Repaint Reporter

4 INSIDe LINe bringing innoVAtion to tHe surfACe If you haven't already noticed, PPG has a new branding slogan: Bringing innovation to the surface. In a minimum of words, I think it does a pretty neat job of summing up what we're all about at PPG—developing inventive, practical technologies and services that can assist our customers in elevating their business to the next level of excellence and success. Yet "Bringing innovation to the surface" represents only half of the equation for success. The other half rests with our customers and how they embrace innovation and put it to work effectively in their marketplace. In essence, that's a prime objective of the Repaint Reporter. Peruse this issue and you'll find interesting examples of people and businesses excelling at what they do and making it happen with PPG. A great example is the cover story on hall-of-famer Bobby Alloway's hot rod shop, and Bobby's tips for perfecting a flawless black finish using Deltron. ® And you should find value in reading how Vision Collision has embraced PPG waterborne and taken full advantage of its marketing potential. There's also a noteworthy message in the profile of the Imperial Speedster. Read how the consistent color capability of Envirobase ® High Performance was critical to providing the finishing touch to Murray Pfaff's one-of-a-kind SEMA showstopper. And don't miss the Taking Care of Business article where innovative thinking on how to run a lean collision center continues to be the focus. The bottom line message here is whether you are in the business of collision repair, custom builds or commercial, the Repaint Reporter is a great resource for tapping into the PPG innovations available to you. Greg benckart Vice President, Automotive Refinish USCA PPG'S FIRST RESIN PLANT IN CHINA IS UNDERWAY PPG Industries recently began operations of a new facility in the Zhangjiagang Yangtze International Chemical Industrial Park, Jiangsu Province, which is its first resin production plant in Mainland China. With initial production capacity of 27,000 metric tons per year, the plant will supply advanced resin products to PPG coatings plants and other customers in the region. The new plant will produce finished electrodeposition resins for use in the manufacture of automotive and industrial electrocoat products. It spans 60,000 square meters and incorporates "green" building materials by PPG such as low-VOC coatings and low-emissivity glass. PPG also operates resin-production facilities in the United States, Europe, Brazil, Australia, South Korea and Mexico. PPG LAUNCHES NEW HIGH-PERFORMANCE TRANSPARENCY FOR AEROSPACE INDUSTRY PPG's aerospace transparencies group recently launched a new high-performance aerospace transparency material at the Paris Air Show, under the brand name of Opticor. ™ As the first new transparent plastic developed in more than 50 years for aerospace applications, Opticor advanced transparency material is expected to replace stretched acrylic for passenger cabin windows because it weighs less and has better craze and fire resistance, according to Anthony Stone, global director for new business development and innovations for transparencies. The advanced transparency material has been selected by Gulfstream for the outboard surface of the passenger cabin windows in the new G650 ® business jet. The proprietary PPG plastic is laminated to stretched acrylic for increased stiffness and assembled with an inboard coated glass panel that can be heated for antifogging. PPG Aerospace is the world's largest supplier of aircraft windshields, windows and canopies. Jimmy Black at PPG's Huntsville, ala., aerosPace transParencies Plant examines a PassenGer caBin window for tHe Gulfstream G650 ® Business Jet witH new OpticOr advanced transParency material. CRUISIN'

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