BASF Names 2017 Distributor of the Year

June 8, 2018

Micro Auto Paint & Supplies won the BASF Automotive Refinish 2017 Distributor of the Year award at the annual ColorSource conference.

June 8, 2018—Micro Auto Paint & Supplies (Micro) won the BASF Automotive Refinish 2017 Distributor of the Year award at the annual ColorSource conference. 

Approximately 135 single-line distribution partners attended the conference in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Micro has been a BASF partner in the Midwest for 30 years, said Denise Kingstrom, distribution director, automotive refinish at BASF.

The four-generation, family-run distributor recently celebrated its 70th year in business, opening its doors in 1948 as a re-chrome bumper business, followed by expansion into automotive paint.  Micro is a second-time winner of the BASF Distributor of the Year award.

The ColorSource Elite Diamond Award was also presented to distributors with three years of consecutive growth:

  • A&F Paint & Supply
  • Capital Paint & Refinish LLC
  • Colortone Automotive Paint
  • Southeast PBE
  • Motorcar Colors
  • James Hess LTD
  • West Penn Laco, Inc.

ColorSource is a network of BASF single-line distributors.

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