Roberlo will invest €2 million to renovate its Crom Competence Center, located at the company’s European hub in Spain. The facility offers theoretical and practical training programmes to customers around the world.
With an expansion that multiplies training space by a factor of six, the improved facility covers more than 770 square metres, allowing for two simultaneous training sessions with a total capacity of 30 people. Each group has its own room for theoretical training, application booth, paint box and change room. There is also a break room and office for staff.
According to Roberlo, the application booths are equipped with the latest technology. For example, in addition to being made of glass so that application can be observed from outside, humidity and temperature can be adjusted to recreate environmental conditions found in different geographical areas.
“The new Crom Competence Center will enable us to significantly increase the volume and quality of our training courses,” said Llorenc Juher, CEO of Roberlo. “This centre is capable of training more than 4,000 people annually, reaffirming the company’s commitment to training.”
Roberlo said it has constantly adapted and evolved its training resources to meet the needs of customers and the sector.
A team of more than 26 technical training professionals from all continents is responsible for providing theoretical and practical sessions to customers, either at Roberlo’s facilities in Spain, Italy, Canada or the Netherlands, or at the customer’s own facilities.
In 2021, Roberlo created Crom Campus, an online training platform for refinishing and industrial coatings. The initiative seeks to make training accessible to anyone interested in these sectors, offering free courses, articles and webinars in an “easy, enjoyable and remote” manner.
Additionally, for almost two decades Roberlo has collaborated with public vocational educational centres to promote and improve the qualifications of future technicians. Last year, more than 5,000 students from 40 different centres received training with Roberlo and Disolac products.