Facility includes Refinish Training Center. Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) formally opened its Asia-Pacific Technology Center (APTC), in the Minhang District of Shanghai. Announced in 2015, the APTC has a total of 15,500 square meters of space, the APTC expands resources available to Axalta’s global organization of more than 1,300 scientists, engineers, and staff engaged in […]
Mike’s Auto Body In-House Training Program Graduates Second Technician Class
Mike’s Auto Body, the California-based multiple collision repair shop operator, announced that four students have graduated from the company’s in-house training program on February 27. When Lorenzo Algood graduated from the Metal Tech Training Program with three others onat the company’s training facility in Antioch, Calif., it was also a celebration for the entire Algood […]
Axalta Opens Refinish Academy in Sweden
New facility to serve Axalta’s collision repair and refinish customers from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) announced the opening of its new Axalta Refinish Academy Nordic earlier this month. The facility, located in Sisjön, 20 minutes south of Gothenburg, Sweden, houses not only the latest generation training center for Axalta’s […]
Axalta Opens Regional Office, Plans Refinish Training Center in Dubai
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) has formally opened its regional office in Dubai’s Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority (JAFZA). Designed to expand its regional sales and customer service capability, Axalta’s investment is in response to the region’s continued growth that is outperforming other global markets in automotive industry sales. In addition to this strategic milestone in […]
Sullivan’s Equipment Opens Training Center
Car-O-Liner announced that its distributor, Sullivan’s Equipment Sales and Service in Danville, Ind., has opened an on-site training center. The 13,000 sq. ft. warehouse includes a remodeled training area that will feature live repairs, OEM training, proper sectioning processes and more, said Craig Sullivan, Owner and President of Sullivan’s Equipment. “Rather than telling a technician […]
Axalta Opens Renovated Cromax Training Center in Belgium
Axalta Coating Systems announced it has recently opened its renovated Cromax training headquarters for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, in Mechelen, Belgium. Extensive work was carried out at The Cromax Training Centre (CTC) in two phases over two years and has seen the facility being completely overhauled – both cosmetically and technologically […]
BASF to Open Automotive Competence Center in Houston
BASF will open a new Refinish Competence Center in Houston, Texas on March 7. The center includes the latest in virtual and in-person training facilities, state-of-the-art spray booths and market-leading application equipment to enable next generation training for all job functions in the collision repair industry. “We’re not only teaching the latest painting techniques here […]
PPG Completes Paint and Coatings Research and Development Hub Investment
PPG announced the completion of a $7.8 million investment in its Coatings Innovation Center in Allison Park, Pa., just 20 minutes from its global headquarters in Pittsburgh. A renovated refinish training center was part of the project. The upgrades to the facility include increased laboratory and testing space and upgraded equipment that improves the technical […]
Axalta Breaks Ground on Asia Pacific Technology Center in Shanghai
Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE:AXTA) commenced construction of its Asia Pacific Technology Center (APTC) that it announced earlier this year. Scheduled to be operational in third-quarter 2016, the regional technology center will be equipped to undertake fundamental research and develop new coating applications, including the latest generation paint formulations, colors, resin development, dispersion technology, spray application […]