Press Releases

Warrensville Heights, OH - Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes (SWAF) is proud to congratulate Gullo Toyota of Conroe, Texas, for being named the Toyota Certified Collision Center of the Year. Recognized for its undeniable success within the automotive repair industry, the collision center received the highest honor from Toyota Motor Sales, USA. The award is based on meeting Toyota’s highest standards for customer service and rigid criteria for productivity in numerous key areas of the collision business.  

Conroe , Texas – Gullo Ford-Mercury, a leading Conroe, Texas dealership and collision repair facility, and its owner Billy Coleman, were named as the recipient of Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes (SWAF), A-Plus™ Network Vision Group dealer repair facility of the year award.

Ephrata , Penn. – Barry’s Paint Shop , a leading Ephrata, Pa., collision repair facility, and its owner Barry Burkholder, were named as the recipient of Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes (SWAF), A-Plus™ Network Vision Group repair facility of the year award.

Bear, Del. – Master Tech Collision , a leading Bear, Delaware collision repair facility, and its owner Jim Hill, were named as the recipient of Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes (SWAF), A-Plus™ Network Vision Group repair facility of the year award.

Warrensville Heights, OH - Maintaining proper inventory stock levels is critical for maximizing profitability and growth potential.  With this in mind, Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes unveiled its new inventory management tool, Lean Stock™ Inventory System, to help collision shop owners and managers improve productivity, product availability and consistency.  With a greater control of inventory, shops will ultimately lower inventory dollars, better manage shelf life of products and have less waste and increase profits.

Warrensville Heights, OH - Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes will offer thirty-six classes and training sessions designed to help automotive collision professionals in the second quarter of 2010.

Warrensville Heights, OH - Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes announced it will begin its 2010 A-Plus™ Network University EcoLean™ workshops at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, March 9-10, 2010.

Las Vegas – Three lucky visitors to the Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes booth as the recent NACE show had a good reason to get "fired up" about the show, and the company's latest innovation - the HP™ Refinish System with Air-Dry Technology.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio – General Motors has approved, on a global basis, the HPC21 clearcoat with Air Dry Technology from Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Corp. (SWAFC).

Orlando, Fla. - Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes A-Plus™ Network recently held its Vision Group Conference at the Villas of Grand Cypress in Orlando, Fla.  The conference provided the more than 60 leading collision shop owners and managers with world-class training, top industry speakers and group breakout sessions, all with a focus on succeeding in a difficult economic climate.

Warrensville Heights, OH - Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes will offer more than two-dozen classes and training sessions designed to help automotive collision professionals in the first quarter of 2010.

Warrensville Heights, OH –Planet Color® Custom Paints and Finishes from Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Corp. (SWAFC) has been a tremendous hit among custom automotive enthusiasts, painters and shop owners alike. All Planet Color custom paints and coatings are based upon SWAFC's exclusive OEM-approved system.

Las Vegas - October, 2009 - Ever heard of 'Blisterin' Blue. 'LeMans Blue Pearl.' 'Big Bad Orange.' 'Crazy Cuda'. 'Hemi Violet?'

Warrensville Heights, OH – Classic car enthusiasts want classic color when they’re painstakingly restoring their prized muscle and high performance cars.

Warrensville Heights, OH – Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Corp. (SWAFC) will again be exhibiting and making a strong presence at the upcoming NACE International Autobody Congress & Exposition, November 5 – 7, 2009. The company has long recognized the benefits of partnering with the autobody collision industry and notes the annual show is the largest gathering of automotive repair professionals in the country.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio – In 2009 Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes (SWAF) introduced its first A-Plus™ Network University EcoLean™ workshops and subsequently produced four of the programs before the end of the year.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio – Body shop owners in California and Canada are switching over to waterborne finishes in droves, but collision centers nationwide also have a premium solution from a name they can trust – Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Corp. (SWAFC).

Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Corp. (SWAFC) A-Plus® Network announced a new strategic alliance with American Honda. In forming Honda's new Body Shop Recognition Program, Honda has approved the criteria set forth for A-Plus™ Network membership as a qualifying performance program.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio – Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Corporation (SWAFC) announced it will hold a second A-Plus™ University EcoLean™ workshop at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, June 9 – 10, 2009.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio – The Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Corp (SWAFC) A-Plus™ Network is an exclusive group of collision repair specialists who reflect the industry’s highest standards. These leading shop owners and their facilities are part of the brand’s leading value added program that combines comprehensive business solutions to help them improve customer service, employee growth, insurance relationships, process refinement, productivity and profitability.

Warrensville Heights , OH – The University of Toyota recently announced its continued partnership with Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Corp. (SWAFC) to offer the "Estimating Solutions for Profit" class as part of its estimator certification program.

Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes (SWAF) announced it has launched one of the collision industry’s most effective informational tools, the updated Web site at www.sherwin-automotive.com. The expanded site was designed to take advantage of the more than 200,000 organic search hits and five million page views the site gets each year by making them more informational as well as educational.

Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Corp. (SWAFC) announced it has launched one of the collision industry’s most effective informational tools, the updated Web site at www.sherwin-automotive.com. The expanded site was designed to take advantage of the more than 200,000 organic search hits and five million page views the site gets each year by making them more informational as well as educational.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio – Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Corporation (SWAFC) is proud to introduce EcoLeanTM, an exclusive suite of training and services.

The program is an industry first, combining two of the most powerful forces in today’s collision repair market: lean production, and green business solutions. EcoLean allows collision repair shops to take advantage of these two important disciplines through a sustainable program to drive profitability through the reduction of waste.

EcoLean was built around an idea that Sherwin-Williams calls P3 TM, designed to help body shops improve their Productivity and Profitability, while working toward a healthier Planet.

“We are excited to introduce EcoLean ” said Rodes Brown, SWAFC Manager–Marketing Strategic Programs. “We see the market moving rapidly toward leaner and more environmentally responsible business models, and we have built a compelling set of tools and services to help our customers drive efficiency and reduce waste, both financial and environmental.”

The new HP Process™ with Air-Bake™ technology from Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes combines the simplicity of yesterday’s automotive paints with forward-thinking, modern technology.

Thanks to the new Express Scratch Repair (ESR) technology from Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Corp. (SWAFC), dealerships and collision repair shops have a new source of revenue - those small scratches, dents and dings from minor accidents that car owners don’t usually have repaired.

Approval Expands Sherwin-Williams Reach in Europe, Asia and Other Worldwide Markets

Provides Cost-effective, Durable Coating Alternatives

In a special, one-time promotion, Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Corp. (SWAFC) is teaming up with 3M and will Cover the Earth (or in this case, cover the hood, roof, trunk and body panels) of the No. 16 Ford Fusion driven by Greg Biffle of Roush Fenway Racing – at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race, Sunday, September 28, at Kansas Speedway.

A very exciting race at the Kansas City 400 proved that Greg Biffle, our Sherwin-Williams Nascar driver, could really move! He placed 3rd, beating Jeff Gordon and 15 other drivers.