McLaren Racing and AkzoNobel have extended and expanded their long-running partnership.
AkzoNobel said the new multi-year agreement will deepen the successful 13-year relationship and explore new possibilities in the areas of sustainability and product development. This includes the provision of technical consultation to each other in fields of mutual interest, exploring further opportunities for innovation and exchange of personnel.
In addition to continuing as McLaren Racing’s coatings solutions partner, the company is now a sustainability partner to McLaren’s racing team, heralding the start of a more integrated approach designed to go beyond the supply of high-performance coatings.
“We’re incredibly proud and excited to be enhancing our relationship with such a long-standing and valued partner so that we can achieve more together,” said Patrick Bourguignon, Director of AkzoNobel’s Automotive and Specialty Coatings business. “Our shared focus on outstanding performance and pioneering innovation will help to propel us both forward and add a new dimension to our formula for success.
“We’re also looking forward to incorporating our ‘People. Planet. Paint.’ approach as we strive to play an active role in McLaren Racing’s sustainability journey. It’s all about building on the amazing success we’ve had so far and shaping the partnership for the future.”
Matt Dennington, Director of Partnerships at McLaren Racing said he was pleased to extend and expand the partnership with AkzoNobel.
“We’re looking forward to taking this innovative and long-running relationship into a new chapter, taking a more integrated approach to development that will see AkzoNobel support us on our mission to become a more sustainable team,” he said.
McLaren and AkzoNobel first collaborated in 2008. AkzoNobel said that since then, various advances in paint technology have been achieved, contributing to the performance of McLaren’s Formula 1 car and driving innovation in other industries.