In Puerto Montt: One of the largest manufacturers of marine paints in the world celebrated its 140th anniversary

PPG markets, among other things, the Sigma line, offering high-tech coating systems that provide corrosion protection under adverse environmental conditions.

On board the Motorboat (M/N) "Skorpios II", the company specializing in manufacturing high quality paints performance PPG commemorated last Thursday, October 18, its 140 years since its creation. It was a camaraderie dinner. -with the journalistic coverage of Partnerfish and the Aquaculture Directory- together with collaborators, clients and executives of Paint Group, which represents them in the maritime sector throughout Chile.

During the activity, carried out in the commune of Puerto Montt (Region of Los Lagos), epicenter of the maritime movement of the south-south of the country, the commercial manager of PPG Chile and director of Marine Platform in Latin America (Latam), Oscar Lazarte, highlighted the opportunity to share this anniversary together with its distributor of the marine sector Service Paint -of the Paint Group-, emphasizing that in Chile is already present for 30 years.

In the same line, the commercial director of PPG Chile, Alberto Guzmán, he thanked his clients for their preference for the paintings produced by the company, emphasizing the "possibility of commemorating this date along with distinguished guests from the southern Chilean maritime sector".

For the Operations Manager of the Paint Group, Sergio Pinto"There are many shipowners who believed in us when we started with a new brand twelve years ago. Today we are with another much more powerful and with more technologyFor what we thank PPG for being with us," Pinto said.

Sigma

In the maritime sector PPG markets the Sigma line, offering high-tech coating systems that provide corrosion protection under adverse environmental conditions, being one of the largest suppliers in solutions for new constructions or maintenance in shipyards or dams.

The representatives in Chile of the Paint Group perform works of maintenance in works and terrain, naval and civil consultancy, training of marine coatings, application, supervision and inspection of coatings in ships, naval artifacts and harbour works in much of Chile, with operating bases in Concepción (Region of Biobío), Puerto Montt, Punta Arenas (Region of Magellan and Chilean Antarctic) and soon in Coquimbo (Region of Coquimbo).

*Image credits: Pedro Barra Léniz | Partnerfish | Directorio Acuícola | PPG.