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DEDICATED TO BUSINESS GROWTH
Sikkens offers premium automotive refinish paint products with a best-in-class quality repair, driven by innovation solutions and services, and dedication to our customers’ long-term business profitability.
WHY SIKKENS?
THE LEADER IN OEM APPROVALS
Sikkens has earned 60+ global OEM approvals by holding to the highest standards of color and durability, so that a vehicle’s paint can be restored to its pre-collision condition and you can have confidence that OEM standards are met.
WORLD-CLASS QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE
Sikkens delivers a showroom finish, with a quality that is one of the best in the market. Our products save you time, money, and energy; and our industry expertise helps you enhance every aspect of your business to increase profits.
DIGITALIZATION OF BODY SHOP WORKFLOW
Using Sikkens also means you can benefit from AkzoNobel’s digital production board and visual management system, CARBEAT®, to improve key-to-key cycle time by up to 10%.
BEST-IN-CLASS PRODUCT SYSTEMS
Our product systems are engineered to raise the benchmark of performance and meet our customers’ needs, with
a portfolio that delivers a combination of systems for different markets, and efficiencies that enable not only UV-A light curing, but also the reduction of material consumption by nearly 50% and process time by more than 50%.*
*Source: AkzoNobel internal tests.
FIRST-TIME-RIGHT COLOR
A powerful combination for color retrieval:
MIXITTM and AutomatchicTM. Integrating the two, you can work faster, match colors more accurately with less waste, and achieve an invisible repair more easily.
• Improved cycle times: Up to 50% reduction in color matching process time (measure, mix, spray).*
• Saving time (up to 3x faster) and waste (up to 20% less paint use).*
GLOBAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT
Sikkens also provides a complete and comprehensive package of tools and training, including:
• Application training
• Product & system training
• Digital color process training • Quality improvement training • Process related training
• Distributor training
BUSINESS SERVICES
Only Sikkens customers can benefit from our performance-enhancing Business Services, what we call the Acoat Selected program.
• Financial and Benchmarking Services • Marketing and Sales Support Services • Process Development Services
• Sustainability Services
• Technical Development Services
BUILT ON TRUSTED PARTNERSHIPS
“Partnering with AkzoNobel and
its Acoat Selected program helped me bring this shop from the brink of collapse to one of the top three BMW collision shops in the country. In one year.”
– Andrew Batenhorst, Pacific BMW