This year’s event sponsors have many products and services to offer the automotive collision repair industry. See more information on this year’s MSO Symposium featured products and visit their websites for additional resources to profit your business.
Contact: Tom Wolf | 925-250-4450 | twolf@ppg.com
Step into the new era of refinish paint mixing. PPG MoonWalk® is an innovative solution that replaces manual paint mixing with a more efficient, easy-to-use, automated system. MoonWalk® saves labor time, reduces waste, and transforms your shop into a clean and safe environment. These features combined with PPG Envirobase® High Performance waterborne basecoat technology offers collision repair shops excellent color matching accuracy, a low VOC product, and increased productivity.
Contact: I-CAR Talent Programming | talentprogramming@i-car.com
CollisionCareers connects students, early-career job seekers and mid-career job changers to collision repair career information and employment opportunities. To get involved contact I-CAR Talent Programming at talentprogramming@i-car.com
Contact: TJ Amabile | Thomas.J.Amabile@sherwin.com
Redefining waterborne.
Sherwin-Williams Ultra 9K® delivers outstanding production, brilliant color and consistent results while being OEM certified. Easy to use, and with little to no training required, Ultra 9K can help you connect color performance with labor optimization and increased process speeds. So that business owners and shop managers continue to see profitability increase month over month.
Contact: Jeff Penney | 303.912.0849| jpenney@usautosupply.com
Collision shops need efficiency gains in today’s environment especially keeping parts organized at the vehicle, old and new. The Parts Caddy Pro’s purpose is to keep parts grouped together for easy install or cataloging. Multiple 150lb capacity shelf options, arms to hold bumpers, kit for doors, hoods or panels, the flexibility of the Parts Caddy Pro is unmatched. All steel, powder-coated construction and large locking casters, the high-quality cart has proudly served thousands of shops.
Contact: Jim Ocampo | 909-973-0079
Spies Hecker Permahyd Hi-TEC is one of the more advanced waterborne technologies available. This unique basecoat is formulated to help meet applicable VOC regulations and to help your technicians achieve dramatic results in less time.
Its revolutionary paint chemistry is engineered to give technicians greater control for easier product handling in a wide range of shop conditions. Exceptional coverage can be achieved in just a coat-and-a-half.
Contact: Paul Hill 717-590-0968 | phill@originaloneparts.com
Original One has taken their industry-leading technology expertise to provide a premier line of reconditioned, recycled, and automotive CAPA certified aftermarket lighting products. Our focus is 100% about the customer to ensure you receive the correct part with fast, free shipping.
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Contact: Bob Stansfield | bob.stansfield@oeconnection.com
OEC’s Repair Quality Coaching is a people-based service that provides quarterly, full-day, in-person training that covers estimatics, repair quality, vehicle protection, parts storage, repair procedures and workplace safety.
Contact: Winston Cover | 240-524-1566 | winston.cover@akzonobel.com
Autoclear Xpress is a cutting-edge development in rapid cure technology designed to accelerate production and reduce cycle time of any high-performance shop. Developed for use over Autowave and Autobase Plus, this energy-efficient clearcoat can enhance the proficiency of any Sikkens shop. Autoclear Xpress is the ideal choice for shops looking to deliver higher output while maintaining outstanding application, buffability, gloss, and appearance. Autoclear Xpress – the name says it all.
Contact: 3M Collision Repair Academy | 3MCollisionRepairAcademy@mmm.com
3M is committed to helping the industry meet its growing challenges. The 3M™ Collision Repair Academy provides training that helps shops, managers, and technicians deliver quality repairs while maximizing efficiency, productivity, and the bottom line. Our state-of-the-art training facility allows our industry experts to deliver more hands-on training to more people. We are dedicated to teaching body shop staff the most updated processes from real-world experts, OEMs, and accredited partners.
Contact: Todd Backes | Todd.Backes@autozone.com
Repair with Confidence & Satisfy Insurance Carriers
Duralast parts meet or exceed OE specification with OE fit, form and function and are manufactured by Tier 1 or industry-leading manufacturers.
