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 that will provide world class body & paint repair and car care services while cutting process times drastically was inaugurated in Gurugram on the 23rd of January 2019.
Commenting on the launch, 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.”
Living up to the spirit of harmony and mutual benefit, Nippon Paint Group has also committed to contributing to the welfare of society as a whole. 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. Nippon Paint India is the fastest growing major paint company in India. Nippon Paint Automotive Refinish Business offers an innovative and exhaustive product portfolio based on cutting edge Japanese technology. ‘Woodart’, conceptualized as an independent unit under the Auto Refinish business to exclusively cater to the wood coatings market, has also marked its presence in the Indian landscape. The ‘Light Industrial Business’ unit, driven by innovative product technology & customized solutions, caters to a wide base of OEMs & Industrial customers.
