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Recognition marks third time Colours, Inc. has received title.
March 20, 2026
By: KERRY PIANOFORTE
Editor, Coatings World
PPG announced that it has selected Colours, Inc. of Wilkes-Barre, PA, as its Automotive Refinish 2025 Platinum Distributor of the Year. The award recognizes a distributor with exceptional service, loyalty, product knowledge and support as part of the PPG PLATINUM DISTRIBUTOR® program. Colours was also awarded the title in 2003 and 2019..
Shefali Cromer, PPG director, PPG Platinum Distributor program, U.S. and Canada, Automotive Refinish, presented the award to Ali Mahalak, president and CEO of Colours, Inc., during PPG’s annual Platinum Distributor Celebration of Excellence awards ceremony, held last month in Las Vegas. Mahalak joined the leadership team in 2010 alongside her father, Tim Evans, who founded Colours in 1986.
“The Platinum Distributor of the Year award is reserved for those distribution partners who exemplify excellence, exceptional growth and leadership,” said Cromer. “Ali, Tim and the team at Colours have done exactly that. Their deep technical expertise and unwavering commitment to customers are the hallmarks of its success. We are proud to recognize Colours for its outstanding contributions and steadfast partnership. Congratulations to the entire organization on this prestigious and well-deserved honor.”
Colours operates more than 50 locations across the central and eastern U.S. and offers a full line of PPG’s Automotive Refinish products. The company joined the PPG Platinum Distributor network during its inaugural month in December 1994.
“Being named Platinum Distributor of the Year is an incredible honor, but what makes it so meaningful is knowing that it represents the collective effort of our entire team,” said Mahalak. “This recognition belongs to every single person at Colours. From our store teams and drivers to our salespeople and support staff, this award reflects the daily commitment, pride and care our people bring to serving customers. I am proud to accept this award on behalf of our entire Colours team.”
The PPG Platinum Distributor program is a loyalty and support initiative for PPG single-line distributors, aiming to provide outstanding performance, service and benefits to customers of PPG’s automotive refinish business. The program delivers competitive advantages to participants by aligning PPG’s technology, training and customer support with entrepreneurship, customer awareness, local market knowledge and the service capability of independent distributors.
To learn more about PPG’s Automotive Refinish business and the PPG Platinum Distributor program, call 1 800 647 6050, or visit www.ppgrefinish.com.
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