Refinishing

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PPG Announces Leadership Changes for 2025

These changes position experienced leaders in roles across the company's automotive, packaging and traffic solutions divisions.
Autobody News Staff
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Marya Salim Joins AkzoNobel as Regional Marketing Director for North America

Salim will oversee marketing strategy development, branding, pricing and promotional activities across several key business segments for AkzoNobel.
Autobody News Staff
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PPG MOONWALK® Paint Mixing System Now Has Customers in All 50 States

PPG will mark the milestone with a special event at its Nebraska customer, Morrow Collision Center in Lincoln, later this year.
Autobody News Staff
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LKQ PBE, FinishMaster Merge to Form LKQ Refinish

The combined LKQ Refinish division now serves more than 40,000 customers across North America.
Autobody News Staff
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Axalta Nimbus’ Cloud-Based Platform to Increase Refinish Customers’ Productivity

The new application connects all of Axalta’s tools and resources in a single platform to improve shops’ performance.
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3M, Axalta Announce Collaboration on New Training for Collision Industry

The companies are producing free training modules to help shops improve their repair processes, leading to better outcomes.
Stacey Phillips Ronak
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Axalta Irus Mix – A Leap Forward in Refinish Technology

Axalta Irus Mix is the future for bodyshops. It is the fastest fully automated, completely hands-free mixing machine for the automotive refinish industry.
Axalta
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California Autobody Association Announces New Sponsor Martin Auto Color

Martin Auto Color has more than 200 associates and 31 distributorships, making it one of the largest PPG paint distributors west of the Mississippi River.
Autobody News Staff
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Telesis Collision Center Leads with Eco-Friendly Auto Body Repair Tech

The collision repair facility uses waterborne paints to reduce cycle time and environmental impacts.
Autobody News Staff
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AkzoNobel Appoints Rochelle Schuette Digital Transformation Manager

Schuette, who joined AkzoNobel in 2019, will champion Carbeat and its user experience, as well as AkzoNobel's digital color management system, MIXIT.
Autobody News Staff

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