AkzoNobel Car Refinishes Americas and Triad Coatings, Inc have entered into a distribution partnership in the North Carolina area. AkzoNobel reports the alliance significantly expands and enhances the distribution coverage of both organizations in the Carolina area. Triad Coatings, Inc. headquartered in Graham, North Carolina, has distributed industrial coatings for approximately ten years.

For their collision repair customers they will carry the AkzoNobel Lesonal and U-Tech brands.Triad effectively covers seven North Carolina counties including Alamance, Guilford, Orange, Rockingham and Chatham.

“Our business model is very service oriented,” commented Gene Mullis owner of Triad. Mullis continued, “As an industrial coatings distributor, we had the unique vantage point of watching jobber service to collision repair centers in the Carolina area decline. We saw a business space where we felt we could make a difference. Entering this arena with the world’s largest coatings company gives us a tremendous advantage.”

“We are pleased that Triad Coatings has chosen to be a part of the AkzoNobel distribution network,” noted Doug Holmberg, Director of Sales for AkzoNobel Car Refinishes North America. “We were tremendously impressed with the history of innovation and success that we saw with Triad. Their focus on customer service aligns with our core values. We feel that this is a win for AkzoNobel, for Triad and most importantly our mutual clientele.”