Sep 12, 2017   SOURCE: BusinessWire

Axalta Announces Exclusive Partnership with National Transportation Center

Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA) is pleased to announce its partnership with the National Transportation Center (NTC). The NTC is the nation’s first centralized training and employment center created to support the commercial transportation industry’s critical and long-term training, workforce recruitment, and retention efforts. Axalta is happy to extend its training resources to NTC and positively impact the future of the transportation industry.

The NTC will provide individuals interested in working in the commercial transportation repair and maintenance field with the knowledge to help them succeed. The center will allow students to develop the skills necessary to excel in heavy truck maintenance careers by offering educational classes, apprenticeships and connecting them to rewarding job opportunities.

Axalta will provide its interactive, commercial transportation curriculum for use in NTC’s Heavy Truck Collision course, which focuses on training military veterans how to properly prepare substrates and successfully complete the truck refinishing process. The course will be held monthly and administered by NTC field personnel. Axalta will supply its ColorNet® color retrieval software and the color tools needed for students to effectively take the course.

“It’s truly a pleasure to partner with the NTC and lead efforts to influence the best practices for the trucking industry,” said Marcy Fernandez, Axalta National Fleet Manager. “We are excited to see how this new relationship will prepare current and future workers, and improve the industry for the next generation.”

To learn more about Axalta’s training centers, please visit www.axalta.us/training.

To learn more about the NTC, please visit www.nationaltransportationcenter.org.

About Axalta Coating Systems

Axalta is a leading global company focused solely on coatings and providing customers with innovative, colorful, 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 approximately 13,600 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.com and follow us @Axalta on Twitter and on LinkedIn.