engineering and math, such as
jobs in advanced manufacturing; revitalization programs
for buildings and community
spaces; and organizations important to
employees through grant and matching-funds programs.
Axalta Partners With
TenPoint Complete for CSI
Services Using ProfitNet
Collision Shop Mgmt.
System
Axalta Coating Systems has announced
that TenPoint Complete has concluded
an electronic interface with ProfitNetTM
Collision Shop Management System
(CSMS) for Customer Satisfaction Index
(CSI) services.
ProfitNet is a software program designed to measure and manage all aspects of the collision repair business.
The program provides collision shop
owners with access to information that
they may need to help make decisions
regarding the productivity and profitability of their business.
The new ProfitNet CSMS interface,
an electronic export feature, can save
collision repair shops hours of manual
data transfer that is often done via fax
or email. With it, key information need-
ed for CSI services that adheres to the
Collision Industry Electronic Commerce
Association (CIECA) standards can be
transferred seamlessly.
“TenPoint Complete is widely used
by Axalta’s customers and various OEM
networks managed using Axalta OEM
Network services,” stated Tom McGarry,
Axalta’s North American Information
Technology Services Manager. “This lat-
est interface with TenPoint Complete
is another huge step to providing cut-
ting-edge technology to our customers
through our ProfitNet Collision Shop
Management System. Axalta is dedicated
to enhancing the ProfitNet system with
the latest technology to lower shops’ ad-
ministrative costs by providing a man-
agement solution that is affordable, easy
to use and able to communicate with all
industry software partners including CSI
services, dealership-management soft-
ware, paint software, parts procurement
software, auto rental services and ac-
counting software.”
“Our partnership with Axalta
demonstrates the ability to positively im-
pact multiple stakeholders with technol-
ogy solutions. This foundation will allow
us to provide up-to-date and economical
solutions to repair facilities,” said Michael
Sturgis with TenPoint Complete. “In to-
day’s market, repairers need to be able to
communicate with customers how and
when those customers want to be heard.
The ProfitNet CSMS integration ensures
repairer’s customers have a choice in how
they may wish to express themselves to
a repairer… customers now are able to
respond to surveys electronically or by
phone. This solution’s completeness en-
sures all customers can be heard from
and receive an exceptional experience.”
PPG Donates Coatings to
Refurbish Iconic Coney
Island Cyclone Roller
Coaster
PPG Industries’ protective and marine
coatings (PMC) business announced it is
supplying as much as 700 gallons of paint
to refurbish the Coney Island Cyclone
roller coaster at Luna Park, which is regarded as one of the world’s most famous
amusement park rides.
Patriotic Tank Earns New Flag to Fly
This 1.5-million-gallon water tank in Cocoa, Florida, which was
originally built in 1957, was recently named Tnemec’s 2015 Tank
of the Year after a recent renovation using high-performance
coating systems.
Located on Florida’s east coast near the John F. Kennedy
Space Center, the 156-foot-tall water tank was originally constructed to supply drinking water to a developing NASA space
program. In 1976, the tank became a community landmark after
Old Glory was painted on it to commemorate the nation’s Bicentennial. The flag on the water tank has since been tripled and
now three larger-than-life American flags surround the structure.
The structure’s exterior was prepared in accordance with
SSPC-SP 6/NACE No. 3 Commercial Blast Cleaning. Exterior
steel then received a prime coat of Series 90G-1K97 Tneme-Zinc,
a moisture-cured, zinc-rich primer that is single-component for
easier application, followed by an intermediate coat of Tnemec’s next-generation water-based epoxy, Series 27WB Typoxy.
In an effort to extend color and gloss retention beyond the
demonstrated performance of a urethane finish coat, the City
decided to utilize an advanced solution fluoropolymer finish, Se-
ries 700 HydroFlon. This coating outperforms other finishes for
water tanks, offering unprecedented protection against weath-
ering and UV light degradation. Using Series 700 in Old Glory
Red and Blue, the flags were repainted on the tank to scale.
“Based on the importance and the cost of this renovation,
the owner wanted to make sure that they had the best system
available to extend the tank’s maintenance cycle,” said Bill
Langer, Tnemec coating consultant in Florida. “We were able to
show them the options and they chose the finish with the highest performance characteristics.”
