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May 3, 2013
By: KERRY PIANOFORTE
Editor, Coatings World
PPG Automotive Refinish has introduced Paint It for the NEXA AUTOCOLOR brand. Paint It is the fast, reliable tool that collision centers can use to identify the right color for vehicle repair, according to the company. The Paint It application has been enhanced to provide more model years, additional language capability and greater device functionality. Paint It for the Nexa Autocolor brand is an innovative web-based application that makes vehicle color identification and selection simpler and more accurate. It is designed to be intuitive for refinish industry professionals who use a variety of color identification tools. No special software is required to run the application. With the introduction of this version, Paint It has incorporated several new features. Paint It can now be accessed remotely on a variety of Web-enabled tablet devices using the most popular operating platforms, making it suitable for field work and on-the-spot reference from any location. In addition, Paint It is multilingual with French and Spanish language options available. Paint It for the Nexa Autocolor brand, and now Paint It for PPG, covers a wide range of model years (2008-2013 domestic and import). The two versions will be continuously updated for additional domestic and import model years and as new OEM colors are introduced. “The introduction of Paint It for the Nexa Autocolor brand and our continuous refinement of the application represents our commitment to making color search and the entire refinish process easier and faster for our customers,” said Mary Kimbro, PPG global color director, “By using Paint It, automotive industry professionals have a very simple way to look for a vehicle’s color formulation. Color search has never been so effortless.” Paint It is accessible through ppgpaintit.com or nexaautocolorpaintit.com Users can search for a vehicle’s color by year, model, color family, finish effect or usage. Images and data are linked together for quick and easy search results. Once the correct color is identified, formula retrieval is a click away via the Online Color Formulation tool.
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