Duralast is one of the leading aftermarket brands, consistently offering OE or better quality parts in over 20 different categories. Duralast delivers dependable performance at a value that can’t be beat. In fact, more technicians choose Duralast for aftermarket automotive parts.*
Contact: support@basfrefinish.com
Glasurit 100 Line, the most advanced waterborne basecoat system. In addition to being a cutting edge product line, 100 Line is a comprehensive solution that optimizes collision repair processes at all levels. The innovative 100 Line helps shops save time, energy, material and customers become more competitive, and increase net profits, while improving their environmental footprint and drive overall performance. Glasurit 100 Line is the first basecoat line on the market with a VOC value of 250 g/l, a 40% reduction from traditional waterborne basecoats, and far lower than any global VOC requirements.
Contact: 800-521-9696
The Car-O-Liner ® Car-O-Tronic ® Vision2 ™ advanced electronic system for upper and lower vehicle body measuring is wireless and uses Bluetooth ® technology. It provides precise measurements for all under- and upper-body locations, and the photo-based images offer easy identification of the measuring points. The sensor-equipped measuring slide delivers real-time data three times per second to the advanced and easy-to-use software, Car-O-Data ® , an industry-leading vehicle measurement database that allows the user to identify measuring points accurately and quickly.
Contact: Valerie Rothermel-Nelson | vrothermel-nelson@evercoat.com
Evercoat has the solution for every shop! Our patented color-change technology, OPTEX, creates efficiency in high-volume shops with filler and putty that changes from pink to green when ready to sand. Take the guesswork out of the repair process and spend more time completing more repairs.
Contact: David Roberts | David.roberts@focusadvisors.com | (510)444-1173
Focus Advisors is the collision industry’s leading M&A advisory firm. We partner with MSO owners to achieve maximum value through a strategic exit. Unlike business brokers or large investment banks, we specialize exclusively in collision repair — giving us unparalleled insight into value, interest, and timing, enabling us to attract competitive bids from multiple buyers and position you for the best possible sale. We’re dedicated to helping you unlock your business’s full potential and create a lasting legacy.
Contact: Jason Gravenhof | 507-208-5055 | jg@satausa.com
SATA provides technicians with the highest quality, innovative products on the market. Increasing productivity and providing a secure and healthy work process are our priority. With technician’s respiratory health in mind, SATA offers top of the line NIOSH approved supplied air respirators, and complete air filtration systems providing clean contaminate-free air for painting and breathing to 0.01 micron. To further assist with breathing protection in the booth, Dan-Am offers carbon monoxide monitor options.
Contact: Joe Sparacino | (617) 488-4209 | joseph.sparacino@stifel.com
Stifel works with companies at every point of the automotive aftermarket supply chain, including repair and maintenance, collision services, tires, enthusiast products, car wash, dealerships, and technology. Extensive sector experience and intimate industry knowledge enable Stifel bankers to provide consistently sound advice and solutions for public offerings, restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, and more.
Contact: Chris Bonneau | 619-209-0124 | Chris.Bonneau@suncollision.com
SUN® Collision Repair Information provides complete, accurate repair data that collision and mechanical repair facilities can trust to repair any vehicle, in any condition, with maximum efficiency. The software suite delivers OEM collision & mechanical repair information through a single login, helping technicians fix cars faster with more confidence. SUN Collision provides on-demand access to current OEM repair specifications and procedures for all makes, including vehicles equipped with Advanced Driver Assistance Systems.
Contact: Jay Farquharson | 905-477-5911 | sales@uniram.com
Uni-ram equipment: your source for profitability, environmental and technician health compliance.
Profitability: State of the art machines clean guns automatically instead of wasting time and material by hand cleaning. Solvent recyclers reduce new solvent purchases.
Environmental compliance: Gun washers and recyclers help lower a shop’s EPA profile by using less material and more efficiently.
Health Compliance: Our vented spray gun cleaners and dustless vacuums reduce the amount of technician exposure to VOCs and other HAPS.