Sassenheim, The Netherlands--August 10, 2010--AkzoNobel Car Refinishes has gone mobile and brought the Sikkens Mixit Online colour retrieval system to mobile phones.

Sikkens Mixit Online can now be accessed 24 hours a day, seven days a week from any mobile phone that connects to the Internet and is available free of charge to AkzoNobel Car Refinishes customers.

With the new mobile online option, it’s no longer necessary to request formula information from a laptop or desktop. All the customer needs to do is to enter simple, straight-forward search criteria (such as make, year, colour code and/or colour group) via the mobile phone. From there, the AkzoNobel colour retrieval system provides the formula for the colour match.

AkzoNobel’s software designers have developed an interface that adjusts the layout to the size and shape of the user’s smartphone screen. The technology delivers web pages on smartphones such as Blackberries, the HTC HD2, the Nokia N900 and dozens of others, and is compatible with the Windows Mobile, Windows Phone 7, and Android mobile operating systems. The same information is also available on older web-enabled mobile phones, but it is then delivered as text instead of web pages.

Along with the smartphone application, AkzoNobel is offering iMatchColor for customers with an Apple iPhone (OS level 3.1.3 or higher), iPod Touch or iPad. The app can be downloaded free of charge from Apple’s App store, and delivers even more convenience by taking advantage of the iPhone interface and tools.