Collision repair facilities in China can now buy refinish paint online at BASF’s newly launched Coatings flagship shop on 1688.com, China’s online business to business platform. The online shop at basfcoatings.1688.com will feature the new Yindi Ready Mix Colors range, an enhanced color palette of 30 of the latest and most popular color choices for […]
Refinish Paint Distributor Fined for VOC Violations in Ontario, Canada
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) announced that Fine Auto Paints and Supplies Ltd. of Scarborough, Ontario, was fined $25,000, after pleading guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice on September 13, to one count of contravening the Volatile Organic Compound Concentration Limits for Automotive Refinishing Products Regulations, under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. […]
BASF Names Distributor of the Year
KAPE/Capital Paint won the BASF Automotive Refinish 2016 Distributor of the Year award at the annual ColorSource conference. Approximately 130 single-line distribution partners attended the conference in Clearwater Beach, Fla. “KAPE/Capital has been a key partner of BASF’s for years, showing double digit growth for more than five consecutive years,” said BASF North American Distribution […]
PPG Announces Two Platinum Distributor of the Year Award Winners for the First Time
In an unprecedented move, PPG named two distributors—Southern Auto Color of Gainesville, Ga., and Tasco Auto Color of Houston, Texas—as the recipients of its Platinum Distributor of the Year award. It was the first time PPG has given the prestigious recognition to more than one distributor. Bob Wenzinger, director of the PPG Platinum Distributor program, […]
Car-O-Liner Adds New Distributor in British Columbia, Canada
Car-O-Liner announced that Color Compass Corporation is its newest distributor with a territory representing British Columbia, Canada. Color Compass Corporation is the largest independent automotive refinishes and related auto body supplies distributor in Canada. Through the years, Color Compass Corporation has grown to a team of over 265 dedicated staff operating within 27 locations throughout […]
FinishMaster Acquires A. D’Angelo & Sons, Inc.
FinishMaster, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Uni-Select Inc. (TSE:UNS), announced it has acquired A. D’Angelo & Sons, Inc. expanding the company’s footprint in the state of California and in two major metropolitan markets in Las Vegas, Nev. and Phoenix, Ariz. With the purchase of Acme Paint Company in 1956, Arthur “Art” D’Angelo Sr. was determined […]
FinishMaster Announces Two Jobber Acquisitions in New Jersey and Massachusetts
FinishMaster, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Uni-Select Inc. (TSE:UNS), announced it has completed the acquisition of both Blaise of Color Inc.in Plainfield, N.J. and Crown Auto Body Supply LLC in Salem, Massachusetts. Blaise opened its doors in 1987 and has served the New Jersey market from one location for nearly three decades. FinishMaster currently operates […]
FinishMaster Canada Acquires Vancouver Autocolor
Uni-Select Inc. (TSE:UNS) announced the acquisition of Vancouver Autocolor Ltd. by its FinishMaster Canada Inc. subsidiary. Founded in 1999, Vancouver Autocolor is an independent distributor of automotive paint finishes from PPG Industries Inc. as well as paint related products and services to customers through three locations in British Columbia. “We are thrilled to add this […]
BASF Details Recent Distributor Changes
BASF has made several announcements over the last few months about new distributors in some markets around the country including in Denver, Colo., Fort Myers, Fla.; and California. In response to several questions from our subscribers, CollisionWeek reached out to BASF to help our collision repair facility readers understand why these changes were made from […]
Robert W. Mallon Acquired by Colours, Inc.
Robert W. Mallon Inc., the paint, body and equipment (PBE) distributor serving the collision repair industry from locations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, has been acquired by Colours, Inc., the PPG Platinum paint distributor. Together with the Mallon Auto Paint locations in Warrenton, Pa. and Pennsauken N.J., Colours now operates 32 locations in New York, […]