Innovation Begins with a Conversation
October 26, 2016
Innovation drives the aerospace industry. Today, when passengers fly, they can travel 450,000 times farther, fly
more than 15 times faster, and use over 9,000 times more power than the Wright brothers achieved at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Innovation is a cornerstone for advancements in the aerospace industry. But innovation is more than new products or services. It is about unique solutions that solve complex challenges faced by our customers. At PPG, innovation begins before the launch of a new product, process, or service. It begins with a conversation. Every day, our global aerospace teams listen to our customers to help us understand the complex challenges they face and provide them with innovative solutions.
Our customers challenge and inspire us to deliver innovations for aerospace coatings, sealants, transparencies, packaging, and chemical management that meet the ever-changing needs in the aerospace industry.
Our people deliver exciting innovations to our customers. These innovations help our customers fly longer distances, reduce maintenance costs, increase aircraft performance, use less fuel, and reduce the environmental impact. PPG’s Opticor® advanced transparency material reduces drag and enhances the passenger’s view outside the aircraft. Our advanced manufacturing processes for complex shapes for flight deck windows improve aerodynamics.
Our family of lightweight sealants, Desothane® HD basecoat/clearcoat, and flight deck windows
reduce aircraft weight. Our PR-2870 family of chrome free corrosion inhibitive sealants cures faster to reduce application time and offer significant cost savings. Innovative window repair processes reduce our customers’ cost of operations.
Our Semco® customized packaging and application systems lower our customers’ production and waste disposal costs. The environment is very important to all of us. Our chrome free products provide health benefits to our customers and their employees and
are environmentally friendly.
Aerocron® electrocoat primer, PR-2870 sealant, water based coatings, innovative packaging and application systems reduce waste streams and lower disposal costs. Color inspires us to provide bright and vibrant coatings. So we developed Andaro® special effects pigments and Desothane® HD basecoat/ clearcoat to provide deep, rich colors and more livery options for aircraft. Our innovations focus on what is important to you, our customers.
Our innovations begin with a conversation with our customers. We want to understand your complex challenges and how we can deliver innovative solutions for coatings, sealants, transparencies, packaging, and chemical management. For almost 90 years, our aerospace team has been a leader in developing products and services that redefine “state-of-the-art” and contribute to the next generation of aircraft design and performance. Whether it is building the most advanced airplanes, helping air travelers reconnect with loved ones, or protecting our environment, we focus on what matters most to our customers. We are driven to answer our customers’ most important questions. At PPG, innovation begins with a conversation. Let’s talk about your complex challenges. The next innovation is waiting.
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