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PPG WINS GLOBAL DESIGN AWARD FROM GROUPE RENAULT PPG's automotive OEM coatings business received the first-ever Global Design Award from Groupe Renault during a recent supplier awards ceremony in Paris. PPG earned this global honor, recognized for its development of the unique Rouge Flamme finish used exclusively by the carmaker. PPG had exclusively developed and began supplying the Rouge Flamme shade, a striking and innovative color that uses a complex red clearcoat, to Renault back in 2011. Renault uses the shade on models like the Twingo, the Clio 4, the Kadjar, Captur and new Megane. PPG PAINT BRANDS NAMED 'OFFICIAL PAINT OF THE NHL' PPG has made a multiyear corporate marketing agreement with the National Hockey League (NHL) to make PPG paint brands the Official Paint of the NHL ® in the U.S. and Canada. The agreement builds on PPG's 20-year naming rights agreement with the Pittsburgh Penguins ® hockey team for Pittsburgh's multipurpose arena, PPG Paints Arena. PPG is also the Official Paint Supplier of the Pittsburgh Penguins ® team. Bill Shaw Director Marketing & Strategic Sales USCA If you're like most, the return of spring creates that motivating desire to freshen up, clean up and initiate new improvement projects around the house. So I was thinking how one might take advantage of this and apply it to the collision shop business. First off, spring is a great time to clean up and reexamine the workplace, looking for ways to reorganize for better efficiency. To assist you in that effort, consider signing on to the 5S Workplace Organization course available from our MVP Business Solutions team. You'll learn helpful ideas and techniques for eliminating waste caused by disorganization and clutter, while creating an overall better working environment. It's also a good time to evaluate and invest in any new tools that can help your employees work smarter and more productively. For example, in this issue you can read about PPG's new XI color tools and how these advancements can help improve color accuracy, shop productivity and profitability. Spring may also be the right time to determine if technician skills and certifications need updating. Are technicians up to speed with the unique processes associated with aluminum repair or painting carbon fiber, for example? Is your painter's certification up to date as a requirement to offer the PPG Lifetime Limited Paint Performance Guarantee to your customers? Finally, encourage employees to contribute fresh ideas for springing the business forward with ways to improve the workplace, enhance customer satisfaction or add new sources of revenue. INSIDE LINE 4 SPRING YOUR SHOP FORWARD PPG RANKS NO. 1 ON FORTUNE 'MOST ADMIRED' LIST WITHIN ITS INDUSTRY SECTOR PPG ranks No. 1 in Fortune magazine's "World's Most Admired Companies" list in the Chemicals category industry sector. The company moved to the top of the rankings with a score of 7.14. PPG ranked first in seven of the nine key reputation attributes used by Fortune, including people management, use of corporate assets, quality of management, financial soundness, long-term investment and global competitiveness.