UK- Audatex to Raise Paint Material Rate by 6 Percent

Audatex UK announced that, having now completed industry paint price reviews, the company will be making an upward adjustment to its paint price tables.

The impact of the detailed data supplied by the paint companies has resulted in an average increase of 6.26 percent on the calculated paint and materials. These calculations are based upon updated paint material tables which represent the basket of paint brands used in the Audatex system and take into account the market share of the brands within the overall basket.

Paint company/brand

Market share*
PPG

NexaAutocolor

18 percent

PPG

10 percent
DPC

Standox

7 percent

Spies Hecker

6 percent

DuPont

5 percent
Akzo Nobel

Sikkens

14 percent
BASF

Glasurit

12 percent

R-M

4 percent

Changes will be made for Akzo Nobel, BASF, DPC and PPG effective Feb 11, 2013 for online users. Offline users will receive the new prices as of the D4.13 data release.

Audatex notes that the percentage increase is for guidance purposes only, as the actual increase, per job, will depend on a number of factors including the specific paint operations (e.g. new part, surface, repair), paint type and the surface to be prepared/painted (e.g. metal vs. plastic).

by: CollisionWeek www.collisionweek.com/cw/news/2013/0211-uk-a.asp