From left are J. Todd Warren, a PPG sales representative; Debra M. Miller, Penn College’s director of corporate relations; Brison W. Kearney of Williamsport, an alumnus of the collision-repair technology associate-degree major; and collision-repair faculty members Michael R. Bierly and Roy A. Klinger. PHOTO PROVIDED

WILLIAMSPORT — Technology with the potential to change the auto-refinishing industry — on par with the introduction of the spray gun 75 years earlier — is in the hands of collision repair students at Pennsylvania College of Technology, thanks to the generosity of a longtime corporate partner. PPG Industries Automotive Refinish, a major equipment and training contributor to the college’s School of Transportation Technology, recently donated an Envirobase High Performance waterborne-coatings system to the collision repair program in College Avenue Labs. “PPG is one of the premier industries in collision repair refinishing, and its generous donation of cutting-edge, water-based refinishing technology will enhance our students’ overall learning to a professional level,” said Michael R. Bierly, a member of the college’s collision repair faculty. “Our students will be able to enter the workforce with a whole new technology and be ready to apply it.