Press Releases

Naples, Fla. - Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes announced it will hold its A-Plus™ Network annual Vision Conference at the Naples Grand Beach Resort in Naples, Fla., Dec. 7-10, 2011.

Las Vegas – Automotive performance and racing legend Jack Roush today unveiled the 2012 ROUSH Stage 3 Premier Edition Mustang at the Sherwin-Williams Automotive booth at the SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) annual meeting in Las Vegas.

Kansas City, Kansas – The October 7th USA TODAY article said it all: NASCAR’s Greg Biffle started this week's Sprint Cup race at Kansas Speedway in the same position he finished on the 1.5-mile oval just over a year ago.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio - Back-and-forth bids escalated to near nose-bleed levels on the 1964 Ford Fairlane at the recent Barrett-Jackson’s 4th Annual Las Vegas auto auction. Boldly painted in the striking "Red Hot Chili Pepper" hue from the Sherwin-Williams® Planet Color® Barrett-Jackson® Collector Color Series, the car was the top-selling vehicle of the event, garnering $700,000 – and all going to one, very important charity.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio – Several hundred vocational trade students around the world gathered in London Oct. 3 - 8 to put their skills to the test against international standards and rigorous judging at the 60th WorldSkills International Competition. Every two years, hundreds of young skilled people, accompanied by their teachers and trainers, gather to compete before the public in the skills of their various trades, representing the best of their peers drawn from regional and national skill competitions held currently in 52 countries/regions.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio - Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes will host the next A-Plus™ University "Winning the Keys" Estimating and Profitability Workshop Nov. 16-17, 2011, at the Hilton San Diego Resort and Spa.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio – Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes fourth quarter training sessions will begin Oct. 3 and run through Dec. 19, 2011. Its latest classes will be held nationwide at numerous metropolitan Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes training centers. Collision repair industry professionals will learn intensive business-building and production-excellence through classroom, web and hands-on settings.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio - The Ft. Myers, Fla. area will be the site of Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes next A-Plus™ EcoLean™ Level 2 workshop Oct. 5-6, 2011, at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point, in Bonita Springs, Fla.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio – Visitors to Barrett-Jackson's upcoming 4th Annual Las Vegas event will have the chance to bid on a meticulously restored 1964 Ford Fairlane custom, boldly painted in the striking "Red Hot Chili Pepper" hue from the Sherwin-Williams® Planet Color® Barrett-Jackson® Collector Color Series.

Warrensville Heights, OH – Chrysler has approved new 1100755 Elegance™ clearcoat from Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes (SWAF) on a global basis. Having undergone extensive certification, the clearcoat meets the Chrysler PF-10537 standard that the company sets to assure that vehicles repaired at its dealerships use the highest quality automotive refinish products.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio – Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes was named one of just three recipients in the inaugural CollisionWeek Innovation Awards. One of the industry’s leaders, the automotive refinishes manufacturer and distributor was recently honored in the Repair Operations category for its groundbreaking HP Process™ refinish system with patented Air-Dry technology.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio - Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes A-Plus™ Network is now affiliated with Summit Software & Mobile Solutions and its latest digital marketing platform. The two companies expect this will further assist A-Plus™ Network member shops to drive more cars, customers, revenue and profit to their facilities through the latter’s new digital promotion system.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio – Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes announces third-quarter training courses for collision professionals beginning July 2011. This curriculum will provide collision repair industry professionals with three months of intensive business-building and production-excellence courses available through classroom, web and hands-on settings. Sessions will be held at numerous Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes training centers located in metropolitan areas across the United States.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio – Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes will hold its next A-Plus™ EcoLean™ Level 2 workshop July 27-28, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency, Dearborn Mich.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio – In making just his second-ever Sprint Cup start, Trevor Bayne won the biggest race for NASCAR’s oldest team, Wood Brothers Racing, coming in first at the 2011 Daytona 500.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio – The next A-Plus™ EcoLean™ Level 1 workshop from Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes will be held June 22-23 in Toronto.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio – Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes’ second-quarter training courses for collision professionals will kick off in April 2011, providing the collision industry with three months of intensive business-building and production-excellence courses that are being offered through classroom, web and hands-on settings. Sessions will be held at numerous Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes training centers located in metropolitan areas across the United States.

