Driving Digital: Introducing AkzoNobel’s, digital Refinish+ coming to North America soon
Nashville, Tennessee — AkzoNobel has introduced Refinish+, a new digital platform designed to transform vehicle finishing businesses. Launched on Thursday, March 7 in Nashville, Tennessee, this tool aims to streamline operations, enhance efficiency, and boost profitability for body shops. To do this, Refinish+ aims to provide seamless access to AkzoNobel’s suite of digital tools, including […]
Tuesday Ticker: PPG, Axalta, AkzoNobel report Q4 and full-year 2023 results
Toronto, Ontario — This weekly Tuesday Ticker is focused on coatings performance for Q4 and full-year 2023. Check out earnings and reports from PPG, Axalta and AkzoNobel in this week’s feature. PPG marks more records PPG reported record fourth-quarter sales for 2023, with net sales of $4.4 billion, up four percent year-over-year. For the full […]
Bacteria, Begone: Nippon releases new anti-viral auto coating
Osaka, Japan – Nippon has released a new car interior coating intended for vehicles with frequently changing passengers, like taxis or car rentals. Named the Protection Car Interior VK Coat, it has the potential to reduce viral and bacterial presence by 99.9 percent, according to Nippon. This is achieved through hybrid photocatalyst – to simplify, […]
Growing Pains: Deteriorating road conditions could spell growth for collision repair industry
Toronto, Ontario — According to a report by Global Industry Analysts, poor road conditions amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic are expected to drive growth in the automotive aftercare market. Exterior and structural products such as laminated windows and glass were some of the most common products that were upgraded or replaced, according to the report. […]
Plastic Makes Perfect: Polyvance unveils new PR-05 refinishing course
Rainsville, Alabama — Polyvance has gotten some official recognition for its advancements in plastic repair education as the company’s PR-05 Texture Refinishing course was recently given I-CAR continuing education credit approval. The company said in it’s press release that the aim behind the course was to address a gap in plastic repair skills in the […]
Solve Your Paint Problems: Common auto painting troubleshooting tips
Toronto, Ontario – Painting is often one of the most overlooked aspects of the collision repair process, but a lot can go wrong in the booth and nothing acts more like a rolling advertisement for a shop than their paintwork. A key point to remember is that, like with most things, the first step in […]
PPG training schedule
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario – April 8, 2019 – PPG announced the schedule of its commercial coatings training classes for the second quarter of 2019. The courses set for the next three months will cover brands such as Delfleet essential and Delfleet Evolution along with other popular PPG commercial performance coating product lines. While […]
Market update: PPG completes SEM purchase, GM Oshawa retraining
By CRM staff Toronto – December 3, 2018 — This week in the market update, PPG adds to its product line with the purchase of SEM, and GM offers to retrain Oshawa assembly workers as auto service techs. GM: retrain assembly workers as auto service techsWith the looming closure of its Oshawa Assembly plant, GM […]
Market update: PPG shows slight growth, Ford invests in scooters
By CRM staff Toronto – November 13 – In this week’s midweek market update, Ford buys a scooter company, coatings inventory affects PPG sales in the auto refinish market, and Enterprise wins again. Let’s go for a SpinFord Smart Mobility, LLC has acquired Spin, a San Francisco-based electric scooter-sharing company providing an alternative for first- […]
Axalta opens world’s largest coatings research centre
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario — November 8, 2018 — Axalta has officially opened what it believes is the largest coatings research and development centre in the world, its Global Innovation Center located in the Navy Yard of Philadelphia. The 175,000-foot center offers specialty labs, as well as office space. To celebrate the grand opening, […]
