PPG Celebrates 20th Anniversary of OMNI Brand

PPG Industries’ automotive refinish business is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the OMNI refinish system. Introduced in 1995, the OMNI system offered a reliable resource for value-minded collision centers. At that time, repair shops could choose from a range of economical OMNI brand refinish products to get high-quality results while enhancing cycle times and profitability. Two decades later, the OMNI system is better than ever and consistently providing reliable performance to cost-conscious collision centers for their repair and refinish operations.

Since its debut, the OMNI brand has expanded and improved significantly. The OMNI Plus lineup was launched in 2005 as an extension of the OMNI basecoat system and has grown to include high-strength toners, special-effect pigments and diamond toners—all designed to elevate the color-matching accuracy, hiding power and performance of the entire OMNI line. In 2009, the OMNI LV compliant refinish system was added to address refinish requirements in regulated North American markets. Today, with its inclusive range of products from pretreatments to topcoats, the OMNI platform is capable of blending topcoat qualities with a wide choice of primers and clears to create a unique and efficient process.

“The PPG OMNI system has changed and improved considerably over the years,” said Jennifer Boros, PPG marketing director, collision segment. “In response to customers’ requests and as the result of our ongoing research and development, we’ve taken the steps to put the OMNI brand at the top of the value category. We take great pride in what the OMNI brand has become, and we’ll keep advancing it so it continues to be the smart choice for shops that want to produce quality finishes efficiently.”

Boros pointed out that new OMNI products are regularly introduced as they are developed to ensure system versatility. These include the recent addition of EUROPLUS clearcoats as well as production clearcoats to the OMNI LV lineup and the OMNI brand Color Deck, ensuring that the OMNI paint system continues to provide a high level of performance.