explains: “the polished look is actually similar to
the Argentum color used on the McClaren
Formula One car. It is a nice way how automotive
and aerospace coatings meet to support a
customer.” The Norwegian Air force is very
pleased with the results. For pictures and
movies, you can go to www.mil.no as well as
searching for “luftmakt” on YouTube.
TWO YEARS
Rijnsburger continues: “the products used
reflect the joint striving for sustainability by
AkzoNobel and the Norwergian Airforce.” The
primer used was the Aerodur 2100 MgRP,
which is a chromate free primer. Aerodur 5000
and Aerodur 3001/3002 covered the rest of the
scheme. While Aerodur 5000 is widely used for
camouflage purposed the Aerodus 3001/3002
system (Base Coat/ Clear Coat) is used on the
search and rescue fleet). Says Rijnsburger: “this
aircraft is a highlight in a two year journey of
testing the MgRP primer. We tested it on an F16
in flight, coupled with independent lab tests to
ascertain the corrosion resistance of the paint
system. After the two year period, and much to
our delight off course, AkzoNobel was chosen
to provide the chromate free exterior products
for the airforce.”
DISTRIBUTOR
A vital role in this entire process was played by
Scandpro company and it’s director Finn
Johansson. Scandpro is the AkzoNobel
Aerospace Coatings’ distributor in Norway.
Rijnsburger: “the contribution of Finn cannot be
underestimated. He was in constant contact
with the air force and closely monitored all
developments. They have recently signed a
contract for 4 years. For him and his company
this is a much deserved success as well.”
Ask the expert...
find out more!
Robert Rijnsburger
robert.rijnsburger@akzonobel.com
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BOEING AND
ECLIPSE CELEBRATE
ANOTHER MILESTONE
The 777 has reached the 1,000 milestone at its Everett, Washington facility.
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1000th 777, Eclipse used
500th 777, Eclipse used
100th 777, Eclipse used
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Ask the expert...
find out more!
Teresa Dubaniewicz
teresa.dubaniewicz@akzonobel.com
n 2011, 777 sales were the best Boeing had seen for this model, and
production rates are rising, with a 20% increase beginning this fall.
The 1,000th jetliner was scheduled for delivery to Dubai based
Emirates in March. AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings is honored to be
chosen as the coatings supplier for this prestigious aircraft, and Eclipse
was the topcoat of choice.
Eclipse actually has a long history with the Boeing Company. It was
used on the very first 777 out of the hangar. The 100th 777 was also
painted with Eclipse. This was years ago and it was also for Emirates.
Interestingly, the 500th 777 was also painted with Eclipse, in this case
for Air France. As you can tell, Eclipse has certainly been a favorite with
Boeing’s customers over the years and continues to be a leader in
topcoat choices for many airlines.
Eclipse is formulated to provide outstanding performance and lasting
appearance and is proven in both OEM and MRO applications. It has
great flexibility, excellent UV resistance and exceptional color and gloss
retention. Eclipse is available globally, and with world class color
controlled formulations it can be tinted consistently and accurately every
time across the world. Eclipse comes in various gloss levels and is also
available in many special effects.
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ALUMIGRIP
COMPETITION WINNERS
Winners of Hoodies & T Shirts
Chan Yong NG Hawker Pacific
Jack Hoogkamer Fokker Services BV
Heiko Strup TUIfly GmbH
Carol Richardson US Airways
Matthias Gnaas TUIfly GmbH
Shaun Feeney UPS Logistics
Jeremy Hoffman Safomar
Etienne Smith Aerosud
Thirunavukkarasu Sivabalan Malaysian Airlines
Rachel Davis Pexa Ltd
Diederik van Roon
Sasha Wright STC Twenty One Ltd
Kerem Arikanturk Turkish Aerospace Industries
Bayani Sotomayor Qatar Airways
Glenn Bartlett Air New Zealand
Glen McKenzie Seairland Systems
Anjeet Singh Kallas Singh Malaysian Airlines
Decosta Adesupa Nigeria
Sam McCallister Bombardier Aerospace
Roger Hiini Resene Automotive & Light Industrial
Ji-Eun Park Duly Corp.
