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GLASURIT SUPPORTS
WORLDSKILLS
GLASURIT’S WORLDSKILLS SPONSORSHIP
is one of several initiatives to develop skilled spray painters around the globe. “We are very happy to partner with WorldSkills once again following the successful use of our Glasurit brand of refinish coatings at WorldSkills Kazan 2019 to focus on sustainability, digitali- sation and diversity for the next genera- tion of spray painters. The event brings together young people, industry, gov- ernment, education, and institutions, to promote the benefits of our industry and drives the passion for skilled car painters to enter the field,” said Fabien Boschetti, Director, Global Marketing Automotive Refinish Coatings Solu- tions, BASF.
As China prepares for WorldSkills Shanghai 2021, the 46th WorldSkills Competition globally, Glasurit looks for- ward to supporting the upcoming compe- tition under the motto “New Youth, New Skills, New Dream.” Glasurit is also sup- porting the first WorldSkills Museum which will exhibit the history of skills.
The WorldSkills Museum located on the bank of the Huangpu River in Shang-
hai will be the first in the world devoted to vocational skills.
BASF has been a leading educator of spray painters as part of BASF’s global STAMPP (STimulate and revAMp the Paint Profession) program, which in- cludes internationally standardised one- year training and further bodyshop in- ternship for new automotive refinishing technicians.
LEFT TO RIGHT: Fabien Boschetti, Director, Global Marketing Automotive Refinish Coatings Solutions, Patrick Zhao, Senior Vice President, Coatings Solutions Asia Pacific, and Chris Titmarsh, Vice President, Automotive Refinish Coatings Solutions EMEA.
NEW NORTON BRAND AMBASSADOR
SAINT-GOBAIN/NORTON ABRASIVES HAS
announced Dec McKearney as its na- tional brand ambassador for Norton Abrasives Pacific.
Resto my Ride the TV series produced by Custom Entertainment and hosted by McKearney of Resto’s and Rods Garage will shortly head in to production of its second season of the internationally broadcast car restoration show.
Igor Giglio, CEO Pacific of Saint- Gobain said: “It is our goal to establish long-term relationships with our cus- tomers, we want to share our profes-
sional skills, process knowledge and provide up-to-date information regard- ing industry developments and we are thrilled to be able to do this with Dec’s support and endorsement of Norton.”
Dec McKearney
BRIEFS
AUSSIE HYDROGEN VEHICLES
A new Australian start up, H2X is planning to manufacture hydrogen vehicles in the Illawarra region of NSW. It aims to produce 20,000 hybrid vehicles from a plant at Port Kembla by 2025.
The company's CEO Brendan Norman said the venture would create about 5,000 direct jobs, mostly based in the Illawarra.
"We're looking to go into aggressive production from 2022, but we will have a start in production from 2021.
Norman said the company had already
developed several prototypes of hybrid cars and agricultural machinery with a view to producing passenger vehicles in the future.
"We're also looking at heavy vehicles and vehicles that will come from one location and then go back to the same location in the same day," he said.
"There are some farming vehicles that we're looking at, vehicles like taxis and delivery vans also operate in that sort of focus.
"The key that we have to unlock with passenger vehicles is to make sure that there's enough hydrogen available around the cities."
MOTORCLASSICA 2020 CANCELLED
Motorclassica organisers have made the difficult decision not to hold the classic car show in 2020. Instead organisers look forward to bringing you an even greater spectacle next year when Motorclassica returns from 22- 24 October 2021 in Melbourne.