Refinish Distributors Alliance Adds New Member - BodyShop Business

Refinish Distributors Alliance Adds New Member

Addition of Auto Paint & Supply in Waukesha, Wis., grows RDA's membership across 23 states.

The Refinish Distributors Alliance (RDA) has added a new member, Auto Paint & Supply, headquartered in Waukesha, Wis. With this addition, RDA continues to grow their membership across 23 states.

"We are excited to have Auto Paint & Supply join the RDA/IMPACT group and look forward to their participation in our organization,” said Robert McKenzie Jr., executive director of the RDA.

Auto Paint & Supply is a family-owned business with four locations in Wisconsin: Waukesha, Walworth, Racine and Middleton. Owners Doug, Sharon and Adam Vanderhei said they’re looking forward to networking with the group and exchanging best practices and marketing strategies, as well as supporting the IMPACT line of products. The company has been in business for 71 years and is a multi-line distributor supporting the Axalta, PPG and BASF paint lines.      

RDA/IMPACT is the largest national group of refinish jobbers dedicated to providing quality services and products to their collision shops. RDA has 17 members, representing 185 locations. Members service over 3,600 collision centers throughout the U.S. They represent a cross-section of all major refinish brands and gross over $455 million in sales as a group, comprising around 17 percent of the refinish business nationwide.  


More information:

Those interested in joining RDA/IMPACT should contact Robert McKenzie Jr. at (731) 217-9081 or [email protected].

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