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1919 - Company Rinshed- Mason set up in Detroit (USA).
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1926 - First automotive paint batch for Cadillac
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1927 - First UV resistance
tests in Florida
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1931 - Launch of first metallic
colours
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1948 - Launch of first
Tintometer
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1963 - First establishment
outside USA: R-M France is created
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1968 - Setup of first training
center in Clermont de l’Oise.
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1981 - R-M answer to repair
easily metallic clear over base: DIAMONT line
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1985 - Launch of SOLO: the real HS
line with its own colour tool: Tintoguide
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1986 - Integration in the BASF
Group
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1990 - European organisation in
Clermont de l’Oise
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1994 - QUARZ the complete
system for trucks and commercial vehicles
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1995 - Official presentation of the
new product offer/R-M services
- First
step of the «Global Answer» R-M offers a solution
for
ecological
requirements
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1996 - R-M net, the first website
with colour formula available 24 hours a day
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1998 - Colortronic: R-M colour lab
in your bodyshop
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1999 - CRYSTAL BASE : higher
concentration, less stock, more profitability.
- Launch
of Colormaster 2, last one generation of color tool adapted to
current
automotive
park.
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2000
- Launch
of Programmes For Success, innovative service package
specially
developed
for managers which consists of a series of modules guaranteed to help
them increase their
productivity
and sales.
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Launch of Color Explorer CD which enables the painters to get all the
colour
information they need
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2001 - Launch of the new EXTREME
COLORS line that
continuously
changes colour as
the light and
angle of
vision changes.
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Updating of Color Explorer CD including Sm@rt Sc@le
software,
which thanks
to the connection of the
bodyshop PC
to a standard electronic scale,
via
a simple cable, enables the painter to weigh
the formula
components of any
colour.
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2002 - Set up of a new corporate
communication.
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1er best painter contest organized at international level.
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Launch of Color Moto : a new guide, designed for motorcycle
repair.
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2003 - Adaptation of internet
site design at the new corporate image.
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2004 - Launch of Shop Master : new
software for optimising
performance
and profitability of the bodyshop.
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