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Published August 28, 2012
PPG Automotive Refinish has announced the availability of its new DPLV 2.1 VOC-compliant series of epoxy primers. The multipurpose primers build on the success of the DPLF primers and take them to a more technologically advanced and environmentally p… Read More »
Published August 23, 2012
BASF is expanding its global automotive refinish training network. In Hanoi, Vietnam, a new Refinish Competence Center (RCC) has just opened, with new training centers in the pipeline for the United States and Italy. The openings are influenced by an… Read More »
Published July 16, 2012
R-M, a premium brand in the automotive refinish industry, is restructuring the Refinish Competence Center in Clermont, France. The European training center in Clermont is known as the home of R-M. The premium paint brand’s international color l… Read More »
Published June 4, 2012
PPG Industries' automotive refinish operations in China recently relocated to a plant in Songjiang, Shanghai. PPG executives, together with nearly 200 guests from leading automotive aftermarket companies, automotive manufacturers, automotive deal… Read More »
Published May 2, 2012
Spies Hecker has introduced Permasolid 2.1 Surfacer 5157 is a 2K acrylic urethane with low VOC levels and is designed for use with both waterborne and solventborne base coats.
Permasolid 2.1 Surfacer 5157 is ideal for refinishers because of ease of… Read More »
Published April 4, 2012
PPG has partnered with BrandMuscle, a provider of web-based local marketing automation software, to introduce PPG Marketing on Demand, a suite of online tools and services to help distributors and collision repair facilities produce customized market… Read More »
Published April 4, 2012
RPM International Inc., though its Rust-Oleum Group, has acquired HiChem Paint Technologies Pty. Ltd., an Australian manufacturer of automotive aftermarket coatings, as well as specialty coatings for industrial applications and home maintenance. Base… Read More »
Published March 27, 2012
PPG has named Ohio Auto Kolor of Columbus, Ohio, its 2011 Platinum Distributor of the Year. The award was presented to Gary Bumgarner, Ohio Auto Kolor president, at the annual PPG Platinum Distributor Conference held February 23-25, in Orlando, Fla.,… Read More »
Published March 1, 2012
PPG Commercial Coatings and the National Association of Trailer Manufacturers (NATM) honored Big Tex Trailers, a leading utility trailer manufacturer, with the second annual Green Manufacturing Award. The presentation was made at the NATM’s 24t… Read More »
Published February 2, 2012
Last year Guangdong Yin Fan Chemistry, one of China’s largest international auto paint manufacturers, launched its Silver Sails brand of automotive refinishes in the United States and now has extended its reach across the border into Canada.
C… Read More »
Published January 23, 2012
PPG Industries Colombia and its Pittsburgh, Pa.-based parent, PPG Industries, have completed the acquisition of the coatings businesses of Colpisa Colombiana de Pinturas and its affiliates, including Colpisa Ecuador. The parties first announced an ac… Read More »
Published January 13, 2012
Robert Bender was honored with the 2011 PPG/ASE Master Refinish Technician of the Year Award at the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) annual board of directors industry awards dinner held on November 16, 2011 at the Marriott… Read More »
Published January 11, 2012
DuPont Refinish recently announced the planned March 2012 introduction of two new products designed to improve the coverage of traditionally poor hiding solventborne basecoat colors. While many refinish paint suppliers have been scaling back support… Read More »
Published January 6, 2012
BASF Automotive Refinish introduced its COLOR-MAXmobile2 solid color tool. COLOR-MAXmobile2 is compact and portable and provides 531 color chips that are designed to be comparale to the vehicle with up to five colors on a single swatch.
Accord… Read More »
Published January 6, 2012
PPG has launched its new EC800 Ultra Fast Clearcoat, a high-production, 2.1-VOC air-dry clear for use with PPG’s Envirobase High Performance system. The new clear is intended to support high-volume collision repair centers focused on cutting re… Read More »
