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DuPont Performance Coatings Will Not Exhibit at NACE2003

“The decision to forgo NACE for a second year in a row was a difficult one,” said Doug Moore, vice president, DuPont Refinish Americas. “In making it, we considered a number of factors, from the uncertain economic conditions to alternative investments and activities to support the industry and our valued customers.

“In the end, we decided to focus on efforts that directly impact the business success of our customers. The resources that we would have devoted to the NACE show will be targeted toward programs that facilitate growth – for our body shop customers, our partner jobbers, and for the entire collision repair industry.”

Moore said that DPC is placing special emphasis on assisting industry training efforts. He pointed out that in 2003 DPC has already donated $200,000 to Florida Community College at Jacksonville for expansion of the school’s collision repair and refinishing training center.

“And earlier this month,” he said, “we announced that we will make a significant contribution over the next three years to the Automotive Youth Educational Systems, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing young people into the automotive service and repair industry.” AYES builds partnerships between selected quality secondary-technical schools and participating local automotive dealerships. They have begun to integrate I-CAR collision repair courses into their program, which includes 280 schools and 3,200 dealerships.

Moore also pointed to two ongoing DPC projects with leading technical institutions: 1) an educational alliance with Universal Technical Institute (UTI) to support the Collision Repair & Refinish Technology program offered at UTI’s campus in Houston, Tex.; 2) training and support materials for Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Collision Repair program in its new home on the College’s main campus in Williamsport.

“In addition,” he added, “we’re very excited about the growth initiatives we recently introduced, especially the Performance Alliance. Shops that have tested this program have reported dramatic success resulting from implementing standard operating procedures in the paint process and for insurer Direct Repair Programs.”

Moore said that DPC “fully supports ASA,” and a decision on whether to participate in NACE 2004 will be made early next year.

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