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In the final part of this 2020 year, and mainly focused on the 2021 year, our official and authorized importer in the US SprayGunner will carry out a very attractive marketing and promotion action of equipment, techniques, and different features involving Custom Painting. This tour consists off fully equipping a light vehicle and an additional full-equipped bus in order to make all the demos necessary and show the features and performance of all the products SprayGunner offers, and Sagola will be present on this ambitious project of the “48-state tour” showing the features and performance of our spray gun range.

Please find attached the following video, where Artem Raa (Business Development Manager) explains the main details of this tour.
Video: https://youtu.be/HgIhvtjfDp4

We wish Artem and the whole team of SprayGunner all the best for this tour, and we in Sagola will be at their entire disposal in order to help on anything the tour might require.

During these difficult pandemic-based times, not every news are bad coming from different countries all around the world, and from Sagola we are very proud to announce the agreement reached with Exi-Pro Representaciones. The team leaded by Mr. Luis Naranjo, will be in charge to market and promote Sagola range of products in Venezuela as our official and authorized dealer in the country, specially focused on Bodyshop and Refinish sectors. During the last days, different on-line training sessions have been developed between our Technical Staff in Spain and Ex-Pro Staff in Venezuela, and in few days the first units of Sagola equipment will be available in Venezuela in order to start 2021 year being able to offer a great variety of Sagola equipment in the Country.

We would like to highlight the great background and experience of the Staff of Exi-Pro in the sector, they are also official importers of Sherwin Williams in Venezuela; along with the full support they are receiving from our premises in Spain, we are very confident that Exi-Pro will be able to offer the commercial advice to the customer-base along with and exceptional after sales and technical service with all the spare parts that will be soon available at their premises.

We would like to specially thank to Mr Luis Naranjo, General Manager of Exi-Pro, for the great interest and attitude shown to become official and authorized importers of Sagola to reach this agreement in a very short period of time. We really hope this would mean a clear sign of the easy-communication we are having, and a sign of a very long way to go in the future together on this beautiful project recently started in Venezuela.

Sagola has designed in a very close cooperation with our official importer in Costa Rica, Comercializadora Automotriz 4Js de Grecia, a new Limited Edition of the 3300GTO spray gun called “La Tica”. It is inspired in the huge eco-awareness and the extraordinary natural exuberance in Central America, and personalized in Costa Rica.

The new Limited Edition “3300GTO La Tica”, is assembled both with 1.2 and 1.3 nozzles and TECH air cap, so it is specially recommended for refinish applications with great finish-quality on single stage coats and clearcoats. Additionally, TECH air cap enables to get a great transfer-rate (over 65%), minimizing the overspray and reducing considerably the paint consumption whilst maintaining an exceptional application speed, perfect features matching eco-awareness and natural inspirations as key stadpoints for Sagola.

This model will be initially launched in Costa Rica through our official importer Comercializadora Automotriz 4Js de Grecia, we highly encourage and kindly invite to our international network to contact us to check and enquire about the possibilities of designing and launching an specific Limited Edition inspired on the features that could be found on each country or area.

As a result of the clear coat application tests of our new 4600 Trophy Truck carried out this year at the European headquarters of Standox and Spies Hecker, we have adapted the application guides including the new Titania Pro air cap as the preferred option in the application of fast-drying clear coats.

The great acceptance on the market of the new Titania Pro air cap, is also reflected in the application tests carried out at the headquarters of the main paint manufacturers.

During the last weeks, our Product Technical Department has intensified on-line training sessions with our different international importers and distributors. Even with the current restrictions due to Covid-19 worldwide pandemic, we still developed new on-line training sessions focused on our Industrial Painting Solutions with all the safety measures the current situation requires. 

During this week, Villar Hermanos SA (Chile) took part in our on-line training to have a look and value the different solutions and possibilities that Sagola range of products could offer for Industrial Painting, highlighting sectors like wood industry, boat industry or metal-mechanic. Both Sagola and Villar Hermanos SA are trying to promote our industrial solutions through a common strategy, and meanwhile, we strengthen the good existing relations between both companies whilst trying to increase our market-share in Chile.

We would like to thank Villar Hermanos SA’s team, specially to Mr. Maximiliano López, for their great disposal and to-do-attitude for receiving this on-line training, we also would like to invite the rest of our international distributors and importers network to enquire about the different possibilities to arrange specific on-line training according to each market’s requirements. We really hope to be back soon with all of our different partners on-site to support every market as they do really deserve.

This year is a very special year for Sagola as we celebrate our 65th anniversary. 65 years ago, in 1955, Alejandro Sanchez Larrauri, founded our company.

Today, after 65 years in business, Sagola still has very ambitious strategic expansion plans. Given the recognition of our products worldwide, whilst there is significant opportunity, our ability to execute our expansion plans by ourselves is limited.

We inform you that over the last few months, we have been in discussions with a UK partner who we believe will fully support us and help us achieve our global expansion plans.

We are therefore today informing you that, as from this week, Sagola SA is now part of the Elcometer Family.

Based out of the United Kingdom, Elcometer is also a family business and has been owned by the Sellars family for seven generations. Starting out in the 19th Century as a chemical company, Elcometer – whose headquarters are in Manchester, UK – has become one of the world leaders in the design, manufacture and supply of equipment to the coatings and non-destructive test (NDT) industries.

Elcometer is based in Manchester UK and exports over 90% of the products they manufacture through its offices in France, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, Singapore, UAE and the USA and its global distribution network which covers over 170 countries around the World.

Just like Sagola, Elcometer’s company philosophy is to integrate quality into all aspects of the products they design and build and they are highly conscious of the environment around us all. Elcometer’s commitment is reflected in their ISO 9001 and 14001 Quality and Environmental accreditations.

Elcometer know that the Sagola brand is incredibly strong and is well known - particularly in the automotive and industrial refinishing sectors, and it is imperative for Elcometer that we at Sagola continue to sell to our strengths under the Sagola brand, with the Sagola team and with the Sagola distribution network leading the way.

Both companies have been keen to make sure that all of the Sagola team remains and it is our hope that with your help, we can grow Sagola around the World.

With that in mind, all your existing contacts with Sagola will remain exactly as they are today – whether it be sales, technical support, repairs, finance or quality control, the Sagola team will be here to look after all your requirements today and well into the future.

We strongly believe that with the support of Elcometer, this is the start of the next phase in the development and growth of Sagola, and we hope that this announcement will make you feel confident in your continued partnership with Sagola.

This Monday we were in Centro Zaragoza presenting news such as the air quality test, a fundamental tool to diagnose the quality of our compressed air, and the new 4600 Trophy Truck with its new Titania Pro nozzle. The latest evolution in the application of the latest varnishes generation.

The mobility restrictions derived from the COVID 19 crisis, have affected our daily uses and customs.

Similarly, Sagola's product department has been forced to adapt to this new scenario by intensifying online training.

In the last few weeks, two have been the companies formed by the members of the product department Diego Fernández and Héctor Amado: Qatar Trading from Qatar and Intertechno from Egypt.

In this way, Sagola continues to bet on the constant formation of its international distribution network.

In Sagola we take sustainability and respect for the environment very seriously, investing in technologies and innovations that help us minimize our footprint on the planet, for that reason we have renewed our fleet of hybrid vehicles, choosing once again the new generation of hybrids that contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions, being able to be close to our customers in a more respectful way with our environment.