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Letter to the Editor
Tuesday October 5
Valspar Opens New National Training Facility
Joel Hart, Group Vice President of the Valspar Automotive Group was on hand for the ribbon cutting ceremony announcing the Grand Opening of its new Training Center. Hart noted, “Valspar continues to grow and focus on the needs of our customers. Our new state-of-the-art training facility in Dallas / Ft. Worth is a part of our commitment to excellence and especially to training our customers. Today's products are more complex and technical.""Our customers need to have the support to compete in a very technical field. This center will support those needs as well as reaffirm our commitment to the automotive refinish and custom painting industry.” George Krul, General Manager for the Automotive Group added, “This is a special day for Valspar and its customers. Our commitment to assuring customer satisfaction is reinforced by this investment to offer the best training and education programs to all of our partners”.
The 8,400 square foot facility has a state-of-the-art downdraft bake booth, complete with downdraft heated finishing station. The facility’s classrooms accommodate up to 45 students with separate areas for mixing products and computer training. Training programs at the Center will include complete hands-on classes with instruction on all Collision, Fleet, and Color Theory programs for Valspar Refinish and DeBeer products, along with custom painting courses for House of Kolor.
The training facility has also been made available for local I-CAR classes. Jeff Peevy, I-CAR North American Field Operations Manager and a number of I-CAR committee members from Fort Worth and Dallas were in attendance. Peevy stated, “We are very happy for the opportunity to utilize the new Valspar training center for local I-CAR training. We appreciate Valspar's growing support of our industry through educational programs and the DFW area I-CAR volunteers."
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