Solera Announces Partnership with PPG, a Leading Global Supplier of Paints, Coatings and Specialty Products
WESTLAKE, Texas, Oct. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Solera, the global leader in vehicle lifecycle management, today announced a strategic partnership with PPG (NYSE:PPG), a global leader in paints, coatings and specialty products. Through this collaboration, PPG's premium automotive refinish coatings, including NEXA AUTOCOLOR® products and MAXMEYER® coatings, will be integrated into Solera's Sustainable Estimatics platform, enabling PPG customers to assess their carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions per repair. This includes factors such as repair methods (repair versus replace), paint application processes and drying conditions.
With this partnership, PPG provides product- and process-specific data that enables more accurate CO₂ calculations, rather than relying solely on general industry averages. The integration of advanced tools within the PPG LINQ™ digital ecosystem for body shops—including PPG VISUALIZID™ digital color matching and the PPG MOONWALK® automated mixing system—supports more precise, efficient repairs and boosts customer productivity by streamlining refinish processes and reducing material waste. This initiative reflects PPG's ongoing commitment to sustainability, digitalization, and automation.
"The partnership with Solera marks an important milestone in our mission to deliver sustainably advantaged, digital, and automated solutions to our customers," said Juan Navarro, Marketing Director EMEA at PPG. "By combining our trusted refinish products and digital solutions, we enable body shops to reduce waste, improve efficiency and monitor and lower their carbon footprint with precision."
The current agreement includes the integration of PPG's emissions metrics into the Solera ecosystem, providing customers with a robust tool to monitor and manage their Scope 1, 2 and 3 CO₂ emissions. The resulting dashboards offer clear insights that allow shops to benchmark their environmental impact and generate credible, verifiable emissions data aligned with evolving regulatory requirements, such as the European Union Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which mandates emissions reporting beginning in 2025.
Arnaud Agostini, International Managing Director at Solera, said, "PPG's focus on combining sustainability with advanced digital and automated solutions adds significant value to our Sustainable Estimatics platform. With innovations like PPG MoonWalk automated paint mixing system and PPG VisualizID digital color visualization tool, we deliver precise CO₂ tracking and help body shops transform their daily operations. This strategic partnership ensures that repairers and insurers can rely on data that reflects the latest industry advances for more accurate reporting and a stronger competitive advantage."
PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD®
At PPG (NYSE:PPG), we work every day to develop and deliver the paints, coatings and specialty products that our customers have trusted for more than 140 years. Through dedication and creativity, we solve our customers' biggest challenges, collaborating closely to find the right path forward. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, we operate and innovate in more than 70 countries and reported net sales of $15.8 billion in 2024. We serve customers in construction, consumer products, industrial and transportation markets and aftermarkets. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com.
About Solera
Solera is the global leader in vehicle lifecycle management software-as-a-service, data, and services. Through four lines of business – vehicle claims, vehicle repairs, vehicle solutions, and fleet solutions – Solera is home to many leading brands in the vehicle lifecycle ecosystem, including Identifix, Audatex, DealerSocket, Omnitracs, LoJack, Spireon, eDriving/Mentor, Explore, cap hpi, Autodata, and others. Solera empowers its customers to succeed in the digital age by providing them with a "one-stop shop" solution that streamlines operations, offers data-driven analytics, and enhances customer engagement, which Solera believes helps customers drive sales, promote customer retention, and improve profit margins. Solera serves over 300,000 global customers and partners in 100+ countries. For more information, visit www.solera.com.
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