Axalta Partners with Karma Automotive to Bring Innovative Color and Design to 2018 SEMA Show
Axalta announced it is teaming with Karma Automotive to display their Axalta-painted Revero in Axalta’s booth no. 22391 during the 2018 SEMA Show.
Color Compass Corporation Joins Wesco Group
The Wesco Group, a leading paint, body and equipment distributor in the western U.S., announced that Color Compass Corp. has joined the Wesco family of companies.
UYL Color Named One of Nation’s Fastest-Growing Inner City Businesses
The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) announced that UYL Color Supply has made the 2018 Inner City 100 list of the fastest-growing inner city businesses in America, based on revenue growth.
Axalta Color Retrieval System Named 2018 R&D 100 Awards Finalist
Axalta announced that its Color Retrieval System featuring Acquire Quantum EFX was named a finalist for R&D Magazine’s 2018 R&D 100 Awards, which features the top 100 revolutionary technologies of the past year.
Colorado Springs Hailstorm Ranks Second in Area for Damage
A large hailstorm hit southwest Colorado Springs on Aug. 6 with softball-sized hail, causing $172.8 million in damage to vehicles and homes, according to an article in the Colorado Springs Gazette.
Axalta Invests in Color Targeting Program
With 2019 model year vehicles beginning to enter the market, Axalta’s color team is accelerating color data collection to equip collision centers with the information they need to refinish consumers’ late-model vehicles.
Painters Supply & Equipment Acquires Cooper Color
The acquisition adds two locations in Missouri and Illinois and further expands Painters Supply & Equipment’s market presence in the midwestern U.S.
BASF 2018-2019 Auto Color Trends Inspired by Future Mobility
BASF has released its 2018-2019 Automotive Color Trends theme of “Keep it Real,” which was chosen because of focus on innovations in artificial intelligence and autonomous driving making the need to return to the human element and emotions increasingly important.
PPG Introduces MeasureColor Mobile Color-Matching App
MeasureColor Mobile, available in the United States and Canada, combines cloud technology with a handheld, Bluetooth-enabled scanning device to read a color, interpret the data and quickly send the closest PPG color match to the app on a customer’s tablet or smartphone.
AkzoNobel Combines Digital Tools to Improve Color-Matching
The new offering combines the company’s Automatchic hand-held spectrophotometer with its MIXIT digital color retrieval technology.