Inga von der Linden Germany
Wong Hock Peng Malaysian Airlines
Eugene Konst AerData
Choy Sen Chue Kee Cheung Air Mauritius
Thomas Knusel Pilatus Aircraft Ltd
Wolfgang Tuttlies Atlas Air Service AG
Roy Aukloo Air Mauritius
Vanessa Ramasawmy Air Mauritius
Michael Vogler RUAG Schweiz AG
Jenny Rowbotham Pexa Ltd
Paul Woods Air Livery
Maurice Ubachs Samco Aircraft Maintenance BV
Adesupo Dacosta
Hadyn Griffith Seairland Systems/Rextel Aerospace
Terry Watkins Sabreliner
Dick Creek AeroCoat Source, LLC
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SIOUX CITY
GOES DUTCH
Earlier this year, the Iowa National Guard in Sioux City, Iowa, had the opportunity to
service its first international aircraft which belongs to the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
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his was the first of six aircraft to be
re-painted in several months. The
Iowa facility was established in 2000
to serve the paining needs of the Air
National Guard. It has painted over 500 aircraft
since that time including F-16s, A-10
Thunderbolt IIs, and F-15 Eagles, but this is
the first time it has painted an aircraft that
came from an USA ally.
Although the facility was familiar with F-16s
from past paintings, the Royal Netherlands Air
Force paint scheme was new and presented
some unique challenges. The Dutch F-16
features a three tone gray body with seven
different colors for markings (as opposed to
the USA’s F-16 which is a two tone gray with
only black markings). The team in Sioux City
spent several days sorting through technical
data on the Dutch F-16 to plan how the job
could be done in the most effective and
efficient way. The results were outstanding.
Air Force Command Chief, Master
Sergeant, Dave Miller, the facility manager and
command chief of the 185th Air Refueling
Wing in Sioux City gave his opinion on the
function of paint. “One of the major enemies to
the structure of aircraft is weather and
corrosion. Today’s fighter aircraft are exposed
to diverse environments. In one week,
they are flying through rain and snow, the
next week they could be flying over deserts.
That is why it is critical to make sure the paint
on these jets properly protect the aircraft.”
The paint used on this aircraft was 10P2013 primer which is qualified to MIL-PRF-23377,
Watch the National Air Guard
video by scanning the QR code.
TY I, CL C2, and Aerodur 5000 topcoat
qualified to MIL-PRF-85285, TY IV. Sioux City
has been using this topcoat since 2007,
when the product was first
introduced. Aerodur 5000
is a 2-component polyurethane military aircraft
camouflage finish for exterior use. It has
excellent durability and weathering, has a
superior combination of fluid resistance and
flexibility and has outstanding cleanability. If
you would like more information on this project
and the Sioux City facility, the Air National
Guard has posted a video on
Youtube that highlights the painting:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTJEhXDEaVc
Of course, the international cooperation
on this project was even more apparent
since the coatings were manufactured
by AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings in
Waukegan, IL, USA, but there is also another
manufacturing facility located in Sassenheim,
the Netherlands. Coincidence? Perhaps.
Fate may be the better term.
If you would like more information on the
products above or on any other coatings
designed for Air Defense, please contact
your Customer Service Representative,
Sales Representative or visit our website:
www.akzonobel.com/aerospace
Ask the expert...
find out more!
Teresa Dubaniewicz
teresa.dubaniewicz@akzonobel.com
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C130J Vega 58
During the summer, the first of 21 Italian Air Force C130J aircraft of the Italian Air Force was painted in a new and innovative
totally chrome free system at AleniaAermacchi in Venice.
