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2007-09-28 Manufacturing News
Gregory Chernenok world
champion young automotive refinisher
The exceptionally talented young spraypainter Gregory Chernenok, new
automotive refinishing champion, represented Russia at the Grand Final.
At the R-M Refinish Competence Centre in Clermont, France, Gregory Chernenok
put his talent and technical abilities to the test in the competition
with the top spraypainters from 13 other countries. The jury chose him
as hands-down winner of the tough competition. Over the past months, all
participants in the Grand Final had to qualify for the finals in national
preliminary competitions.
This was the third time in the history of the competition that the Grand
Final was held at the R-M Refinish Competence Centre in Clermont, France.
The object of the trial was to find a successor to last year's champion,
Steve Mauro from the Stillemant bodyshop in Belgium. He had won first
place in the 2006 Grand Final in Caronno Pertusella, Italy, out of a pool
of 10 participants. They came from Belarus, Belgium, France, Germany,
Italy, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
This year the worldwide reputation of the competition moved up a notch.
The competition welcomed spraypainters from four new countries: Portugal,
Russia, Switzerland and Ukraine.
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Gregory Chernenok from Russia,
1st new World Champion of young painters. Click
Here for Low resolution image. photo: BASF Coatings |
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And the winner is: Gregory Chernenok from Russia, 1st the new World
Champion of young painters. He won the R-M-Best Painter Contest in Clermont
/France. See photo at right.
With more than 100 guests and a host of members of the international press
present, the sheer number of competitors and guests made this the largest
event to take place at R-M’s Clermont headquarters in 15 years.
Throughout the competition, the venue was buzzing with excitement as
the finalists fought hard to demonstrate their technical know-how, color
matching skills using the COLORMASTER System, R-M brand’s color
matching system, and refinishing skills using R-M's ONYX HD waterborne
basecoat.
The world’s premier competition
As the R-M Young Painter of the Year Competition continues to grow and
become recognized as the world’s premier competition for young automotive
refinishers, the number of leading industry sponsors of the event has
grown to an all-time high. Connex, Deltalyo, EMM Colad, Fillon Technologies,
Horn & Bauer, ITW DeVilbiss, Kimberley Clark, Lacour, 3M, Mettler
Toledo, Rupes, Saint Gobain Abrasives, Sata, SIA Abrasives, Teroson/Henkel
Loctite and Tesa all demonstrated their support for the event, providing
attractive prizes. Awards included the latest Nintendo Wii game console
for two players together with the “Need for Speed Carbon”
game supplied by R-M Automotive Refinish. Another prize was a dream vacation
to the winner’s choice of 180 attractive destinations, also donated
by R-M Automotive Finish.
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Technicians from 14 countries
fight for coveted title in Clermont. Click
Here for Low resolution image. photo: BASF Coatings |
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During the R-M-Best Painter Contest young painters hat to put their skills
to test before a panel of highly experienced judges at the R-M International
Young Painter of the Year Competition. See photo at right.
This year’s special events program was extraordinarily spectacular.
After all the hard work on the first day of competition, R-M pampered
the participants and their VIP guests with a dinner at the Eiffel Tower.
The closing event of the competition was fitting for a world champion.
The winner met together with the other participants and the VIP guests
in front of the Hyatt Hotel. A 500-meter-long motorcade of no fewer than
16 limousines escorted by the “Gendarmerie Nationale” picked
them up and drove them in style straight through the heart of Paris to
the banks of the River Seine, where the ship “Bâteau Parisien”
took them on a sight-sighting tour of the city. The river provided a spectacular
vantage point for enjoying the “City of Lights” – an
experience that reflected R-M’s passion for colors magnificently.
The motorcade then transported them down the Champs-Elysées to
a superb gala dinner at "Fouquet", known all over the world
for its excellent cuisine and famous guests and as the venue for French
president Nicolas Sarkozy’s victory celebration just a few months
earlier. The mayor of Paris’s 8th district welcomed all the guests.
In his speech, he emphasized the international significance of the Young
Painter of the Year Competition and praised the performance of all the
participants. The program of special events met with an enthusiastic response
as well. A magician mesmerized the guests with his spectacular acts. It
was truly an overwhelming experience for these top young painters.
A victim of its own success
The outstanding success of this year’s R-M International Young Painter
of the Year Competition and the fact that even more countries are planning
to compete in the 2008 competition means that the event has outgrown the
Clermont facility. For this reason, the 2008 competition will be completely
revamped with an exciting new format at a different international location
– which has yet to be announced.
Read a recent press release about - BASF Coatings announces that it is
opening a new training center in Shenyang, China, for their refinish
coatings product users.
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