Axalta Irus Scan™ secured Silver in the Automotive Materials category, while Axalta’s MyColor earned Bronze in the same category.
Axalta Coating Systems
has recently received two 2025 Edison Awards™, recognising its market-leading innovations in new products and services.
“Innovation is core to what we do at Axalta, and we continuously invest to help our customers solve challenges across surface aesthetics, performance and productivity. We are incredibly proud to provide next-gen technologies that address our customers’ needs and enable their success. It is an honour to be recognized by the esteemed Edison team and to work with the extraordinary talent at Axalta to bring these products to life,” has stated Robert Roop, Chief Technology Officer of Axalta.
Axalta Irus Scan™ is the first handheld colour measurement device for automotive coatings to feature three distinct, patented measurement capabilities, coloured sparkle, hue-shifting pigment detection, and gloss, ensuring precise colour matching for collision repair vehicles. As part of Axalta’s digital colour management system, Axalta Irus Scan™ sets a new benchmark for productivity, accuracy, and waste reduction in the collision repair process. With this technology, Axalta offers the industry’s leading fully automated, end-to-end digital solution for paint colour matching and delivery in the automotive refinish market.
Axalta’s MyColor™ responds to customers’ growing demand for complex, bespoke colours that meet rigorous performance, durability, and application standards. Its innovative colour delivery process accelerates automotive OEM approvals, enabling custom colours in just four weeks, compared to the typical 26 to 104 weeks. These custom colours are produced swiftly in small batches using pre-blended bases and colourants, improving inventory control and helping to reduce waste and the OEM’s paint shop CO₂ footprint.
The winners of the Edison Awards™ were recently announced at the 38th annual Edison Awards event in Fort Myers (Florida, United States). Selected as the ‘best of the best’ in their respective categories, winners were chosen by a panel of leading senior business executives, designers, academics, and innovation experts. Named after Thomas Edison, the Edison Awards™ have recognised and honoured some of the world’s most groundbreaking new products, services, and business leaders since 1987.
About Axalta
Axalta is a global leader in the coatings industry, offering customers innovative, vibrant, and sustainable coating solutions. From light and commercial vehicles to refinish applications, electric motors, building facades, and various industrial uses, the company's coatings are engineered to prevent corrosion, enhance productivity, and improve durability. With over 150 years of expertise in the coatings industry, Axalta’s global team remains committed to serving more than 100,000 customers in over 140 countries with world-class coatings, advanced application systems, and cutting-edge technology.
About Axalta Coating Systems
Axalta delivers high-performance coatings for a diverse range of industrial applications, including coatings for light and commercial vehicles produced by original equipment manufacturers, as well as refinish surface preparation and coating systems for body shops worldwide.