Axalta-sponsored Wolfast UniOvi MotoStudent IV Motorbike Unveiled
October 19 2016 - 2:38PM
Business Wire
Axalta supports the team with application technology and
coatings
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA), a leading global
manufacturer of liquid and powder coatings, supplied the Wolfast
UniOvi student team with the latest technology waterborne refinish
paint, and helped them paint their motorbike prototype in
preparation for the MotoStudent IV competition held recently at the
University of Oviedo.
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Axalta-sponsored Wolfast UniOvi
MotoStudent IV motorbike finished with waterborne paint technology
(Photo: Axalta)
Every year, MotoStudent challenges university students around
the world to design and to manufacture motorbike prototypes in one
of two categories - 250cc four-stroke engine and fully electric -
which then go head to head in a race at the Motorland World
Championship Aragón Circuit in Spain. This year’s competition has
attracted 55 entrants from across Europe and South America. The
Wolfast UniOvi team has already assessed the performance of its
prototype in a test race on the CISvial circuit at Langreo,
Spain.
At the official presentation of the Wolfast UniOvi motorbike on
the Gijón campus of the University of Oviedo, the students who
designed and built it gave a brief presentation on its technical
features and innovations, and discussed the team’s expectations for
the competition.
“Axalta has been delighted to support the Wolfast UniOvi team
for their entry in the MotoStudent IV competition,” says Kolja
Hosch, Head of Country Human Resources for Axalta in Europe, the
Middle East and Africa. “We wanted to help them not only ensure the
prototype looked good when it made its debut, but also ensure that
the paint didn’t add too much additional weight to the motorbike,
which is important when it is put through its paces on the track at
the Championship.”
The Wolfast UniOvi team consists of 22 students and two
lecturers from the school of engineering at the University of
Oviedo. Axalta’s support of the MotoStudent team is part of a
greater engagement with the University of Oviedo which partners
with Axalta by enabling selected students from various degree
programs to participate in a six-month internship at the
company.
Hosch says, “Supporting this team is part of a worldwide effort
by Axalta to help students who seek to innovate and to apply their
skills in developing new technical, scientific and engineering
solutions. It is just one of the many activities Axalta carries out
to promote learning in the STEM subjects of science, technology,
engineering and math.”
For more information on Axalta, please visit www.axaltacs.com,
and to find out more about the Wolfast UniOvi team, visit
www.motostudent-uniovi.com.
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and refinish applications to electric motors, buildings and
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