CORRECTION - Business Intelligence Group Honors Axalta with Six BIG Innovation Awards

Axalta products recognized for advancing sustainability, efficiency, and safety across automotive and industrial coatings

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a release issued on Thursday, January 15th, by Axalta Coating Systems LLC, please note that there has been a correction to the headline. The corrected release follows: 

Axalta Coating Systems (AXTA), a leading global coatings company, announced that it has won six Business Intelligence Group (BIG) Innovation Awards for product innovation. The annual business awards program recognizes organizations, products, and people that bring new ideas to life in innovative ways. The awards recognize Axalta's commitment to developing coatings solutions that address critical industry challenges in sustainability, productivity, and safety.

"We are grateful for this unprecedented recognition of six product innovations from the Business Intelligence Group, which is testament to Axalta's unwavering commitment to help solve real-world problems for our customers," said Robert K. Roop, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Axalta. "These six awards reflect the extraordinary work of our teams who continuously push the boundaries of what's possible in science to provide solutions that deliver value to our customers worldwide."

Axalta’s six BIG Innovation Awards span all three business units across Refinish, Mobility Coatings, and Industrial Coatings. Product innovation honorees are:

Refinish

Spies Hecker Permahyd Hi-TEC 8260 Premium Waterborne Clearcoat, Axalta’s most advanced waterborne clearcoat, provides a paint solution to body shop owners that reduces solvent emissions by more than 65%, has low odor, and eliminates application defects that detract from the appearance and aesthetics of the repair paint system. This sustainable clearcoat provides best-in-class appearance and productivity while enabling body shops to meet more stringent emission regulations.

Mobility Coatings

Axalta OEM Low-Bake Integrated Metal Body and Plastics Coatings Technology is a coatings system of basecoats and clearcoat for vehicle manufacturing that cures at 90 °C, over metal body and plastic parts, allowing both to be painted together in one paint line. Modeling by a major automotive OEM estimated that implementing this technology in a vehicle manufacturing plant that produces 100,000 vehicles per year could yield energy savings of up to 40%, reduce CO₂ emissions by about 343 tons per year – equivalent to the annual carbon absorption of 350,000 square meters of pine forest – and significantly decrease spray booth construction costs of greenfield plants. Additionally, it could bring annual maintenance cost savings of up to $40M.