T
he paint system in question consisted
of a pretreatment, Metaflex SP1050,
Aerodur 2100MgRP primer and
Aerodur 5000 topcoat. "For many
years, Aeronautica Militare Italiana (AMI) has
taken environmental sensitivity high on it’s list
of priorities. Suppliers have long been
encouraged to ensure that chemical products
have the least possible impact on health and
the environment" stated AkzoNobel Aerospace
Coatings’ Maurizio Pulcini, Regional Manager
Southern Europe about the new chrome free
system that was applied.
Since 2010, AMI have been testing the
performance of the paint system at the
Centro Sperimentale Volo (Flight test centre)
labs of Pratica di Mare and they found that
the Metaflex SP1050 system, in combination
with Aerodur 2100MgRP and Aerodur 5000
not only compared equally with standard
chrome containing systems but in some
cases exceeded the performance of
traditional chrome containing systems, using
US Military specification MIL-PRF-23377 as a
benchmark. Accordingly a new specification,
AER (EP) M-P-001 was created. This is one
of the first military specifications that calls up
a system Qualified Product List (QPL) that
takes the substrate preparation of Metaflex
SP1050 and Aerodur 2100 MgRP as a
chrome free primer. Topcoats within the AER
are varied and include Aerodur 5000, a high
performance, high solids polyurethane which
is also approved to MIL-PRF-85285 type 4
and the high solids polyurethane 58 series
(MIL-PRF-85285 type 1). The new waterborne
polyurethane Chemical Resistant Topcoat
(CARC) Aerowave 5001, recently approved
for use on Eurofighter under specification
SP-J-513-C-0083, is also approved for use.
Technical support from AkzoNobel was
given by Onno van Dongen, the newest
member of the Technical Support team
in Sassenheim, The Netherlands. It was
his first assignment in his new position and
he was very impressed. "I come from Car
Refinishes so standing next to an aircraft,
especially one as impressive as the C130J
is an awe-inspiring occasion all by itself."
Mr. Alessandro Rossetto of Superjet
International supervised the painting of the
aircraft for Alenia Aermacchi.
The applicator company working in the
Venice hangar took to the new products with
enthusiasm. The first comments from both
painters and Alenia Aermacchi staff present
were very positive. Enrico A. Hornbostel,
AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings' Sales
Manager who has fully coordinated the
event added:
"we have seen easy
application of all the
products involved. The
appearance was full,
homogeneous and
'pleasing to the eye'."
Leo Rosales of Pantheon Chemicals was
also present during the application. Metaflex
SP1050 was developed on Pantheon
Chemicals technology and Leo gave useful
insights into how the technology is widely
used in America in both the civil and military
Aerospace markets. Hornbostel: "we are very
much looking forward to the next C130
application and further."
Ask the expert...
find out more!
Enrico Hornbostel
enrico.hornbostel@akzonobel.com
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Painters from SQ Service
Quality Srl Venice coating
the C130 with Metaflex SP
1050 and Aerodur 5000
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THE
WINDSOR
HURRICANE
MEMORIAL
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Sidney C
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Sir Sydney Camm CBE FRAes - (1893-1966)
Sir Sydney Camm, renowned throughout the world of aviation
as the ‘Brunel of aero engineers’ was born in Windsor in the
UK. The son of a carpenter’s apprentice, he was educated at
the Royal Free School in Bachelors Acre and, without any
formal engineering training, rose to become arguably the
world’s greatest aeronautical engineer with 50 aircraft designs
to his name and over 26000 aeroplanes built. His interest in
aviation started at a young age with model aircraft building
before selling them to the boys at Eton College.
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amm joined the Hawker Aircraft
Company (later Hawker Siddeley) at
Kingston upon Thames as a senior
draughtsman in 1923, becoming
Chief Designer in 1925. He took part in the
design of many Hawker aircraft, including the
Tomtit, Cygnet (his first Hawker plane), Hornbill,
Nimrod, Hart and Fury. He then moved to
designing aeroplanes that would become
mainstays of the RAF in the Second World War
including the Hawker Hurricane, Hawker
Typhoon and Hawker Tempest.
