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for the automotive refinish market.
Strongly present in body shops all over Brazil and
many in other countries, Wanda is now taking up the
challenge of becoming a benchmark for sustainable
solutions and user-friendliness. To that end, the com-
pany has been investing in numerous research efforts
and launching products that incorporate this concept.
“We provide chromate-free products, a technological
breakthrough that results in optimum quality solu-
tions that are harmless to our employees, body shop
professionals and the environment,” says Angela de
Negreiros, marketing manager, South America.
Accordingly, Akzo Nobel, the proprietor of the Wanda
brand, has also been making investments to improve
manufacturing processes. It was the first paint manu-
facturer in Brazil to be certified under the ISO 9001,
ISO 14001, ISO TS 16949 and OHSAS 18001 standards,
demonstrating its pioneering spirit, its commitment to
the well-being of society and its respect for nature.
Latincoat & Adhesives 2010 / Companies secure
space at Latincoat & Adhesives 2010
In the evening of November 9, in São Paulo, before re-
presentatives of the industry, Agnelo Editora officially
launched Latincoat & Adhesives 2010. The companies
which have already adhered to the trade show include
Brasilata, Carbono, Petrobras Distribuidora, Cabot, BB
Química, Mast, BYK, and Eastman.
This edition will be especially focused on knowledge,
with insightful debates, studies and lectures about
the advances in each segment and new technologies
following the world trend towards sustainability. As
a further update, the fifth edition is bound to match
and even exceed the success of the previous ones. At
the same time as the lecture cycle plays out, there will
be an exhibit space to provide companies with an op-
portunity to display their newly launched and existing
products and services.
According Agnelo de Barros Neto, director at Agne-
lo Editora, even though we are just coming out of a
turbulent period that shook the world economy and
effects on Brazil, Agnelo Editora, like the companies
which operate here and have long-term projections,
has never ceased to invest in the industry, and has
always sought to innovate over its 13 years of existen-
ce. A testament to that is Paint & Pintura TV, which
was launched a just over a month ago during Abrafati
2009 as an unprecedented communication channel for
the industry to broadcast information.
“We have always believed in this market and tried to