Voted on by Repairers Across the UK
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Spies Hecker, one of the global refinish brands of Axalta Coating
Systems (NYSE: AXTA), a leading global manufacturer of liquid and powder
coatings, has won the British Repairers’ Choice Award for most
highly-rated paint brand of the year 2016 – 2017. The honor was
announced at the ABP (Auto Body Professionals) Night of Knights
annual awards ceremony held on November 16, 2016 at Resorts World,
Birmingham.
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Anthony Cashel, Axalta Marketing Manager, UK and Ireland, accepts British Repairers' Choice Award for Spies Hecker from (L) Jo Salter, first female RAF fighter pilot, and (R) Kevern Thompson, UK Operations Manager, CAPS. (Photo: Axalta)
In this year, the eighth of the awards, a record number of repairers
across the UK voted for their most highly-rated paint brand. The voters
were asked to rate the brands from excellent to very poor. Seventy-eight
percent of Spies Hecker’s ratings were either excellent or very good,
clinching them the title. The field was open to any paint brand, and
four brands, including Spies Hecker, were shortlisted.
Anthony Cashel, Marketing Manager for Axalta in the UK and Ireland,
accepted the award, which was presented by Jo Salter, the Royal Air
Force’s first female fighter pilot, and Kevern Thompson, UK Operations
Manager, CAPS.
“This is a great honor because it was the repairers themselves who voted
for us. I would like to thank them, as well as all our industry partners
who help us deliver this brand’s outstanding products and services to
refinishers around the UK and Ireland,” said Cashel.
ABP, founded in 2004, has a membership of over 2,500 body shop
professionals, insurers, accident managers, suppliers and trade bodies.
For further information on Spies Hecker please visit www.spieshecker.com.
About Axalta Coating Systems – Celebrating 150 Years in the Coatings
Industry
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providing customers with innovative, colorful, beautiful and sustainable
solutions. From light OEM vehicles, commercial vehicles and refinish
applications to electric motors, buildings and pipelines, our coatings
are designed to prevent corrosion, increase productivity and enable the
materials we coat to last longer. With 150 years of experience in the
coatings industry, the approximately 12,800 people of Axalta continue to
find ways to serve our more than 100,000 customers in 130 countries
better every day with the finest coatings, application systems and
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