National will continue to manufacture
all Petri products including the full line of
water-based, oil modified, and moisture
curing polyurethanes as well as the full
line of quick drying sealers at its facility
in North Brunswick, New Jersey.
“We are excited to have a company
of Petri’s reputation for premium products join our growing family of coatings. Petri is an approved vendor with
Sherwin Williams and the products
are available from over 3500+ store
locations across the USA,” said Mike
Schnurr, president of National.
National Paint Industries, established
in 1959 manufactures a broad line of
specialty coatings for the pleasure and
commercial marine, hardwood flooring,
swimming pool, and industrial maintenance markets.
Axalta Coating Systems
Invests in New UK Offices
Axalta Coating Systems has made a major investment in new headquarters for
the company’s UK operations. The new
facility includes an Academy for body
shop customers and will consolidate all
of Axalta’s liquid coating businesses offices in the country. The added capabilities of the new location are designed to
meet the needs of the company’s expanding portfolio of customers across liquid
coating business segments throughout the
UK. The new 2,106 square-meter facility
at Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire,
opened on December 16, 2013.
The Axalta Coating Systems Academy
will open in February 2014. Axalta’s
three global refinish brands, Cromax,
Spies Hecker and Standox, each will have
its own dedicated training room, mixing
area and spray booth. Refinish body shop
customers will hone their technical skills
at the Academy using Axalta products
and be able to make use of a large, communal 140 square-meter break-out area.
“This is an exciting time for our com-
pany and our customers in the UK,” ex-
plained Mike Davis, managing director
Axalta Coating Systems UK. “This in-
vestment demonstrates our commitment
to put our customers first. The Academy
will enable refinish craftsmen to learn
and to apply best practices to build their
businesses and keep pace with an ever-
changing market.”
“There has been a tremendous amount
of effort since February 2013 across
Axalta’s entire global business to get us
to operate as an independent paint com-
pany,” added Davis. “Only three months
after becoming an independent company
we announced a $50 million investment
to expand our production in
China. Today we continue to
work to be agile and flexible.
And with our investment into
our new UK offices and training academy, we look forward to accelerating our
growth as we continue to provide quality and innovative technologies and solutions to our customers.” CW
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