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Axalta donating personal protective
equipment and hand sanitiser to support
Coronavirus relief efforts globally
Company producing thousands of gallons of hand sanitiser
and providing medical supplies to hospitals, first responders,
and employees in its local communities around the world
Axalta (NYSE: AXTA),
a leading global supplier of
liquid and powder coatings,
today announced that
it is leveraging its global
operations and technical
know-how to provide critical
equipment and products to
people and organisations
in its local communities
around the world.
“Axalta is committed to worldwide efforts to
support the safety, health, and well-being of
hospital professionals, first responders, and
our employees," said Robert Bryant, Axalta's
Chief Executive Officer. “Our entire global
Axalta family is pulling together to use our
collective energy and resources to help fight
coronavirus in the communities where we
live, work, and raise our families."
“We are putting our manufacturing might and
supply inventories to work in order to offer
products that will make a difference where they
are needed most – whether that be in hospital
rooms, on ambulances, or on the manufacturing
floor,” continued Bryant. “We will continue to
look for opportunities to leverage our
capabilities to the fullest and remain steadfast in
our goal of serving our communities and the
true heroes on the front lines of this fight.”
Axalta's coronavirus relief
efforts include:
Production of thousands of gallons of hand
sanitiser: Axalta's plants in Front Royal,
Virginia, USA; Mount Clemens, Michigan,
USA; Tlalnepantla, Mexico; Guarulhos,
Brazil; and Wuppertal, Germany are shifting
their manufacturing to produce thousands of
gallons of hand sanitiser that meets the high
standards of the World Health Organization.
This vital product will be donated to local
hospitals and first responders, as well as used
at Axalta plants to ensure the safety of
employees and their families.
Sending much-needed PPE to hospitals
globally: Axalta is donating personal
protective equipment (PPE) such as
facemasks (including its N-95 inventory),
coveralls, closed hoods, and protective
sleeves to hospitals throughout the world.
Medical professionals can use the PPE
normally worn in Axalta's manufacturing
facilities and by our customers to reduce the
risk of contracting or transmitting
coronavirus. These donations have thus far
occurred in the United States, France,
Belgium, and Germany.
Providing seat covers to medical
professionals: Axalta is donating more than
5,000 seat covers, typically used in bodyshops,
to local hospitals that are low on protective
supplies. Medical professionals use the seat
covers in their own cars to reduce the risk of
transmitting coronavirus when they are visiting
those affected by COVID-19.
Axalta has now been on the front lines of
coronavirus efforts for several months. In
February, to rapidly fulfil a critical need order
at the request of a major customer, Axalta's
Changchun, China plant was granted a
special permit to resume work (after all
employee safety requirements were met) to
manufacture paint for a fleet of ambulances
that were in high demand at the peak of the
outbreak in China.
About Axalta
Axalta is a leading global company focused
solely on coatings and providing customers
with innovative, colourful, beautiful and
sustainable solutions. From light OEM
vehicles, commercial vehicles and refinish
applications to electric motors, buildings and
pipelines, our coatings are designed to
prevent corrosion, increase productivity and
enable the materials we coat to last longer.
With more than 150 years of experience in
the coatings industry, the 14,000 people of
Axalta continue to find ways to serve our
more than 100,000 customers in 130
countries better every day with the finest
coatings, application systems and
technology.
For more information visit axalta.co.uk
and follow us @Axalta on Twitter and
on LinkedIn.
12 MAY 2020
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