Company Category: Tools & Equipment: Installation/Service/Repair

For over 70 years, we’ve been setting the standard in color and protection. When it comes to looking for a coatings partner, Grip-Gard from AkzoNobel is the clear choice. Since its entrance into the signage market in the 1950s, AkzoNobel has been dedicated to consistently innovating to deliver exceptional products. We are your product experts and partner so you can focus on doing what you do best! The Grip-Gard BC Basecoat system offers leading technology and flexibility in a single set of toners and multiple binders for covering any interior or exterior application. Grip-Gard BC is designed specifically to meet the color, application and quality demands of sign and exhibit manufacturers. With extremely fast tape times and a tremendous range of solid, metallic and pearl colors, Grip-Gard BC is ideal for fast production, particularly on multi-color signs. The Grip-Gard EFx-LV system is the premium single stage, low VOC color match solution. Specifically designed and developed to deliver revolutionary speed and exacting color, the Grip-Gard EFx-LV system is a single toner system for solid and metallic colors in high-gloss or satin finishes. The Grip-Gard EFx-LV ancillary system provides reflective, textured, and decorative surface effects. Our color library consists of over 50,000 color formulas, including thousands of corporate program colors. All of our sign products are lead-free and NESHAP 6H compliant. With the AkzoNobel name, you know these products will be the highest quality and most durable in the sign industry. To learn more, visit www.grip-gard.com. | AkzoNobel has a passion for paint. We’re experts in the proud craft of making paints and coatings, setting the standard in color and protection since 1792. Our world-class portfolio of brands in North America includes Sikkens, Lesonal, Wanda, Modern Classikk, Sikkens Autocoat BT, U-TECH, Dynacoat, Imperium, Valorem and Grip-Gard. Headquartered in the Netherlands, we operate in over 80 countries and employ around 35,000 talented people who are passionate about delivering the high-performance products and services our customers expect. For decades, AkzoNobel has been providing customers with the right colors, helping to enable perfect repairs. AkzoNobel has been developing the industry’s leading digital color techniques and technologies, and continuously reinventing for the future. Building on the advanced digital tools Automatchic™ and MIXIT™, AkzoNobel offers a color tool portfolio that harnesses the power of digital color technology, to help shops achieve measurable improvements to their businesses, delivering greater accuracy, greater efficiency and ultimately, greater profitability. For shops needing help with controlling workflow, AkzoNobel offers Carbeat™, which is exclusively available to AkzoNobel customers. It follows the principles of the AkzoNobel proprietary Process Centered Environment, a program initiated to help increase body shop efficiency and growth. Carbeat is a digital process control solution that helps improve communication and production efficiency. Carbeat users benefit through process transparency, robust analytics, empowerment and engagement, flexibility and simplicity for business operations. AkzoNobel is actively contributing to the success of the collision repair industry, through the involvement in trade shows, ongoing recruitment, training sessions, a technical college support program, and much more. The successful development of technicians in the industry, as well as continued sustainability, is of critical importance to our organization. Whether it is a standard pallet or custom color, AkzoNobel offers unique and innovative color solutions for an emerging, sustainable world. For more information about AkzoNobel, visit www.akzonobel.com. | AkzoNobel Powder Coatings is a global manufacturer of high-performance powder coatings. For over 50 years, our Resicoat brand has been trusted by industries around the world. It delivers outstanding electrical insulation and exceptional corrosion protection, making it a leading choice for critical applications.Specifically developed for the demands of electric vehicles, Resicoat EV powder coatings enhance both safety and performance. They offer superior electrical insulating properties, excellent corrosion protection, and advanced thermal management, to help safeguard battery systems, motors, and energy storage units—ensuring long-term reliability where it matters most.Resicoat powder coatings are available with UL listings, including UL 94 (V-0) and UL 1446 Class F and Class H. They offer exceptional resistance to heat, chemicals, and moisture—providing long-term protection in even the most demanding environments.Our powder coating solutions for electric vehicles cover a wide range of components:Battery cellsBattery housingsBattery modulesBusbarsCooling platesCooling tubesHairpin stators