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PPG Canada Partners with Mohawk Community College

The Automotive Refinish Group of PPG Canada, Inc. has announced a partnership with Mohawk Community College, Motive Power Division, in Stoney Creek, Ontario. PPG has provided the auto body facility of the college with the latest high-tech equipment, paint systems and supplies to provide students the tools they need to learn their craft in a real-world environment.

PPG has donated a complete inventory of their Global Refinish System products, their top-of-the-line product system. They have also provided a state-of-the-art computerized paint mixing system, the PPG Touch-Mix system and the PPG Access Color formula retrieval system, which provides color formula retrieval, paint formulations by the ounce, job costing, inventory control, product bulletins, material safety data sheets and more.

"PPG is proud to help support the Mohawk College Auto Body program in an attempt to further the expertise of technicians in the collision center field and attract top quality entry level candidates to this industry," said Celyne Benitah, marketing manager for PPG Canada, Inc. "With constant changes in technology and the introduction of more and more sophisticated equipment and application techniques, training in the automotive refinish industry is more essential than ever. We're happy to be able to make a contribution to further the education of these students. Michel Caron, Territory Manager for PPG Canada, Inc. for the Hamilton region, will be supporting Mohawk College in every aspect of the business. Michel would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Jim Miles and Mohawk College for taking the first step towards securing the future of the industry."

Mohawk Community College provides vocational training for electricians, plumbers, hydraulics engineers, carpenters, millwrights and numerous other occupations. Graduates are licensed through the Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities. The community college currently has an enrollment of approximately 8,800 students.

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