Global Finishing Solutions Partners With SATA And AkzoNobel To Provide SkillsUSA With Professional-Grade Finishing Environment

GFS, SATA, AkzoNobel Partner At SkillsUSA For Professional-Grade Finishing Environment

The newest equipment supplied includes a custom, portable paint booth trailer for a total of 16 state-of-the-art spraying stalls, which will be used for the SkillsUSA color matching competition.


Global Finishing Solutions
(GFS), SATA and AkzoNobel, as well as numerous other donors, have partnered to provide SkillsUSA with a second professional-grade finishing environment for the 53rd annual National Leadership and Skills Conference.

This year’s trailer joins a previous competition trailer that was supplied in 2011. The newest equipment supplied includes a custom, portable spray booth trailer for a total of 16 state-of-the-art spraying stalls, which will be used for the SkillsUSA color matching competition.

According to AkzoNobel, the spray booth will help to improve the quality of the industry workforce and encourage the next generation of auto aftermarket painters to see past what they thought was possible.

For more information on GFS, visit globalfinishing.com. For more information on SATA, visit sata.com. For more information on AkzoNobel, visit akzonobel.com.

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