The long awaited full-size replica of one of his
most prestigious designs – the Hurricane, a
Battle of Britain Fighter aircraft has now been
erected in the UK at Windsor near the town's
popular Alexandra Gardens, Martin Carter –
AkzoNobel UK, became involved with the Sir
Sydney Camm memorial at the early stages of
the project to assist with technical support and
the reproduction of the coating colors and gloss
levels associated with the era. AkzoNobel
provided much needed support and sponsorship
for this historic memorial by supplying the
coatings to replicate one of the original
camouflage schemes employed throughout
WWII. 58 series polyurethane topcoat was
chosen as the preferred coating scheme to
ensure a long and protected life of the structure
that will last for many years to come.
The £39,000 cost of the memorial, which had
been in planning since 2006 was being funded
by developer contributions through the Royal
Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. The
council was in full support of the project as a
fascinating, historical attraction for residents and
visitors alike.
The Hurricane, Camm’s most produced
aircraft by far was known as the ‘work horse’ of
the Battle of Britain and shot down more enemy
aircraft throughout World War II than all other
types of aircraft combined. Manufactured in
Langley, the then new breed of fighter aircraft
gave the Royal Air Force a much needed head
start in defending Britain’s skies against the
overwhelming air power of Nazi Germany when
war broke out in 1939.
The following summer the RAF managed to
repel what historians widely agree as the most
serious threat to this country’s survival since
William the Conqueror as the Battle of Britain
played out over the green fields of southern
England and the Channel. Whilst the legendary
Spitfire received most acclaim, it was the easier
to fly Hurricane that shot down the most aircraft
and from an engineering point was most easily
repaired and more quickly returned to battle brilliant design features which made pilots and
groundcrew love the aeroplane.
In addition to the major events in the UK –
the Olympics and Diamond Jubilee celebrations
– 2012 also marks the 70th anniversary of
another of Camm’s famous designs, the
Hawker Tempest, and 80 years since he was
made Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
The site, near the Royal Borough’s popular
Alexandra Gardens, was seen as a natural
home for the Hurricane monument within a few
hundred yards of Camm’s former Windsor
home in Alma Road
The Sir Sydney Camm Commemorative
Society, which has been campaigning for the
monument, has been advising the Royal
Borough on the project. Captain John Foster, a
former RAF Fighter pilot and the Society’s
chairman, said: “Fortunately for Windsor, the
council recognizes the significance of Camm as
a crucially important historic figure, both
nationally and locally, and has ensured a
successful conclusion to the monument’s
establishment”.
“This monument, will serve as an inspiration
to young people as to what can be achieved
with hard work and dedication”.
Cllr Dee Quick, the Royal Borough’s Cabinet
Member with responsibility for Windsor, said
she was delighted to welcome this muchlooked-forward-to memorial to the town.
Cllr Quick said: “Windsor is proud of its
close associations with Sir Sydney Camm – a
man whose engineering and design brilliance
played a key role in this country’s defence
during the Second World War. The council is
delighted to be involved with the society in
making this memorial a reality and I am sure it
will be a tremendous attraction for people of all
ages in the years to come.”
This is a fitting tribute to the man and the
machine that provided the key to victory in the
Battle of Britain in 1940.
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Global Solutions 17
Autumn 2012
TRADE
SHOW 2012
Below we have a selection of images taken from
our global trade show appearances of 2012.
Scan the QR code for online
TV related news stories.
Ask the expert...
find out more!
Martin Carter
martin.carter@akzonobel.com
There will also be a commemorative Plaque
inscribed with the key members and core
contributors to this wonderful and inspiring
memorial.
The ongoing interest generated by this project
will be used to support and encourage local
children to become involved in Engineering and
Aerospace in recognition of the importance of
these professional fields to the UK.
This monument was manufactured by
GateGuards (UK) Ltd based at Newquay Airport
with on-site support being provided by
AkzoNobel UK.
