unlike some, have willingly embraced and readily adapted to the changing face of the coatings industry.


ADAPT OR DIE B


ased in Bremerhaven, in the heart of Germany’s yacht building industry, PKC, is a family-owned business who,


While filling, fairing and painting is still a mainstay, PKC has nonetheless broadened its appeal, by offering a range of services that generally complement and interact with each other.


Yacht Contracts Manager and qualified naval architect, Sami Patroun, told us, “Whether that service might be implementing composite materials to replace high filler thicknesses, or 3D scanning to pre-fabricate a custom-made part prior to proceeding, it’s from offering a superior level of customer service and technical detail that really motivates us.”


AXALTA


Axalta is a global leader in the coatings industry with over 150 years of experience. With an ethos of always putting its customers first, Axalta provides innovative, colourful, beautiful and sustainable solutions to everything from light vehicles, commercial vehicles and above-the-waterline marine coatings, to electric motors, buildings facades and other industrial applications. Axalta’s ImronTM Marine Coatings are available in a virtually unlimited and brilliant colour choice, even finishes with special effects. ImronTM Marine Coatings are known for durability and easy maintenance, which ensure yachts, sail boats and powerboats retain their glossy mirror-like finish for longer. For more details Tel: +32 475 75 8004 or visit www.axalta.eu/marine


“As a family owned business, we value customer loyalty and repeat business, and from the largest down to the smallest possible request, no matter where our customer is located in the world, we will try and support them with materials or labour support and back-up wherever they are.”


I must be getting old, because I can remember, not that long ago, when hull colours were fairly drab and more predictable than they are today. Other than the obligatory white gelcoat, there was the odd dark-blue or red coloured hull, various shades of dishwater grey and 1970s beige. In summary, hull colours were fairly nondescript and far too bland.


Thankfully, imaginative paint companies like Stoppani, for instance, have changed all that, and their Isofan Marine Range is a good example of the mind-boggling variation of colour choices now available. Stoppani’s colour stats are overwhelming when you


look into it. How does 1500 different solid colours to choose from grab you? And for the fashionistas amongst us, there are 800 different metallic, pearl and effect colours to choose from, not forgetting their ‘tintometric’ mixing machine which takes the colour permutations even higher.


There are up to 10x different finish products to choose from, and that’s before you’ve even thought about the actual colour! And if you need to justify the cost to the boss, Isofan marine military black can even save you money because the painted substrate absorbs a minor amount of heat, such that A/C cooling systems can be marginally turned down.


Looking to make serious inroads with their Imron® Marine Product range for yachts and boats is Axalta, a relatively new name in marine paint refinishing, with a recently launched and easy to navigate marine website - www.axalta.eu/marine


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