THE VOICE OF THE AFRICAN COLLISION REPAIR INDUSTRY

Various stakeholders met to form a collaborative approach to the rampant increases being seen in vehicle salvage rates across South Africa. Once again it’s the customer who is left high and dry with these very low write-off rates implemented. It’s a short term view of business for all.

Training in South Africa is becoming multi-faceted to address the needs of the market, from short courses through to reaching the more rural areas where workers are being qualified as they already have the experience.

The new BMW ColorSystem is a sustainable and simple system developed by Axalta. Curing times are incredible and will allow you to create far more throughput with very little baking needed – if any. Tweaking your mindset and processes is what will need to happen to reap the full benefits.

BASF Coatings Services, through its Glasurit brand, is actively promoting awareness of sustainability in the local industry. The focus is to steer the market towards utilising sustainable paint solutions. As part of this initiative, BASF Coatings Services has introduced the Glasurit Recognised Sustainable Partner programme.

The South African Repair and Towing Association’s (SARTA) held their third quarterly meeting at Hurricane Equipment’s showroom in Centurion. Attendees had the opportunity to interact with their vast product range that they have hand-picked for the collision repair industry.

New Paint for a New Start initiative is part of PPG’s COLOURFUL COMMUNITIES® programme. The company recently completed a R1.5-million refurbishment at Mamelodi High School in Pretoria. The local project brought together more than 80 South African volunteers, including PPG employees, customers, suppliers and schoolteachers.

Comparing Squeeze-Type Resistance Spot Welding (STRSW) and Mig welding, you see that STRSW improved the repairer’s ability to duplicate the factory build process in many ways, adding tremendous value to the industry.

The team at Auto Tech Paints have seen an increasing demand for better automotive colour matching with quality finishes at a value price. This is what Challenger – a refinish brand from Axalta – offers their clients, while exceeding expectations on all fronts.