Aircraft maker Embraer goes wild with AkzoNobel’s aerospace coatings

The eye-catching trio of designs – depicting an eagle, a tiger and a shark – was created using aerospace coatings from the company’s Alumigrip and Aerodur ranges. The artwork was applied at Embraer’s facility in São José dos Campos, Brazil, which houses a dedicated AkzoNobel colour mixture centre.

“We were thrilled to see our industry-leading exterior paint system used by the amazing Embraer painters to such brilliant effect,” said John Griffin, Director of AkzoNobel’s Aerospace Coatings business. “We pride ourselves on supplying fit-for-purpose lasting colour performance and protection and the new animal prints on Embraer’s line of E2 business jets are a fantastic example of this expertise.”

As well as supplying products to create the animal designs, the company’s base coat/clear coat system was also applied to the exterior of the three aircraft. The jets are being used to promote Embraer’s global Profit Hunter project, continuing the long-standing relationship between AkzoNobel and the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer.

The Embraer artwork is the latest in a series of striking aircraft designs created using AkzoNobel’s aerospace coatings. Recent examples include a save the coral reefs message for the Mirpuri Foundation which was applied to Hi Fly-owned Airbus A380, and colourful livery developed for Wizz Air’s 100^th aircraft.

Meanwhile, AkzoNobel’s Alumigrip aerospace brand is celebrating its 50th anniversary and recently marked the milestone by helping to restore the Berlin Express 410V, a historic B-25 Mitchell bomber used in the filming of the classic 1970 war film, Catch 22.

September 10, 2018