Sherwin-Williams Highlights Customer Productivity Gains at WTW2

NTEA’s Work Truck Week 2025 – happening March 4-7 in Indianapolis – highlights advancements in commercial vehicle technology from leaders across the industry. The Sherwin-Williams General Industrial division is among key participants, showcasing innovative coatings proven to enhance efficiency and production in the commercial vehicle industry at Booth 4125.

Transportation and commercial vehicle manufacturers are constantly striving to reduce costs and boost capacity without compromising quality. Sherwin-Williams General Industrial helps them do this by acting as an extension of their paint team – learning a customer’s operations, optimizing finishing processes and implementing solutions that eliminate bottlenecks. By improving efficiency and reducing waste, Sherwin-Williams turns the paint line into a seamless, cost-effective operation that drives productivity and profitability.
At Work Truck Week, Sherwin-Williams is sharing real-world examples of the cost savings and operational improvements customers achieved with products like Duraspar Industrial Performance™ (IP), Genesis® and Powdura OneCure. Attendees can visit the Company’s booth to see how Sherwin-Williams products can help them achieve results like this:

Fueling Efficiency to Achieve 300% Projected Productivity Gain

Efficiency is critical to maximizing production on the finishing line, yet many manufacturers don’t realize how much opportunity they have to improve. One work truck manufacturer reached out to Sherwin-Williams for help. The company needed to increase capacity to fulfill a new contract. At the time, limitations of the company’s paint process only allowed them to finish one unit per shift. Sherwin-Williams brought in a team of experts to audit their paint line and uncovered several opportunities to improve efficiency and profitability, including eliminating unnecessary steps in their process, switching to an easy-to-apply polyurethane paint system and streamlining masking.

These changes, along with comprehensive training and support from Sherwin-Williams local Technical Service teams, transformed the company’s finishing line to a more linear process, significantly reducing total finishing time per unit and lower finishing cost per unit to a quarter of the customer’s previous spend. Now, the customer has the potential to produce up to four units per shift, which could increase profit by more than $600,000 per month.

“Anyone can claim to have the best products in the industry,” said Kirk Lipes, Global Business Director of Transportation at Sherwin-Williams. “But great products are just the start. Driving a real impact requires a partnership – a deep understanding of the customers’ operations and a shared commitment to continuous improvement. By going beyond the traditional supplier relationship, we’re able to transform our customers’ finishing lines, eliminating bottlenecks and creating efficiencies that result in significant savings.  It’s a win-win for the OEM, as well as Sherwin-Williams.”

Visit Sherwin-Williams at Booth 4125

As a trusted provider for the transportation sector, Sherwin-Williams remains dedicated to advancing solutions that meet the industry’s evolving needs. The Company is featuring innovative liquid, powder and electrocoat technologies at Booth 4125 during NTEA’s Work Truck Week 2025. Attendees are encouraged to stop by to explore the full line of work truck coatings and discover how solutions like Duraspar IP, Genesis and Powdura OneCure can enhance finishing operations, streamline processes and boost profitability.