Building Investment (September-October 2021)

IM GROUP wins award for “Best Industrial Tinting
System” in Brazil
The recently rebranded IM GROUP (formerly Inkmaker Group)
has won the prestigious Sistemas Tintométricos Equipmentos
Industriais (Industrial Tinting Equipment Systems) award at the
25 th Premio Paint & Pintura award ceremony.
The yearly event, voted by the people of Brazil, is widely
recognised across Latin America as the “Oscars” of the Brazilian
paint sector. The win makes it the eighth consecutive year that
this category has been won by IM GROUP.
The award ceremony broadcast on YouTube directly from the
Croata space, 301 in Lapa, São Paulo. It was presented by master
of ceremony Dani Reis, and the CEO of Paint & Pintura, Agnelo
De Barros Neto. Winners for all 53 categories were nominated by
invited executives from the paint industries and sector entities
from all over Brazil, who entered via live link. Among them was
Luiz Antônio Piva Filho, Marketing Director of Sherwin-Williams,
who announced IM GROUP as the winner of the Industrial Tinting
Equipment Systems.
“It is an extreme honour for us to receive this award, for the
eighth successive year and we would particularly like to thank
all voters for their continued support. A big thank you also to
Agnelo De Barros Neto, Lucélia Monfardini, Erica Brandão and all
the team at Paint & Pintura for all their hard work, in making this
much-anticipated industry event such a professional success,”
said Fernando Sano Itaziki, Area Sales Manager, Inkmaker, who
together with Luis Henrique, runs the IM GROUP operations in
Latin America.
IM GROUP, who made global headlines in April this year when
they rebranded from their previous name of Inkmaker Group,
has been a trusted brand in the Brazilian market for over two
decades and through its investments has grown to achieve market
dominance throughout Latin America.
“This is a momentous achievement for IM GROUP, and we
thank the people of Brazil for this recognition and loyalty. Their
votes have once again confirmed our leading position in the
industrial tinting systems in the South American market. Our
group carries a new name now, yet we continue to uphold the
trusted service of quality that defines us through our credo “The
Colour of Trust”, which our audience has always associated with
the Inkmaker brand,” said Christophe Rizzo, CEO EMEA / Americas,
Inkmaker Group.
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