SHERWIN-WILLIAMS AUTOMOTIVE FINISHES ANNOUNCES ‘FIRED UP’ CUSTOMERS AT NACE SHOW

January 2010

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

Michael Duran of Newport Beach, CA; Steve Saunders of Wildomar, CA , and Andrew Potter (North Amherst Motors) of Hadley, Mass; each won one of three Weber® Summit® grills at the Sherwin-Williams at-booth contest. The grills - valued at approx. $1,500 each - were awarded following daily drawings conducted on the show floor.

The contest drew hundreds of entries from NACE show visitors and promoted the HP Process™ Refinish System (higher productivity, higher performance and higher profits), along with its proprietary Air-Dry technology that removes the need for natural gas and spray booth baking. The HP Process Refinish System achieves a fast cure time at ambient (70-75°F) room temperatures and allows for same-day repairs. Its HPC15 Clearcoat can achieve a 15-minute cure that can then be sanded and polished.

"We're extremely pleased with the response and interest in our 'Fire Up for NACE' promotion this year," said Brian Shenk, Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes Director of Marketing Services. "The traffic-building element and chance to win a great Weber grill really emphasized using natural gas for your backyard barbeque instead of your spray booth, all thanks to the HP Process".

Mr. Shenk continued, "This helped us support numerous lean initiatives displayed throughout the show while being a great way to emphasize our new production system that benefits the environment by reducing a shop's carbon footprint and also impacts the bottom line by lowering energy costs and helping paint more cars, faster".