"THIS MONUMENT,
WILL SERVE AS AN
INSPIRATION TO
YOUNG PEOPLE
AS TO WHAT CAN
BE ACHIEVED WITH
HARD WORK AND
DEDICATION"
AkzoNobel provided support and sponsorship
for this historic memorial by supplying the
coatings to replicate one of the original
camouflage schemes employed throughout
WWII. 58 series polyurethane topcoat was
chosen as the preferred coating scheme to
ensure a long and protected life of the
structure that will last for many years to come.
Aircraft Interiors Expo, Germany
MRO Europe, The Netherlands
EBACE, Switzerland
Farnborough Airshow, UK
MRO Americas, USA
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BASE COAT/
CLEAR COAT
IN GENERAL AVIATION
A
t this year’s Farnborough Airshow, Augusta Westland showed
off newborn triplets to the world. Helicopters that is. A similar
AW139 aircraft has been painted by RH Bodyworks, using
AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings’ Alumigrip BC/CC system.
RH Bodyworks are the first company to specify this new system and
the result made for seriously good looking aircraft.
The company has been known for over 20 years for their Formula 1
painting. Business Development Manager Mike Cerrino comments:
“We have actually been specializing in helicopters for only over a year.
From the Formula 1 to the VV VIP sector
of the helicopter was a natural
progression for us and we are very
pleased
to
serve
distinguished
customers as Augusta Westland. Aside
from the expert painter crews we have,
we are one of very few in the UK who
can accommodate helicopters up to
AW101 size in our 10 low bake ovens.”
RH Bodyworks are based in the heart of East Anglia and are part of
the very successful Roy Humphrey Group. They are situated on a 100
acre site filled with purpose built workshops and offices. Adds Cerrino:
“We have on-site landing facilities which make us ideally suited to the
helicopter sector”.
Augusta Westland were also more than pleased when they viewed
the results. All VIP aircraft will be painted with the new system from
now on.
Alumigrip Base Coat and Clear Coat products add the latest in
topcoat technology to AkzoNobel’s product portfolio of coatings
solutions for the General and Business Aviation market.
"WE HAVE ON-SITE LANDING
FACILITIES WHICH MAKE US
IDEALLY SUITED TO THE
HELICOPTER SECTOR"
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Autumn 2012
SWATCHOUT
We often say our business is color. The boldest and brightest. They come is dazzling combinations. They come in color swatches. Here we
would like to enter a plea for the not so bright, the not so dazzling. We speak of gray and white.
G
ray is the most rich and versatile
color. There are hundreds of colors
which look gray but are clearly
distinguishable when you put them
side by side. Gray presents endless possibilities
for variation, gray can be combined with all other
colors from the spectrum. It is the second most
applied color.
White is the most applied color. It is the basis
and combines with amazing ease with other
colors. Whites are not always pure white. There
are many nuances. Because white reflects light
it catches the natural colors. Saturated colors
look even fuller next to white, combinations look
more fresh.
So here you are, the plane needs to be
repainted, the interior needs to be repainted.
But where will you get exactly the right shade of
white, off white or gray?
Here AkzoNobel’s Aerofine color swatches
will support you. An amazing selection of whites
(84 to be exact) and grays (89) have been
brought together in two swatches so you can
pick and choose the perfect shade. For 1/3
every sample is covered with a high gloss UV
coatings so you can see the difference between
high gloss and lower gloss.
Now who said gray and white are boring?
Aerofine color
swatches, available
for customers...
which shade of
white will you pick?
Autumn 2012 Issue 14
Thanks To EirTEch aviaTion
20 Global Solutions
Our Basecoat/Clearcoat systems reduce drying time by 75%, getting your aircraft back in the air quicker.
How you use your hangar’s spare capacity is up to you.
Watch the film at yoursparecapacity.com
Visit www.akzonobel.com/aerospace or call +44 [0]7801 106632
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Global Solutions 21
Autumn 2012
YOUTUBE AKZONOBEL
AND SOME NEAT
BASKETBALL TRICKS...
