United States. Mitchell announced that it is collaborating with global coatings company Axalta Coating Systems to introduce a new training program.
Both companies will be at HD Repair Forum in Fort Worth, Texas, on April 18 and 19 to discuss the offer.
The program, "Truck Fleet Damage Analysis and Estimation," provides repairers with instructions on how to optimize the evaluation process for medium- and heavy-duty trucks damaged by collisions, as well as optimize paint profitability.
Available quarterly through the Axalta Refinish Academy, the first training program is scheduled for June 6 in Concord, NC.
It combines Mitchell's expertise in estimating commercial, passenger and special vehicles with Axalta's position as one of the world's largest coatings suppliers to help facility owners, managers, adjusters and parts personnel improve their appraisal skills, according to the companies.
"Estimating can be the key to timely, efficient and cost-effective repairs, and there is a growing need in the commercial trucking industry for more education on repair planning and writing an accurate collision damage assessment," said Patrice Marcil, global director of refinish learning and development at Axalta.
"Axalta is delighted to collaborate with Mitchell on this new training program and looks forward to helping repairers improve the estimating process."
"Today's advanced vehicles add a new level of complexity to the repair process," said Jack Rozint, senior vice president of repair sales at Mitchell, an Enlyte company and provider of technology and information to the collision repair and property claims and accident (P&C) industries.
"Together with Axalta, a pioneer in the hedging space, we can address this challenge by providing commercial truck shops with best practices that are designed to better position these businesses for the delivery of proper, safe and efficient collision repairs."
Repairers can visit Axalta.us or Axalta.ca, log in or register as a new user to access the "My Axalta" home page and click on the "Axalta Academy" link to register for the course.