Warrensville Heights, OH – General Motors has approved new 1100755 Elegance™ clearcoat from Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes (SWAF) on a global basis. The clearcoat has undergone extensive certification to meet the GMW15406 standard that General Motors sets to assure that vehicles repaired at its dealerships use automotive refinish products of the highest quality.

Warrensville Heights, OH – Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes (SWAF) announces its continued relationship with Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. as a training partner in Toyota’s Certified Collision Center program.   Sherwin-Williams will continue as one of the facilitators for the program’s training workshops throughout 2011 in different locations across the United States.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio – The next A-Plus™ EcoLean™ Level 1 workshop from Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes will be held April 13-14 at the Gulf States Toyota Corporate Training Center in Houston, TX.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio – Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes will hold its first 2011 A-Plus™ University “Winning the Keys” Estimating and Profitability Workshop on May 4-5, at the Marriott Gateway Airport Hotel, in Atlanta.

Jacksonville, Fla. - Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes A-Plus™ Network recently held its annual Vision Conference at the Marriott Sawgrass resort in Jacksonville, Fla. The conference provided more than 90 leading collision facility 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, Ohio – Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes, the makers of Planet Color® Custom Finishes, has teamed with two of the most impressive names in the custom and performance automotive markets by introducing the Limited Edition 2010 and 2011 Barrett-Jackson® ROUSH® Ford Mustangs – soon to be available to the most discerning of muscle car enthusiasts.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio – Planet Color® custom automotive paints are now available throughout North America in a low VOC system; but unlike other low VOC custom products, they do not sacrifice quality or brilliant results to meet compliance.

Warrensville Heights, OH – From a greatly expanded booth presence, meet-and-greet opportunities with a notable NASCAR driver, introduction of new products and services, to a much-anticipated sneak peek at the hottest new performance car on the market, visitors will have plenty to take in when they visit the Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes (SWAF) booth #25065 at SEMA 2010, Nov. 2 – 5 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio – For the best finish, ASK Sherwin-Williams Automotive!

In a special, one-time promotion, Sherwin-Williams, teamed up with 3M and the No. 16 Ford Fusion driven by Greg Biffle to win the NASCAR Price Chopper 400 Sprint Cup Series race October 2nd, at the Kansas Speedway.

Las Vegas – October 6, 2010 – Mitchell International, Inc., a leading provider of information, workflow and performance management solutions to the Property & Casualty claims and Collision Repair industries, announced today a seamless bi-directional integration between Mitchell RepairCenter™ and the Sherwin-Williams® FormulaExpress® online color formula retrieval system. The integration helps collision facility customers save time and reduce errors by eliminating the need for shop personnel to rekey vehicle and repair order information within FormulaExpress.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio – Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes announced it will hold its next A-Plus™ University 'Winning the Keys' Estimating and Profitability Workshop in New Orleans on October 26 and 27, 2010 at the Renaissance New Orleans Arts Hotel.

Coldwater, Mich. – Butler Body Shop, LLC the leading Coldwater area collision repair facility, announced it has transitioned its shop to waterborne basecoat from solvent-based systems in anticipation of new air quality regulations.

Ferndale, Mich. - Fresard of Ferndale, a Detroit-area automotive dealership and collision repair facility, successfully transitioned its shop to waterborne basecoat from solvent-based systems in anticipation of new air quality regulations. The collision shop is now using the AWX® Waterborne Basecoat System from Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes, according to its president, Doug Fresard.

Warrensville Heights, Ohio – Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes will hold its next A-Plus™ EcoLean™ Level 1 workshop September 14 – 15, 2010 at the Hilton Garden Inn, 10 East Market, Indianapolis, Ind. The EcoLean Level 1 workshop is exclusively designed to educate attendees about maximizing profitability by improving productivity and eliminating waste throughout their facilities.

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 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.