Top-flight training (E-journal 1/2010)

Glasurit opens a modern training and competence centre for refinishing technicians in Münster.

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Since September 2009, Glasurit, one of BASF’s premium refinishing brands, has enjoyed one of the world’s most cutting-edge training facilities for automotive refinishing. Two spray booths and a drying oven constitute the core of the new Refinish Competence Centre (RCC), where every aspect of refinishing from A to Z can be demonstrated on entire vehicles. Minor paintjob blemishes like scratches are fixed at multi-workstations in no time flat.

Body shop and paint shop personnel can choose from a broad array of seminars with topics ranging from color identification to fixing micro-blemishes. Following the principle of ‘Train the Trainer’, Glasurit National Head Trainers and technicians receive training on how to pass on their skills to customers and employees in their home countries.

The RCC provides both Glasurit and prominent equipment providers and suppliers with a platform for introducing innovative techniques, ­services and products. “Automotive re­finishing is highly technical and sophisticated work,” says Jürgen Book, Customer Service Manager.

“For Glasurit it is important to raise the level of competency. Worldwide.” The Glasurit’s global training network spans 36 training centers with 65 National Head Trainers.

About 3.5 million euro was invested in the new RCC, which provides around 2,000 square meters of floor space. The existing 25-year-old center, which had set the standard back when it was originally built, was renovated and expanded for the new facility.