W
ith the introduction of the award winning Aerobase and Aerodur Base Coat/Clear Coat
technology, paint shop owners are facing a new challenge: How to use the paint
shops’ spare capacity? One of the more logical solutions would be to paint more
aircraft. Having said that, some painters had a different opinion and show off their
timeless and innovative solutions on YouTube.
Be sure to check out the latest release and feel free to forward the link to our YouTube channel...
www.youtube.com/user/AkzoNobelAero
The award winning
advertisement (left) for
AkzoNobel Aerodur
Base Coat/Clear Coat
T
he
AkzoNobel
advertisements
(photography by Kerry Harrison)
produced in conjunction with these
video’s have received the 2013 SUN
award for Best Use of Image. For more info visit
www.shotupnorth.co.uk
With these awards Shot up North (SUN)
celebrates and rewards the best professional
photography in the northern regions of the UK.
What is particular rewarding about these awards is
that the winners are not “just” nice pictures but the
most successful images when seen in their used
context e.g. editorial, advertising, packaging. The
winning images will also appear in a book
produced by SUN, which will be distributed to
many agencies and creatives in the UK.
The judges comments regarding the AkzoNobel
advertisements were that the pictures showed
‘lots to look at but still simple’ and that they
were ‘clean, considered’.
AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings Global
Market Director Andrew Richardson: “This is a
fantastic result for all parties involved. The
video’s and ads were a great collaboration with
The Beautiful Meme agency in York, UK and
they turned out a winning showcase. The
video’s are a hit on our YouTube channel and
now the adverts have been rewarded with this
prestigious award. We could not be more
pleased with this result.”
Scan the QR Code to your
right to see our 'Planning for
Success', YouTube video!
Scan the QR Code to your right
to see our 'AkzoNobel Basketball
Tricks', YouTube video!
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Autumn 2012 Issue 14
Reflections
JUST DAB (2FIX)
The aerospace coatings from A&AC are not just intended for the exterior of aircraft, there is also
a special range of coatings for the inside. New is a tube with a little sponge to easily repair small
damages: Dab2Fix. “It looks a bit like a tube of shoe shine, doesn’t it?”.
MAKING INTERIOR REPAIRS EASY
n Easy repair of interior surface damage
n No mixing required
n Fast and easy
I
ntroducing a new tool for fast spot-repair to
aircraft interiors, we are pleased to present
you the unique new Dab2Fix paint
application system.
Quick and easy, the Dab2Fix touch-up tool
allows a controlled application to aircraft
interior surfaces, correcting surface damage in
a simple and highly effective way.
Dabbing areas with a sponge applicator
attached to the tube ensures small areas can
be touched up, with minimum waste and
maximum ease. The paint can be easily and
readily applied on the spot that needs to be
repaired, keeping your aircraft interior looking
better for longer. The sponge applicator can
also be used to create a texture finish.
Easily re-sealed, Dab2Fix can be re-used
numerous times, is highly efficient and
minimizes waste.
This environmentally friendly touch-up concept
is ideal for the application of Aerofine 8250
Topcoat, offering an all round reliable, fast
drying touch-up system to maintain excellent
appearance of aircraft internal surfaces.
Ask the expert...
find out more!
Hans Koome
hans.koome@akzonobel.com
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Autumn 2012
A new product release,
helping us achieve our
Vision 2020 goals
"SIMPLE AND EASY
TO USE ENABLES RAPID
RETURN TO SERVICE..."
The first question from customers, interested in Aerofine, the AkzoNobel product
range for aircraft cabins, is how they can maintain their nicely coated interior.
Hans Koome is Market Segment Manager Aircraft Interiors at AkzoNobel
Aerospace Coatings and knows all about it.
“That is why we are launching Dab2Fix. A tube with 75 ml paint in the color of the aircraft interior
with a small sponge at the end, with which you can apply the paint and immediately give it the
right structure. It is ideal for quick repairs”.
