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23/08/10
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Standox is backing the results of a new survey by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) which reveals some paint sprayers are still putting their long-term health at risk. Jodie Henly, Standox Brand Marketing Specialist added, “We feel very strongly that everyone in the industry needs to take all reasonable steps to preserve their health and we have made available a suite of tools to help bodyshops achieve this.”
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05/08/10
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Individual repair processes for different colours, models or coat build-ups are rapidly growing in number and importance says Standox. “Only a couple of years ago it was a question of using the right colour and the right materials. Application technique was much the same for all vehicles,” reveals Jodie Henly, Standox Marketing Specialist. Now there are a growing number of special effect colours, multi-layer finishes and different substrates appearing on vehicles. “Perhaps the biggest change is that these materials and finishes are appearing on every day vehicles, not just the exotic super cars of a few years back,” said Jodie. Refinishers are now much more likely to come across them on a regular basis.
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30/06/10
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Bare metal, iron and sheet steel need to be treated immediately to prevent corrosion. New Standox 2K Metal Stopper allows the easy preparation of substrates such as these before painting. This is especially true of areas that are especially subject to corrosion such as welded body seams and partially repaired panels, though this new material should not be applied directly to galvanised surfaces.
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16/06/10
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Every week new formulations are added to the Standox online colour database. Now to make colour matching even more accurate they can be imported directly into Standowin, the popular colour search program from Standox, using the internet. This means that simple errors, such as transposed numbers, can no longer occur from misreading figures on a screen or mis-typing individual formulations.
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08/06/10
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The Refinish Academy at Stevenage has completed the training and assessment of all DPC sales and technical staff to ATA accreditation level. 24 technicians received detailed guidance on achieving the ATA standard, at sessions specially arranged by the Academy. The result is that all staff are now fully ATA qualified as Senior Paint Technicians, and able to offer valuable extra service to refinishers across the country.
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| Andy Downing (right), the last of 24 DuPont Performance Coatings field technical staff to gain ATA accreditation, shakes hands with Refinish Academy Manager Kevin Welling. |
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04/06/10
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Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd has appointed Standox as one of the preferred worldwide supplier of Paint Refinish materials and services to its Body Repair Programme.
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02/06/10
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Standox has launched a new guide to the origin of vehicle colour names. These sometimes inventive names can have mysterious origins yet remain an important part of the appeal of new vehicles.
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20/05/10
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Standox has overcome the problems surrounding repairs to matt or silk paint finishes with Standox 2K Special Matt additive, designed to give fast, effective and reliable results.
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04/05/10
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Standox has gone mobile with a new UK website for mobile phones, smart phones and other mobile devices. As part of the brand’s move to integrate services fully with the latest technology, the mobile site contains all the features which bodyshops and distributors can currently view on the Standox.co.uk web site. The added bonus is that Standox information is now available anywhere there’s a wi-fi or 3G link. Naturally, this new feature can only be accessed on the growing number of web-enabled smart phones and equivalent devices.
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30/04/10
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You can now follow the latest Standox news and products on Twitter. By using this instant form of web communication, followers of Standox can be kept constantly up to date on events and introductions across Europe.
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16/04/10
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One in four new cars across the world is silver. That makes silver the most popular car colour in the world (25 percent), followed by black with a market share of 22 percent and white with 16 percent. In the current ranking of the most popular automotive colours, grey takes the fourth position with a market share of 13 percent. According to part two of the Standox Colour Trend Report 2010, called Automotive Color Popularity – Global, more than three quarters of all cars sold around the globe are achromatic. Standox analyses the major colour preferences every year to note trends early and to supply the required refinishing materials for future OEM colours before they are needed.
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12/02/10
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Agreement on cooperation in Europe
General Motors Europe (GME) and Standox recently signed a cooperation agreement. This means Standox has officially received Europe-wide approval of its products for all paint repair work performed on Opel and Vauxhall branded vehicles.
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09/02/10
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“Hot Magenta“ is the name of an extraordinary and popular colour developed especially for the new Ford Fiesta. This shimmering purple-blue shade features a particular freshness and brilliance, helped by a tinted clearcoat which enhances the richness of the colour.
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22/01/10
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Black is the most popular European automotive colour accounting for 27 percent of all first time registrations. Beside black, silver, grey and white, blue is the only chromatic colour among the top 5. This is revealed in the current Standox European colour trend report, which each year analyses the main vehicle colours to identify current trends and highlight changes.
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05/01/10
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The “Colour Fantasies of 2010” calendar from Standox reflects the company’s unrivalled colour expertise with a collection of brilliant automotive colour fantasies. Twelve exciting images feature new and different interpretations of colour names, showing cars in unusual or strange environments. Car makers’ inventiveness in coining evocative colour names has long been a factor in turning mass-produced vehicles into fascinating objects of desire.
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21/12/09
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Standox has completely updated its internet colour search with additional features. Refinishers now benefit from much faster and easier colour searches on the web thanks to new technology. An increased number of formulations, models and search possibilities provide extra accuracy and reliability, now with the ease of digital colour swatches.
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27/11/09
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Zvonimir Simunovic will take over the position of Brand Manager at Standox from December 1. He succeeds Dr. Julio Salcedas, who held this position for four years. Julio Salcedas will join DuPont Performance Coatings in Cologne as Business Quality Manager for the entire European paints business.
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03/11/09
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Standox has been voted the UK’s favourite paint brand by bodyshops in a survey carried out by the prestigious Auto Body Professionals Club (ABP Club). Members were asked to name the paint brand they rated most highly, and Standox came top, clinching the title for the second time in two years.
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28/10/09
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New Standocryl VOC 2K Clear from Standox is an all-round clearcoat applied in two spray passes. No matter whether it’s a high-quality total respray, a part panel or a MicroRepair, this new two pack clear is suitable for any task and covers a wide range of refinishing applications.
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13/10/09
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The Standox System Designer programme for personalised process charts has been thoroughly updated for easier use with the latest product introductions. The new versions of System Designer allow anyone working for Standox to produce a customised process chart immediately in the bodyshop, just using a PC. This way a full colour process chart exactly reflecting the work carried out by the bodyshop can be created, even down to company logos.
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