• Axalta brings brands together under single management
    • 22/03/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Categories: Featured, News
    Axalta has announced the appointment of Jason Hopkins in the newly created role of UK and Ireland country manager, Axalta and U-POL. He will report to Redhwan Amine, Axalta’s West and North Europe territory business director. Amine said: “Bringing together both these prestigious businesses under the same [...]
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  • Grove Group enhances detailing range
    • 16/02/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Leading supplier of automotive refinishing products Grove Group has announced the expansion of its GTi product range with a brand-new line of detailing products. The new line, which includes a variety of items such as cleaners, air fresheners, and waxes, has been developed with the latest technology to provide a [...]
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  • Axalta announces 2023 Colour of the Year
    • 18/01/2023
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Axalta Coating Systems has announced that its 2023 Global Automotive Colour of the Year is Techno Blue. This is the ninth year the company has featured a trending colour. Axalta’s 2022 Automotive Colour Trends Powered by Colour highlights the generational trends, changing reality and positive outlook that [...]
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  • BASF collects prestigious innovation award
    • 11/11/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    BASF’s UK Automotive Refinish team has been awarded the 2022 British Coatings Federation (BCF) Sustainable Innovation Manufacturer Award. It collected the award for its new waterborne basecoat system AGILIS by R-M, BASF’s premium refinish brand. The Sustainable Innovation award recognises and celebrates [...]
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  • Audatex announces paint material tables update
    • 16/06/2022
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: News
    Audatex has announced that its paint material tables are being updated on Friday, 17 June. This follows its recent update regarding paint manufacturer price changes. Audatex said that the impact of the detailed data supplied by the paint manufacturers is an indicative average increase of 7.82% on the calculated [...]
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  • New shop for Gemini Australia
    • 08/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Symach has delivered a new shop for the Gemini group in Wacol, Brisbane, Australia, it is the fifth bodyshop delivered by Symach for Gemini in the last 24 months. The bodyshop is the biggest in Australia and can complete 190 repairs per week, which equates to 38 per day. This is made possible by using the FixLine [...]
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  • Cromax devise range of repair systems
    • 08/07/2015
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: News
    Cromax has devised a range of four repair systems that cover everything from spot repairs to refinishing top of the range, premium vehicles. They have been designed to help refinishers carry out quality repairs using products engineered for fast and accurate application. The different Cromax repair systems can be [...]
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