PPG Announces 2012 Show Truck Tour Schedule
PPG says its colorful, custom-painted show truck will make 19 appearances in 16 states this year.
PPG 2011 Show Truck Schedule Released
PPG has announced the 2011 tour schedule for its popular and colorful show truck. The 75-foot 2007 Freightliner Coronado tractor-trailer rig is a self-contained mobile exhibit featuring PPG paint products in a variety of eye-catching displays. The truck will crisscross the country from March through October, stopping at major truck, car and hot rod events.
Outlaw Customs’ PPG-Finished Vigilante Wins Big Rig Build-Off
“Vigilante” – Outlaw Customs’ entry at the Overdrive annual Pride & Polish Truck Beauty Contest and Big Rig Build-Off held at the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville, Ky., March 19-21 – took this year’s “People’s Choice” award. The PPG-finished truck, a 2002 Peterbilt 379, featured a black-and-silver matte paint scheme. “We worked on this
Mercedes-Benz Approves PPG Brands for All Repairs
Daimler AG, manufacturer of Mercedes-Benz vehicles, has approved PPG’s Global Refinish System, including its Envirobase High Performance waterborne basecoat, for repair in North America of all Mercedes-Benz passenger cars. In addition, PPG’s Delfleet commercial coatings system has been approved for repair of Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles. The approvals were based on the results of a four-day
Spartan Chassis, Inc. Honors PPG with 2008 SPARC Award
Spartan Chassis, Inc., a Charlotte, Mich.-based manufacturer of custom chassis and vehicles for the national emergency-rescue, recreational and specialty vehicle markets, recently honored PPG with its 2008 SPARC Award for outstanding supplier performance. The SPARC award, an acronym for “Supplier Performance Action Review Committee,” is based on a Spartan Chassis supplier’s engineering and manufacturing support,
PPG to Offer 2008 Training Courses
PPG Automotive Refinish will present courses ranging from technical training to business management throughout 2008 in 14 state-of-the-art PPG Business Development Center locations across North America and in more than 100 other markets. Last year, more than 11,000 students participated in the company’s training courses. Course categories for 2008 include: Collision Refinish, including Color (theory