Dock News

Awlgrip® & Interlux® Presents The Echo Sustainability Program

The Echo Program represents a commitment, as part of the overall parent company Akzo Nobel’s sustainability targets, to be a world leader in environmental issues.

The Echo Program covers everything that Awlgrip and Interlux are doing as yacht coatings manufacturers to reduce the impact on the environment. The program includes reduction targets for VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds), average biocidal emissions for antifoulings and waste reduction. In addition, the two paint brands have identified environmental impact ratings of their products. This offers a choice to customers to select products that fit their needs, within the Awlgrip and Interlux product range. Utilizing the scientific expertise in the company, an Environmental Scorecard tool has been developed, that uses a scientifically credible route for assessing and scoring products. The scorecard, unique and only available to Awlgrip and Interlux, assesses the environmental impact of a product across its entire life cycle, from raw material sourcing to waste disposal.

“The Echo Program is not only a commitment of responsibility and transparency, it sets the baseline for us as a company to focus on continuous, environmental improvement of our products. We are not interested in greenwashing. We have a corporate responsibility to our society and better yet, the results will help drive the yacht paint industry in the right direction and with better solutions for our customers and their future,” said Fred Daoust, General Manager of Awlgrip and Interlux North America.

For more information on the Echo Program, visit www.echoprogram.com

 Interlux/Awlgrip – 2270 Morris Avenue – Union, NJ 07083 USA
+1 908 964-2203; Fax: +1 908 686-8545
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Products

Awlgrip Introduces 321 HS Undercoat

After years in development, Awlgrip is launching a brand new high solids finish primer, 321 HS Undercoat. The product has reduced solvent emissions, which makes it a sustainable choice for builders, boatyards and applicators, even in VOC-restricted areas.

Utilizing the very latest in resin technology and optimized pigment package, 321 HS Undercoat is likely to help with efficiencies in the yard. It can be applied in a single coat, yielding excellent flow and leveling properties previously unseen in most high solids, finishing primers. With excellent film build, it provides the ideal surface for subsequent Awlgrip topcoat applications. Great hold-up makes it user-friendly to any applicator.

321 HS Undercoat is a great alternative to Awlgrip 545 Primer, or any other conventional finish primers. “Many high solids technologies on the market don’t yield as smooth of a finish, requiring more effort and time to sand smooth. The surface may also cure too hard and be tough to sand after 3 days. With 321 HS Undercoat, you won’t have those same concerns,” said Elenor Ekman of Awlgrip. An extra bonus is the slight gloss or sheen of the dry paint film, which makes it easier to see and address any surface imperfections prior to topcoating.

321 HS Undercoat is the ideal finish primer for all Awlgrip topcoats with an easy to sand, long overcoat window.

Awlgrip – 2270 Morris Avenue – Union, NJ 07083 USA
+1 908 964-2203; Fax: +1 908 686-8545
E: elenor.ekman@akzonobel.com