HOW
DAB2FIX
WORKS...
STEP 1
Squeeze tube
CHILDREN’S FEET
Aircraft carriers prefer their aircraft on the ground for maintenance for as short a period of time as
possible. Sharp edges, suitcases and running children’s feet can quickly give the plane’s interior
scratches and bare spots. “With Dab2Fix this is easily solved” explains Koome. “When the
aircraft comes in for maintenance it is a piece of cake to give damaged spots a quick repair with
this product. Aircraft interiors often have and irregular surface on which you don’t see damages
that quickly. With the sponge you can easily apply the structure into the paint”.
STEP 2
Apply on spot
QUICK AND EFFICIENT
Dab2Fix carries all the advantages of the Aerofine range. It contains a waterborne product from
materials compliant to the strictest legal environmental demands. It dries quickly and gives high
level protection to the substrate. If you use Dab2Fix in-between flights, the passenger on the
second flight will not even smell it. “Quite a difference with usual two- or three- component
products”, Hans knows. No material is wasted as the rest of this one-component product can be
kept in the tube and used later for other repairs. “This is possible because of developments in
resins”, Koome explains. “Aerofine Topcoat uses a so-called “self cross-linking resin”, a resin
which upon drying forms a strong network of molecules without the need of additional substances
being added.
STEP 3
Equally distribute paint
STEP 4
Dab with sponge
applicator
AVAILABLE NEAR YOU!
Aerofine was introduced last year in the European
and Asian market. End of this year, the roll-out in the
United States will follow. Since May 2012 the product
is available in any solid color the customer may wish.
STEP 5
Drying and back to
service
Catch us at the following Trade Shows...
NBAA 65th Annual
Meeting & Convention
October 30 – November 1 2012
Orlando, Florida, USA
www.nbaa.org
MRO Europe
October 10 - 11 2012
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
www.aviationweek.com/events
Aircraft Interiors Expo April 9-11 2013 Hamburg, Germany
www.aircraftinteriorsexpo.com
MRO Americas
April 16-18 2013 Atlanta, Georgia, USA
events.aviationweek.com
MRO/AIME
January 22-23 2013
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
www.aime.aero
Airline Purchasing &
Maintenance Expo May 7-9 2013 London, UK
www.apmexpo.com
Heli Expo March 4-7 2013
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
www.rotor.com/events.aspx
RAA Annual Convention May 6-9 2013 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
www.raa.org
For more information on AkzoNobel
Aerospace Coatings contact your local
AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings
representative, any of the country offices
listed on this page or visit our website at:
www.akzonobel.com/aerospace
email us at:
customer.service@akzonobel.com
Brazil - São Paulo
Phone + 55 11 216 71818
Fax + 55 11 216 71754
Russia - Moscow
Phone + 7 495 7950149
Fax
+ 7 495 9602972
China - Shanghai
Phone + 86 21 2220 5000
Fax + 86 21 2220 5558
Spain - Barcelona
Phone + 34 9 3374 1965
Fax
+ 34 9 3370 9663
France - Toulouse
Phone + 33 5 34 60 48 00
Fax
+ 33 5 34 60 56 93
Thailand - Bangkok
Phone + 66 2 984 5458
Fax
+ 66 2 984 5459
Germany - Hamburg
Phone + 49 40 5268380
Fax
+ 49 40 52683838
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Phone + 971 4 347 2491
Fax
+ 971 4 347 2339
Italy - Rome
Phone + 39 06 977 494 11
Fax
+ 39 06 977 494 32
United Kingdom - Leicester
Phone + 44 11 62234123
Fax
+ 44 11 62234139
Japan - Tokyo
Phone + 81 3 52762050
Fax
+ 81 3 35110397
United States - Waukegan,
Illinois
Phone + 1 847 623 4200
Fax
+ 1 847 625 3332
The Netherlands - Sassenheim
Phone + 31 71 3082905
Fax
+ 31 71 3082056
www.akzonobel.com/aerospace
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