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This year is a very special year for Sagola as we celebrate our 65th anniversary. 65 years ago, in 1955, Alejandro Sanchez Larrauri, founded our company.

Today, after 65 years in business, Sagola still has very ambitious strategic expansion plans. Given the recognition of our products worldwide, whilst there is significant opportunity, our ability to execute our expansion plans by ourselves is limited.

We inform you that over the last few months, we have been in discussions with a UK partner who we believe will fully support us and help us achieve our global expansion plans.

We are therefore today informing you that, as from this week, Sagola SA is now part of the Elcometer Family.

Based out of the United Kingdom, Elcometer is also a family business and has been owned by the Sellars family for seven generations. Starting out in the 19th Century as a chemical company, Elcometer – whose headquarters are in Manchester, UK – has become one of the world leaders in the design, manufacture and supply of equipment to the coatings and non-destructive test (NDT) industries.

Elcometer is based in Manchester UK and exports over 90% of the products they manufacture through its offices in France, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, Singapore, UAE and the USA and its global distribution network which covers over 170 countries around the World.

Just like Sagola, Elcometer’s company philosophy is to integrate quality into all aspects of the products they design and build and they are highly conscious of the environment around us all. Elcometer’s commitment is reflected in their ISO 9001 and 14001 Quality and Environmental accreditations.

Elcometer know that the Sagola brand is incredibly strong and is well known - particularly in the automotive and industrial refinishing sectors, and it is imperative for Elcometer that we at Sagola continue to sell to our strengths under the Sagola brand, with the Sagola team and with the Sagola distribution network leading the way.

Both companies have been keen to make sure that all of the Sagola team remains and it is our hope that with your help, we can grow Sagola around the World.

With that in mind, all your existing contacts with Sagola will remain exactly as they are today – whether it be sales, technical support, repairs, finance or quality control, the Sagola team will be here to look after all your requirements today and well into the future.

We strongly believe that with the support of Elcometer, this is the start of the next phase in the development and growth of Sagola, and we hope that this announcement will make you feel confident in your continued partnership with Sagola.

This Monday we were in Centro Zaragoza presenting news such as the air quality test, a fundamental tool to diagnose the quality of our compressed air, and the new 4600 Trophy Truck with its new Titania Pro nozzle. The latest evolution in the application of the latest varnishes generation.

The mobility restrictions derived from the COVID 19 crisis, have affected our daily uses and customs.

Similarly, Sagola's product department has been forced to adapt to this new scenario by intensifying online training.

In the last few weeks, two have been the companies formed by the members of the product department Diego Fernández and Héctor Amado: Qatar Trading from Qatar and Intertechno from Egypt.

In this way, Sagola continues to bet on the constant formation of its international distribution network.

In Sagola we take sustainability and respect for the environment very seriously, investing in technologies and innovations that help us minimize our footprint on the planet, for that reason we have renewed our fleet of hybrid vehicles, choosing once again the new generation of hybrids that contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions, being able to be close to our customers in a more respectful way with our environment.

Sagola is very happy to introduce Jorge Newbery and the rest of his team of Palamos Pinturerías, as Sagola’s new Official and Authorized Importer in Argentina, mainly focused on the Automotive Refinish and Bodyshop sector.

From Sagola, we would like to wish all the best for the future to Jorge and the rest of his highly skilled team on the Direct Import duties on Official and Authorized conditions for Sagola equipment; we will constantly support our new partner from our central premises in Spain, in order to favor Palamos Pinturerías most successful market penetration.

Keep in mind, you all will be bale to find them at the following address: Av. Gral. Francisco Fernández de la Cruz 851, C1437 GYA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and their direct telephone number is +541149226284; in both ways they will give to all potential customers their best professional service along with an excellent technical support on our equipment

Sagola would like to express the enthusiasm and good expectations for this new relationship, hoping this mutual cooperation would become very long and fruitful in the time.

At Sagola, we have always been firmly committed to improving with the aim of increasing the competitiveness of our services and meeting the expectations of all parties. Consequently, we have obtained the ISO 9100 certificate for aeronautical processes of anodizing aluminum parts. In order for this policy to be adequate for the purpose of the organization, this is the reference framework used to establish and review management objectives, whose basic lines of action are defined below:

• Minimize the risks that our organization faces.
• Enhance the opportunities that are presented to us.
• Satisfy our clients at all times, complying with the quality standards agreed upon with them.
• Orientation to the prevention of failures during the entire development of the activity.

The limitation of movements derived from the exceptional situation experienced in recent months, has caused the Product Department of Sagola to increase online training actions.

Thus, there have been numerous training actions carried out by the Sagola training team in recent weeks. From paint manufacturers' technicians, to CESVI staff or importers’ technicians in territories such as Vietnam or Indonesia ... all of them have benefited from Sagola's determined commitment its collaborators training.

During these exceptional weeks fighting against COVID 19, on behalf of Sagola we would like to thank and reiterate our support to all those that are fighting against the virus in the frontline: Health staff, nursing homes, security forces, etc… Thank you for caring of us to the extent possible..

In appreciation of their priceless contribution, during the months of March and April we have donated all our available stock of 4.000 FFP2 masks to local institutions like:

• Txagorritxu Hospital of Vitoria.
• Medical centers.
• Nursing homes.
• T4 association.
• Vitoria dental clinics emergencies.
• Pharmacies in Vitoria.
• Local police of Vitoria.
• Basque police.
• Spanish police.
• County police.

To all them THANK YOU and be strong.

On March 10 and 11, a series of technical-commercial training sessions were held in Portugal for distributors of the southern area of the country.

The trainings took place at the facilities of the distributors "L Tintas" and "Tintas Robbialac" and were carried out by Héctor Amado (Product Manager) and David Cabeza (Sales Manager for the southern area and Portugal).

We had the opportunity to present new products such as the ‘Trophy Truck’ limited edition of our 4600 Xtreme or the compressed air quality test, as well as to strengthen the general knowledge of our body shop catalog.