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Letter to the Editor
Wednesday January 8
PPG Opens New Refinishes Training Center in Los Angeles
PPG Industries has opened a new state-of-the-art training center in Rancho Cucamonga, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. The center offers a wide variety of training courses tailored to refinish technicians, paint distributor personnel, and body shop owners and managers in the Southern California area, as well as neighboring states.The facility features a complete body shop set-up, including a downdraft spray booth; vacuum assisted sanding and all the equipment needed to conduct hands-on refinish repair and application training. There is also a large classroom with audio/visual equipment, plus a conference room and food service facilities.
Technicians can become PPG certified by attending courses, which is the first step for their shop to become PPG certified or qualify for the CertifiedFirst Network program, a national marketing program for shops that have consistent high customer satisfaction ratings.
According to Russ Boston, director of training for PPG Automotive Refinish, "The fierce competition between the automakers to develop better quality, more sophisticated finishes combined with emerging new environmental and safety regulations require refinish technicians to continually stay up to date on the proper use and application of refinish products."
"The need for continual training is also true for the management side of the collision repair business," Boston continued. "Faced with the need to invest in more sophisticated equipment and pressure from the insurance industry to keep costs down, body shop managers and owners must continually look for new ways and methods to keep their businesses competitive and profitable."
All courses will be taught by fully trained and qualified national instructors and available in both English and Spanish. Product instruction for areas that have specific environmental rules are also available.
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