The last boat has come out of the Volvo Ocean Race Boatyard ahead of the start in October, when AkzoNobel’s color expertise will be showcased around the world.
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“All the boats look great, but team AkzoNobel will definitely stand out,” explained Gareth Thomas, Technical Support Manager for the company’s Specialty Coatings business. “It uses the most colors, six of which were custom made. I have to say it looks fantastic.”
It took around two weeks to add the branding to the team AkzoNobel Volvo Ocean 65, but as with all the boats, it was challenging work.
“Not only do the boats feature special effect metallic and pearlescent colors, but all the teams had very specific color requirements which had to be specially mixed,” continued Thomas. “So we decided to use a base coat/clear coat system which we have optimized for use in the marine environment. However, this type of technology is widely used across AkzoNobel in the aerospace and automotive industries, which helped us with the color-matching process.”
Virtually every area of the competing boats features a coating supplied by AkzoNobel. As well as the more obvious and visible sections such as the hull and deck, the company’s products have also been used on the keel, mast, booms, cockpit sides, deck pedestals and interior (to name just a few).
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