20 years of Multichem

Ladies and Gentlemen,

28 years ago (1988) I crashed my dad's car and this apparent & sad event had further consequences.

The view of the fresh & shiny repaired car aroused my admiration and a new passion, and set me on a journey that has brought us together to this point today.

Just one year later we opened the first Standox Color Center in Poland, and shortly thereafter Standox celebrated its 20-th anniversary.

Since Multichem was established in September 1996, it is now our turn to celebrate both the history we have created, and the vision we have for the future.

I have a great sense of pride in knowing that in our 20 years we have managed to create a company with a global reach that can effectively compete in the toughest markets.

We have been fortunate to develop great customers, recruit fantastic staff and collaborate with cooperative suppliers, all while operating in a country that I love, and offers excellent conditions for the development of our business.

My vision for our company is to be everywhere, and regarded as an innovative and flexible leader in the automotive paint industry.

We can all look forward to bright future, which will bring new opportunities, but also new challenges that maybe now we can hardly imagine. However, I feel that together with our trusted customers, employees, suppliers and partners, we are a strong and progressive company that can overcome any challenge or obstacle that comes our way.

That said, I would like to thank each and everyone of you for joining our small celebration, and express my sincere appreciation for your contribution to our on-going growth and development.

All of us at Multichem look forward to a long-term partnership with you in continuing to build this mutually beneficial business.

I would also like to thank my family, my parents, wife Angela and our children for all their love, support and assistance over the past 25 years of my car refinish career.

There have been tough times, and great times, but together we have conquered all, and without you I could not have achieved the success that we have in Multichem.

I also want to take this opportunity to thank the management team and employees of Multichem for all their hard work and commitment in bringing the company to this point. We have grown so fast and successfully over the past five years, and without your dedication we could not have achieved the success we have seen thus far.

I look forward to working with everyone in the Multichem team as we write the next Chapter of our growth and development.

I also sincerely appreciate our partnership and cooperation with Automotive Art over these past six years.

Our collaboration with you has been great for our growth, as your North American and Caribbean region now account for almost half of our production volume.

In addition to all of our hard work together, it has also been a lot of fun!

So today Multichem is 20 years old, and is a World Class Global company of which I am very proud.

Let us drink to our success!

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Piotr Muszkieta
Executive Chairman