Your Inside Look at Innovation, Products & Tips from Providence Lacquer

We're excited to share the latest issue of Coating Connection – Providence Lacquer’s insider newsletter built for body shops, boatyards, and industrial pros like you.

Attached is our Quarter 1 – 2026 Newsletter, and if there is one article you read all year, make it this:

“Wake Up Before It’s Too Late:
How Independent Collision Shops Are Being Quietly Boxed Out of Their Own Industry.”

This isn’t opinion.
It’s not hype.
It’s happening — right now.

2026 is a decision year.

A year to say no to corporate jobbers who answer to shareholders.
A year to say yes to independent, family-owned distributors who live in your community, understand your operation, and have real skin in the game.

Another article we strongly encourage you to read is:

“Letting Someone With No Skin in the Game Make Decisions for Your Body Shop Is a Costly Mistake.”

Because the truth is simple:
The people making decisions for your shop should be accountable to your success — not quarterly earnings calls.

Providence Lacquer was built on independence, relationships, and long-term thinking. That will never change.

Coating Connection is designed to help you stay informed, improve efficiency, and maximize the value of your partnership with Providence Lacquer.

👉 Click here to read the Q1 2026 issue now

Thanks for being part of the Providence Lacquer family. We’re here to help your shop succeed every step of the way.

All the Best,

Peter Kilkenny

Providence Lacquer & Supply Centre

Business Development Manager