Boucherville, Quebec — September 13, 2016 — The FinishMaster brand is coming to Canada. Uni-Select is the parent company of FinishMaster, a well-known and established distributor of paint and related materials in the US. Uni-Select has announced that it will bring the brand to Canada as well.
FinishMaster Canada will open new FinishMaster stores and converting some of the current corporate stores under the FinishMaster brand, starting with an initial deployment phase in Toronto and Ottawa. The three corporate stores in Ontario are currently in the rebranding process and are set for official unveiling later this month.
“The launch of the FinishMaster brand is part of our strategy to extend our North American leadership position in the automotive and industrial refinish space with the initiative to deploy the FinishMaster brand and model in Canada to provide better service to more customers nationally,” said Henry Buckley, President and Chief Executive Officer of Uni-Select.
Managed by the Automotive Canada team, supported by a strong national distribution network and utilizing the same brand and format as used by FinishMaster in the US, the Canadian FinishMaster stores will offer Uni-Select’s complete line-up of national brand paint and related products.
“Possessing a strong foundation in the United States, the FinishMaster brand has earned itself an enviable reputation for its quality, professionalism and expertise. The extension of the FinishMaster model to our current Canadian Paint, Body and Equipment (PBE) program will solidify our position to respond to the collision industry’s growing demand in terms of paint and refinish products and services. The combination of our current automotive jobbers selling PBE and the launch of the FinishMaster model in Canada will enable us to better serve our customers nationally,” said Michel Charbonneau, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, PBE Division, Automotive Canada.
FinishMaster was introduced to the American automotive aftermarket in 1968 and joined the Uni-Select family in January 2011. FinishMaster has grown from a single outlet to a team of more than 1,600 operating 205 branches and four distribution centres and serving over 6,000 collision repair centre customers in 31 states.
“The launch of FinishMaster in Canada reaffirms our objective to be the undisputed leader in the automotive refinish industry and preferred distributor in the automotive aftermarket,” said Gary O’Connor, President and Chief Operating Officer of Automotive Canada.
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