2018 Annual Vendor Awards

SHERWIN-WILLIAMS AUTOMOTIVE FINISHES ANNOUNCES ANNUAL VENDOR AWARDS

3M, Innovative Tools and PPC Honored as Leading Suppliers

(CLEVELAND, OHIO) February 18, 2018 – Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes, one of the leading manufacturers of automotive paint and distributors of collision repair paint and body equipment products and sundries, announced its annual Associated Products Vendor Awards. The announcement was made at a special reception for more than 200 suppliers, employees and V.I.P. guests at its national sales meeting held at the Gaylord Palms hotel and convention center in Orlando, Fla.

Associated Products suppliers honored at this year’s Vendor Awards included:

• 3M – Sherwin-Williams Program-of-the-Year
  
• Innovative Tools – Sherwin-Williams Canada Vendor-of-the-Year
• PPC, Inc. (Powers Paper Company) - Sherwin-Williams Operational Excellence

This is the eighth straight Operational Excellence award for PPC, Inc., and its 11th overall as a partner to Sherwin-Williams. In addition to its Program of the Year Award this year, 3M has won back-to-back accolades, as it was previously honored as Sherwin-Williams Vendor-of-the-Year during last year’s award ceremony.

“Our vendor partners are an integral part in helping us demonstrate the service excellence that our customers expect,” said Scott Walton, Director of Associated Products Marketing for Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes. “They are important to the ongoing service and attention to detail we provide all our collision repair customers."