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Axalta Opens Research & Development Center at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia

November 7, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

New 175,000 sq. ft. facility will become home for coatings company’s global research initiatives.

Axalta (NYSE:AXTA) today celebrated the official opening of its Global Innovation Center, the largest coatings research and development (R&D) center in the world, with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The 175,000-foot Global Innovation Center offers specialty labs, as well as office space. Its location in Philadelphia’s historic Navy Yard enables collaboration among Axalta employees, business partners, and customers throughout the Philadelphia area and beyond.

Axalta’s Global Innovation Center officially opened today at the historic Philadelphia Navy Yard.

“Axalta’s Global Innovation Center will become the central hub for

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