The 1st of April Sagola was invited to take part in the Cromax yearly importers shoot-out. The event was celebrated at their headquarters in Mechelen (Belgium) and gathered a group of Cromax EMEA importers for a week.
Denis Laburu (Export Manager) and Héctor Amado (Product Manager) were invited to make a company and product introduction before carrying out a spraying test at Cromax training center. The attenders from 10 different countries, had the opportunity of testing the performance of our 4600 Xtreme applying Cromax basecoats and clearcoats.
We would like to express our warmest thanks to Cromax for giving us the opportunity of taking part in the meeting, and specially to Koen Silverans and his team for the outstanding event planning”.
After the recent distribution agreement reached
between Sagola and Finishing Group, we traveled to Russia to make a series of
product presentations in training centers of automotive paint manufacturers and
local distributors.
During the trip, painters from different parts
of the country have had the opportunity to test products such as the 4600
Xtreme, the 3300 GTO CAR or the Mini Xtreme.
The penetration of the brand in the country is advancing
at a very good pace thanks to the strategic alliance between Sagola and
Finishing Group, a distributor of professional painting equipment of recognized
prestige in Russia.
Representatives of our Colombian distributor
Coherco traveled to our facilities in Vitoria to receive a business update
course.
Diego Fernández (Product Department Technician)
and Asier Linacisoro (South America Area Manager) carried out the training. During
the visit, they had the opportunity to know the latest news from our industrial
catalog. Thank you very much Giovanni Pineda, Wilson Pineda and Óscar Chaparro
for the visit.
Continuing with the commitment of support in area to our main distributors, Sagola has participated during the past month in several events organized for the different sectors both body and industry such as:
- Open days
- Local machinery and painting fairs
- Commercial teams training
- Collaboration with vocational schools
Sagola thanks to its distribution network to counting on us for these events.
Sagola was present at the eighth edition of Mulafest at the IFEMA fairgrounds in Madrid. Located in the Custom Paint area, the most artistic area of the Garage of the festival, you could see customization and airbrushing works in different supports along with all our novelties.
Sagola
remains strongly committed to the formation of its distributor network. The
past month of March was especially intense receiving to 14 national refinish
sector companies.
Attendees
had the opportunity to test our range of products in the paint booth of our renewed
training center and checked the high-quality standards of our production
processes in the guided tour of our facilities.
With the
intention of increasing the quality of the training given in our facilities,
Sagola has incorporated a new body painting booth in its training center.
This new
space, which will allow trainees to test the behavior of our products with
different types of paints, joins the area of industrial painting with which
we already had in facilities.
Continuing with our firm commitment to Vocational Training and the Ministry
of Education and Culture, SAGOLA has participated once again as a sponsor in this new edition of the SPAINSKILLS.
The SPAINSKILS 2019 National finals of this biennial event took place at
the IFEMA fairgrounds in Madrid, from March 27 to 29.
With a great success of assistance throughout the 3 days, 400 students, all
winners of their respective regional competitions, measured their skills in
different higher levels of Professional Training belonging to the sectors of
Automobile, Manufacturing, Construction, Computing, Communications , Arts,
Services, Sanitary ... These competitions are a valuable informative tool of
Vocational Training and a means to stimulate students, faculty and companies, apart from beirs an exchange platform and a forum for debate on the evolution of
professional standards, quality and innovation in the different productive
sectors.
SAGOLA has participated as a sponsor and part of the jury, in the area of
Automobile Painting. The support for the development and maximum
professionalization of Vocational Training and its institutes, continues to be
one of the priority objectives of our company, as we believe that it is one of
the basic pieces for a solid future of the Refinish sector.
In this area of Automobile Painting, finalist students, belonging to
different educational centers of 16 autonomous communities, competed in various
tests of paint application, having to use different techniques, processes and
skills such as, wet on wet processes, personalization of capos , repair and
repaint of minor damages, integration of different colors in a piece,
colorimetry, masking ...
Finally, after a hard evaluation and after a high and very even level shown
by all the competitors, the final podium was composed by the representatives of
Andalusia, Castilla La Mancha and Cantabria. Our congratulations to the three
winners and especially to the Andalusian champion, Alvaro Velasco Real, Gold
medal and who will have the privilege of representing Spain in the world
championship WORDSKILLS 2019 to be held this year in RUSSIA.
Together with the team led by Mr. Pedro Urda (national coordinator of the Vehicle Painting Area Spainskills) our champion, will prepare intensely to compete with the best future professionals of car painting worldwide in Russia, lot's of luck Alvaro!