Axalta
Axalta is a global leader in the coatings industry, providing customers with innovative, colorful, beautiful, and sustainable coatings solutions. From light vehicles, commercial vehicles and refinish applications to electric motors, building facades and other industrial applications, our coatings are designed to prevent corrosion, increase productivity, and enhance durability. With more than 150 years of experience in the coatings industry, the global team at Axalta continues to find ways to serve our more than 100,000 customers in over 140 countries better every day with the finest coatings, application systems and technology.
Multichem
Multichem is an independent European manufacturer and technology partner specialising in automotive refinish, colour and coating systems.
Founded in 1996, the company celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2026 and supplies professional customers in more than 50 countries through brands including Profix Refinish Systems and Simplex Industrial Coatings.
Multichem combines coating technologies with colour expertise, digital solutions, mixing systems, training and technical support. Its ambition is to move beyond supplying individual products and help customers build more consistent, efficient and reliable coating processes.
Within automotive refinish, Profix by Multichem brings together paint systems, colour competence and digital tools designed to support everyday bodyshop workflows — from colour identification and formula selection through to mixing and application.
In 2026, Multichem introduced a new corporate identity reflecting the company’s next stage of development: from products to systems and from presence to recognition.
Website: https://www.multichem.pl/profix/en
UK contact: Paul Tredgold, [email protected]
3M Automotive Aftermarket Division
Your trusted partner, serving the industry around the world
Collision repair facilities and professionals around the world have grown up with 3M, we’re a proven partner, and we’re here for the long haul. Our products, technologies, and expertise help shops operate more profitably each day, which is critical when shops are pressed to find value in places they never knew to look.
3M continuously evolves our focus to understand the greatest challenges, needs and opportunities you are facing. We understand that your business requires innovative solutions to help boost efficiencies, maximize profitability and help ensure vehicles are repaired back to OEM standard.
Your needs are our priority.
3M is pioneering the era of connected body shops to help ensure that all vehicles are repaired to the OEM specifications. This also drives our focus in proper repair procedures and training current and future technicians – which is core to how 3M engages with the industry. At 3M, we are advancing our digital engagement not only at the end customer, but in how our product information is served through portals, syndication feeds, and increasing training options both on-line, virtual, and in-person. 3M continues to invest in the training needs of current shops and expanding for the body shop of the future.
Our innovative products, our body shop solutions, and our focus on training help allow our industry to unlock more value from materials and become more efficient with labor. 3M is scaling up visibility and control of the shop environment in a relevant, differentiated, and innovative way.
Everything is connected, You are the starting point and 3M is ready to guide owners, managers, painters, and body shop technicians to help make you and your business successful.
For more information, visit the website at www.3Mcollision.com and follow us on social media at www.facebook.com/3MCollision, on Instagram @3MCollision, and on twitter @3M_Collision.
DAT Group
DAT Group is an international company operating in the automotive industry that collects, supplements, creates, prepares and structures extensive vehicle data and then comprehensively provides the market with an extremely wide range of media and software solutions. DAT sees itself as a neutral link between the different stakeholders operating in the automotive industry and has been supported by its associates VDA, BIV, ZDK and VDIK (German Association of the Automotive Industry, Federal Association of Automotive Trade Guilds, German Federation for Motor Trades and Repairs and Association of International Vehicle Manufacturers, respectively) for more than 95 years.
Our product family, SilverDAT, not only offers top-of-the-line tools for vehicle identification, calculation of repair work and damage assessment as well as claims-related communication with insurance companies, but it also allows users to receive reliable used-car valuations or residual values through our large database and methodology.
We are dedicated to providing the industry with the most superior products and services to make business easier and more efficient for our customers and clients.
Head quarter / Germany:
Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH Hellmuth-Hirth-Str. 1 73730 Ostfildern Germany
+49 711 4503-0 [email protected]
Italy:
DAT Italia s.r.l.
Ufficio int. 5 al piano 2, Edificio di via della Sierra Nevada n.106, 00144 Roma (Rm), Italia
Phone: +39 (6) 5915390
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.dat-italia.com