R-M, BASF Coating’s, pioneering paint brand is to hold the "Best Painter Competition" - International Painting Championship

In Search of the Best

Who is Europe's best painter? R-M, BASF Coating’s pioneering paint brand, is to hold the 2010 "R-M Best Painter Competition" in Clermont, France.
From 7th to 10th September 2010, participants from Europe and Asia will pit their skills in the city's Refinish Competence Centre, a modern training facility. In the coming weeks and months, up to 17 painters aged 30 or under will take part in national qualifying rounds for the final in Clermont. 50 media partners from all participating countries, and R-M’s valued supporters of the competition including SATA, DeVilbiss, 3M and EMM Colad, among others, will be in attendance. Nobuhiro Nagatsuka from Honda Body Service Tochigi in Japan has already secured his passage to France following the Japanese qualifying round held in December 2009. The last Best Painter Competition, held in 2007 was won by Russia's Gregory Chernenok.

The 2010 competition will not only be a showcase for outstanding painting skills and upcoming talent from within R-M’s markets, but also R-M's own high technology and ease of application will be put to the test which promises long-term profits for today’s bodyshops. R-M has been developing upcoming talent for years and stresses that the experience goes way beyond mere product use and profitability. The vision should extend "beyond the spray gun" and communicate passion for the trade and its concepts to the wider market. R-M's CARIZZMA will therefore be a centerpiece of the September event. The first VOC-compliant individual custom paint range on the European market, it offers R-M's young painters a niche market in meeting client requirements, given the fashion for customisation sweeping the car industry.