MQI launches Aquabase Plus Paint

McEnearney Quality Inc. (MQI) in collaboration with ANSA Coatings Limited, the most diversified manufacturer and supplier of automotive paint and coatings in the Caribbean together with PPG Industries Inc. launched their new NEXA Autocolor’s Aquabase Plus waterborne paints for the local motoring industry. With the slogan, ‘The Beauty of Water – Moving Forward with a Better World’, MQI is ready to provide the customer with a top of the line product.

 

MQI is leading the way with protecting the environment by being the first Collision Repair Centre in the Caribbean to only use a 100% waterborne refinish paint system. This is an odourless spray paint derived from the original Aquabase introduced in 1992. The pigment is formulated in an acrylic waterborne latex resin.

 

Gavin Mackie, head of Collision and Repair Centre at MQI expressed the pride that MQI had in using the environmental friendly paint.

 

“We cherish our environment and want to protect our workers and residents in the surrounding areas, so we are delighted and proud to be the first to introduce the Aquabase Plus product into our daily operations and will be using this on all our repair jobs going forward.”

 

This Aquabase product is one of three new initiatives which MQI has brought on board in order to make the customer experience a better one. These new initiatives are to cut down the wait time for customers in having their demands met. The Aquabase plus wait time is significantly less and also the colour matching to the damaged vehicles has been extended. The new product is available is over 20,000 colour formations. Also less materials are needed to create the blend to the damaged panel on the vehicle and the finish and flow of the paint is second to none. With the use of less materials, the intention of MQI is to lower the cost of repair to the customer.

 

The next two initiatives are the customer management CDK system and the SOR parts management system.  CDK is an international system used in the U.S as well as Canada in which any staff member can access information entered for a customer at a click of a mouse. This allows for staff to better deal with queries of any returning customer. SOR allows any member of staff to also find information about the parts needed for the repair of the customer’s damaged vehicle. This information includes if the part was shipped from the dealer and whether it has arrived or not.

 

Henry Bosch, Territory Manage, Export Markets of PPG Industries Inc., who have close to 90% market share of the water based automotive paint market in the United States and Canada was on hand to speak about the Aquabase Plus product. Bosch stated that it was part of the companies plan to work on protecting the environment. With that in mind, Aquabase Plus is non-toxic and the faster dry times, creates a faster cycle time for the company. He also presented four MQI paint spray technicians with certification from PPG showing that they were certified in painting with automotive water based paint. These four technicians were Renaldo Greaves, Terrence Licorish, David King and Nandcoomar Ashwanauth.

 

Finally media and guests were given a tour of the MQI Collision and Repair Centre paint booths and shown the painting and drying process and finished product first hand.