Interpon helps PowderTek to double in size

A partnership between the Interpon team at AkzoNobel and PowderTek, a powder coater in Northern India, is helping to provide architects with colors and styles to enhance their creations and provide the warranties to protect their buildings for years to come. 

PowderTek chose to work exclusively with Interpon to coat the aluminum facades, windows, doors and similar architectural products that feature in many Bollywood star bungalows and homes throughout the region. As well as using Interpon D Futura, Anodic and Stone Effect powder coatings, PowderTek is also the first business in the region to use 100% Interpon D STF powder and basecoat to give surfaces a natural, wood-like finish. 

Since partnering with AkzoNobel and working with its Technical Services team to give the firm a meaningful competitive advantage through bespoke colors and operational efficiencies, PowderTek has grown its operations by a factor of three and expects to double in size over the next 12 months. 

It is similarly a champion of Interpon bonded metallic powder coatings. With AkzoNobel’s special bonding techniques, the Interpon team can significantly improve the lustre and finish of its premium special effect metallic powder coatings to deliver a uniform metallic finish with even greater color consistency and performance. Two colors that are especially trending at present are Steel Bronze and Golden Beach. 

Kshitij Anand, CEO of PowderTek, describes it as a genuine partnership: “We are expert coaters; the Interpon team are experts in powder. If we are using a new shade, then the Technical Services team will help us stabilise the use of that shade on the line. If the temperature isn’t consistent in the oven, then the variation in shade becomes more prominent. They give us the guidance and we follow the steps.” 

Sustainability is similarly important. The new generation of metallic effects is reducing the use of liquid coatings, while still providing the stunning effect that ‘real’ metals deliver. Powder coatings are completely free of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) and any overspray can be captured and reused. 

Narasimha Rao, Country Sales Manager India, Nepal, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh says: “Kshitij and his PowderTek team are among the top coaters in the region, who trust the quality of our products and our technical support. We’re helping not only to give them a point of difference through colors and finishes that are always on trend, but also further improve their production processes to be more sustainable and efficient.” 

“With AkzoNobel as our partner, and their commitment to working only with the best, we are excited about how they can help us in becoming the biggest powder coatings brand across the whole country,” Anand concludes. 

Kshitij Anand, CEO of PowderTek