See how Global Finishing Solutions® (GFS) products have played a key role in the success of automotive body shops, collision repair centers, manufacturing facilities, wood finishing shops, military and MSO facilities have learned how to benefit from our products and services.
“I don’t work for money. I work for efficiency, which makes me money,” said Abe Guenter of AG Autobody. That is why he invested last year in performance-boosting finishing equipment from GFS and Canadian distributor Dormer Finishing Systems — an Ultra XD Paint Booth and Excel Workstation that are connected by a Side-Load Finishing System, with an adjoined Ultra XD Paint Mix Room.
A new building meant new finishing equipment earlier this year for Fix Auto Alameda. And owner Arthur Mercado wanted the best technology on the market to help ensure his 18-year-old business stays ahead of the competition.
The recently released REVO Rapid MC1 from GFS fills the gap between the single-cassette REVO Spot and the dual-cassette, dual-sensor REVO Rapid MC2 and OR2 models. Featuring two cassettes with a single set of sensors, the REVO Rapid MC1 provides a more affordable solution for curing filler and coatings on two different vehicles or panels at the same time.
Targeting junior high and high school students, the Crossover Restoration Foundation aims to provide an avenue for at-risk teenagers to turn around their lives. The past seven years, JB Baldridge has worked to get the ministry up and running. He finally is nearing that point, thanks to the addition of an Ultra XS Paint Booth from GFS.
With a shop expansion underway at ABRA Faribault, three things were priorities for body shop general manager Aaron Kasparek — increased flexibility, more space and better contamination control. Check, check and check, mostly thanks to a dual-bay Ultra XD Closed-Top Open-Front (CTOF) Booth from GFS that was paired with an Ultra XD Paint Booth and Ultra XD Paint Mix Room in hopes maximized productivity boosts the bottom line.
As the heat and humidity blasts Pittsburgh this summer, Mike Palm isn’t sweating over temperature fluctuations in his paint booths. Consistent temperatures in all spots of the GFS paint booths at Bowser Collision of Murrysville have helped the Chevrolet dealership produce clean, high-quality paint jobs to get repaired vehicles back to customers faster.
Finishing their carbon fiber composite parts with two to three times as much clearcoat as a typical automotive body shop, SpeedKore needed faster curing, without sacrificing quality. A visit to the Center for Excellence — the state-of-the-art training facility resembling a working body shop in Osseo, Wisconsin — convinced SpeedKore that the REVO Handheld from GFS could help them maximize efficiency, for a relatively minimal investment.
A Large Equipment Paint Booth from GFS — measuring 60 feet long and 18 feet high — has enabled Camping World of Madison to significantly increase throughput with much-improved contamination control and faster curing times.
Kye Yeung’s customers love their cars — and they drive fancy ones. When their car needs a repair, they want it done right, and they want it back fast. At European Motor Car Works, having dependable, high-performance equipment is a necessity. In Yeung’s latest shop expansion, GFS and Maximum Equipment & Technical Services delivered what he needed to get customers back on the road and keep OEMs happy.
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