Recently , Akzo Nobel's Resicoat brand launched a new powder coating technology that can provide better electrical protection for the battery system of electric vehicles (EVs) with just a single spray. This innovative technology is suitable for EV battery system components such as cooling plates, side plates and battery covers (housings), and is currently available in China.

Improving the safety performance of battery systems is an important issue that the electric vehicle industry continues to pay attention to, and it has driven the market's growing demand for coatings with higher electrical insulation performance. AkzoNobel's powder coatings business actively responds to challenges and needs and launches breakthrough coating technology - customers can easily achieve the ideal coating thickness required for high electrical insulation performance with a single spray, thereby effectively improving efficiency and productivity.

Yin Tao, Business Director of Akzo Nobel Powder Coatings North Asia, said: "With the Chinese government's continued promotion of the new energy vehicle industry and the popularization of the concept of environmentally friendly travel, the electric vehicle market in China is continuing to grow rapidly. Faced with the huge demand for surface protection and safety performance of electric vehicles, Akzo Nobel actively responded at the 'China speed' and introduced innovative powder coating solutions to the Chinese market as soon as possible. We are committed to providing Chinese customers with high-quality and efficient products and services, and jointly promoting the prosperity and development of the electric vehicle industry."

This innovative powder coating technology can achieve a uniform coating with ideal thickness in just one spray, which means that the technology can improve the production speed and production capacity of the entire spray process, effectively reduce man-hours and improve asset utilization. In addition, in addition to improving the safety of EV battery systems, this single spray technology can also effectively resist thermal shock, water immersion and chemical corrosion.

“With decades of experience and continuous innovation, we know that excellent powder coatings combined with the right spraying technology can provide stable electrical insulation for critical battery system components throughout their entire life cycle. This once again confirms our unremitting efforts to support customers through collaboration and product development to continuously create, promote and protect future innovations.” Jeff Jirak, Global Business Director of Powder Coatings at AkzoNobel, said, “Close collaboration with customers along the value chain enables us to have a keen insight into market needs, and relying on our strong global business layout, we can help customers get a consistent high-quality product and service experience around the world.”

Since the 1960s, AkzoNobel's Resicoat powder coatings series has been committed to helping solve electrical insulation problems in various industries. In 2023, the Resicoat EV series of powder coatings for electric vehicles was launched, which is committed to significantly improving the safety and overall performance of key components such as battery systems and electric motors.