AkzoNobel Powder Coatings Partners With CoatingAI

Software co-developed by AkzoNobel’s powder coatings business and CoatingAI is using artificial intelligence to help customers improve the application process and reduce their carbon footprint. The technology, called Flightpath, optimizes equipment settings to reduce defects and overspray, and improve powder consumption — helping to reduce costs, avoid rework, and save time and energy.

The AI-based software has been in development for two years and an exclusivity agreement has been signed by both parties — who joined forces after first crossing paths during AkzoNobel’s Paint the Future startup challenge in 2021.

“We’re delighted to team up with CoatingAI and strengthen our technical service capabilities,” says Remco Maassen van den Brink, marketing director of AkzoNobel’s powder coatings business. “We proactively look for ways to support customers in becoming more sustainable in their operations and this will significantly improve our ability to help them get better results — while contributing to our own ambition of halving carbon emissions across the value chain by 2030.”

The software enables customers to optimize equipment settings, such as gun motion, and achieve more uniform, consistent coverage with fewer flaws — all because of the AI-powered recommendations. The software doesn’t require complex integration and, as conditions change, it continually adapts its recommended parameters.

“The collaboration with AkzoNobel has helped to accelerate our vision since day one,” says Marlon Boldrini, CEO of CoatingAI. “Our solution, built on the power of artificial intelligence and AkzoNobel’s technical expertise, will not only increase efficiency for their customers but also drive greater sustainability within the powder coatings industry.”