Jon Dulude has joined Italian autobody equipment supplier Symach as vice-president of business development for North America.
Dulude previously served as vice-president of business development at asTech, a U.S.-based Repairify business providing diagnostic scanning, programming and calibration services to collision repairers.
Symach is based in Calderara di Reno, near Bologna, Italy. Its services include designing new collision repair centres and reorganizing existing auto bodyshops, with equipment and workstations arranged around the repair process.
Its FixLine system moves vehicles on carriers through a sequence of preparation and refinishing stations. The process includes primer application, sanding, masking, painting, curing and finishing. The layout is designed to reduce vehicle handling and waiting between operations. symach.com
Symach also supplies infrared and ultraviolet curing equipment for body filler, primer and clearcoat.
