OUR 200 COMPANY-OPERATED BRANCHES IN THE U.S.,  Canada, the Caribbean and South America, is the largest such network in the automotive finishes industry. Combined with thousands of independent distributors, automotive jobbers, and our foreign licensing agreements and subsidiaries, we have a distribution platform that is comprehensive and convenient for our customers. The diverse automotive finishing cate- gories we serve include passenger car, com- mercial vehicle and aircraft. A fundamental objective for all of our customers is their de- sire to maximize quality, productivity and ef- ficiency. In 2004, we introduced several inno- vative products designed to help our cus- tomers save time, material and labor. Our new Squeegee Prime ™ primer application, de- veloped from the new NP75 Ultra-Fill ® HS 10