New Akzo Nobel coating technology used on jets.Akzo Nobel Akzo Nobel is a multinational company, active in the fields of healthcare products, coatings and chemicals. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the company has activities in more than 80 countries, and employs approximately 62,000 people. , Arnhem, The Netherlands, has developed an advanced-technology coatings system that is being used on the A380 jumbo jet from Airbus. The coatings system is a second generation Selectivity Removable System marketed by Akzo Nobel's Aerospace Coatings (ANAC ANAC Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (Brasil) ANAC Association of Nurses in AIDS Care ANAC Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada ANAC Animal Nutrition Association of Canada ANAC Automatic Number Announcement Circuit ) business. It has been designed specifically to reduce the time it takes to prepare and repaint Re`paint´ v. t. 1. To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture. s> Verb 1. an aircraft. The coating system features a coating layer between the primer and topcoat that enables the removal of only the topcoat in preparation for repainting, avoiding the need to reapply Re`ap`ply´ v. t. & i. 1. To apply again. reapply vi → volver a presentarse, hacer or presentar una nueva solicitud the primer. All Airbus A380 jets, which can accommodate 555 people, will be at least partly coated with this coating system. The jet fleet is scheduled to enter service later in 2006. |
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