More choice in paint
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• Courtaulds. one of the worlds largest paint producers, is enter. ing the truck refinish market with a single and two-pack range. Both systems are compliant until 1998 and come in 24 base colours with 500 mixed colours covering BS. RAL and some large fleet colours.
All colour mixing will be carried out by one of Courtaulds 14 wholly owned distributors— which are equipped with computers to colour match from panels. Delivery i H he either the same day or next day with minimum quantities of five litres (one litre may be possible in some cases).
The company says the paint's short development time (six months) was due to its ability to pick the appropriate technologies from its marine, aerospace and industrial coatings products. The formulations were modified to suit the commercial transport market, says Courtaulds' Andrew Holmes.
From the introduction date, 5 September, the company will have a sales force of 35, plus six specialists In the future Holmes sees a move to livery management; starting with fleet inspection, paint and preparation specification, fixed pricing across the country and a freephone number for client contacts.