What’s New: In Brief (September 30, 2009)

PPG Refinish has launched ‘MVP Business Solutions’ Web site.
The site is tailored to PPG’s collision centre customers and contains information on MVP training, tools and service.
“Customers can find out about our MVP offerings and quickly get up-to-the-minute information about training, conferences and service,” said Norm Angrove, senior manager of PPG Value Added Programs.
“For example, one of the Web site’s key areas is Training Solutions, which encompasses four sub-sections: Thought Performance; Leadership; Business Fundamentals and ParaKaizen.”
The site can be accessed directly at www.ppgmvp.com or through the PPG Refinish portal at www.ppgrefinish.com.

MSB, a provider of building cost data to the property insurance industry, appointed Jerry Fox to the position of vice president of agency operations in the organization’s underwriting division.
Before joining MSB, Fox was a principal at James M. King & Associates in Bloomington, Minnesota, where he had oversight over the organization’s entire technology platform and directed the implementation of all information technology systems, an MSB release says.