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AkzoNobel’s Acoat Selected Network Celebrates 40th Anniversary

April 11, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

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2016 marks the 40th anniversary of the AkzoNobel’s Acoat Selected network of premium body shops. AkzoNobel pioneered the premium bodyshop network in the 1970s when it established Acoat Selected as a business improvement program for customers of Sikkens, one of AkzoNobel’s premium vehicle refinishes brands. Its members, which include both independently owned bodyshops and bodyshop […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acoat Selected, AkzoNobel

Applications Available for AkzoNobel Sustainability Grant for Collision Repair Schools

March 2, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

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For the third year, the Collision Repair Education Foundation and AkzoNobel are collaborating to offer the Sustainability Challenge Grant for collision repair programs in secondary and post-secondary schools throughout the U.S. The application is part of the Collision Repair Education Foundation’s Ultimate Collision Education Makeover grant, and the deadline for both grants is June 3, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AkzoNobel, Collision Repair Education Foundation, Sustainability

AkzoNobel Acquires BASF’s Industrial Coatings Business

February 17, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

AkzoNobel today has made an agreed offer to acquire BASF’s Industrial Coatings business for €475 million ($528.2 million). The transaction would include technologies, patents and trademarks, as well as securing supply to customers worldwide. Two manufacturing plants, one in Deeside, England, and one in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa. would also be transferred to AkzoNobel. The business […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acquisitions, AkzoNobel, BASF, Industrial Coatings

AkzoNobel Announces 2016 Distributor Council

February 12, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

AkzoNobel’s Vehicle Refinishes announced the members of its 2016 Distributor Council. The Distributor Council of Vehicle Refinishes spans the company’s thirty year history in North America. Over this period of time Vehicle Refinishes has looked to advisory bodies drawn from its distribution network to assist AkzoNobel in establishing frameworks for our business practices as well […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AkzoNobel, PBE Distributor

AkzoNobel Salutes Outstanding Students with Sustainability Challenge Grant

January 27, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

AkzoNobel announced six outstanding students in its 2015 Sustainability Challenge Grant program. In its second year, the program awarded $50,000 in grant funding to selected high schools and colleges with collision repair programs to advance continuous improvement and sustainable business principles. The students were nominated by their instructors for exemplifying exceptional leadership, initiative and commitment. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AkzoNobel, Grants, Sustainability

Registration Open for Acoat selected Winter Conference

January 22, 2016 By CollisionWeek Editor

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AkzoNobel’s Vehicle Refinishes will host the 45th semi-annual gathering of the Acoat selected North American Performance Groups on February 24-25 at the Hilton Waterfront Beach Resort in Huntington Beach, Calif. It is the first of two national Acoat selected gatherings conducted annually by AkzoNobel. Attendees will participate in classes designed to stimulate thinking, enhance personal […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Acoat, AkzoNobel, Winter Conference

Moreland to Retire from AkzoNobel

September 3, 2015 By CollisionWeek Editor

Tom Moreland, Strategic Accounts Manager and Industry Relations Manager for AkzoNobel Vehicle Refinishes North America, has announced his intentions to retire by the end of 2015. Well known throughout the collision repair industry, Moreland participated with numerous industry groups and major industry associations including the Automotive Service Association (ASA), Collision Industry Conference (CIC), the Inter-Industry […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AkzoNobel, People

Sterling Autobody Completes System-Wide Waterborne Conversion

September 30, 2010 By CollisionWeek Editor

Sterling Autobody Centers announced it has completed its network-wide conversion to waterborne paint. The transition began in June and took less than three months to complete. All 62 Sterling locations are presently using the waterborne system. Sterling President Nick Notte said “I am pleased with the speed of the transition. I commend Sterling leadership for […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: AkzoNobel, Sterling Autobody Centers, Waterborne

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