In an industry first initiative, Nippon Paint,
Asia’s leading paint manufacturer has announced the launch of Nippon Paint
X’press, its unique car painting and car care centre concept in India. The first
Nippon Paint X'press flagship centre was inaugurated in Gurugram on the January
23, 2019. The centre will provide world class body and paint repair and car
care services while cutting process times drastically.
Shae
Toh Hock, Managing Director, Nippon Paint India said, “India is one of our key
growth markets and our focus is on providing high quality, innovative products
and solutions to our growing customer base in India. Globally, in the
automotive refinish industry, we are seeing a shift from solvent borne systems
to Low VOC systems. We are proud to introduce ‘Green Efficiency’, our unique
paint system that delivers express painting solutions, while complying to EU
2004 emission norms. Not only is the whole painting system green and
eco-friendly but highly productive too, something that is really needed in a
fast paced country like India. For achieving these results, we will equip our
Nippon Paint X’press centers with world class Green Efficiency paint systems
and spectrophotometer based computer colour matching expertise.”
Sharad
Malhotra, President Automotive Refinish, Nippon Paint (India)stated, “We aim to
delight car owners and fleet customers by solving a major problem they face
while getting their cars touched up or repainted– a long downtime for their
cars. At Nippon Paint X’press centres, our customers can come for high quality
paint jobs and our centres will deliver their cars back in pristine condition
in a much shorter time, even on the same day or in a couple of days! With value
added services including the unique ‘Cera-Bond’ ceramic coating and paint
protection solutions at our centres, the painting and car care experience would
be truly refreshing for our customers.”
Nippon
Paint India is sponsoring vocational training for 5 students from Pragati Wheel
School (New Delhi), improving knowledge and imparting them with practical
skills to gain standing in the fast-growing Indian economy.
Nippon
Paint India is part of the Nipsea Group which together with Nippon Paint of
Japan forms the largest coatings group in Asia Pacific and the 4th largest in
the world in terms of revenue.