Giving Life Colour
We design and produce high-quality auto refinishing products since 1982.
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1982 Ilias Vassiliadis S.A. is founded
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1986 First exports to France and the Middle East
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1988 First participation in Automechanika Expo, Frankfurt
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1991 Distribution Center in Athens
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1993 First exports to Russia
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1996 First semi-automatic production line
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1999 First exports to USA & subsidiary in Bulgaria
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2000 First fully automatic production line
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2001 Subsidiary in the U.K.
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2002 Renamed as HB BODY S.A.
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2005 Can manufacturing factory & Logistics warehouse
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2009 First exports to Africa
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2010 Can metal-printing factory
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2012 Subsidiary in Spain
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2018 Presence in 75 countries
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2022 40 years HB BODY Automotive Refinish
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Our Vision
Our vision is to keep serving the global market’s ever-increasing needs, providing our customers with technologically advanced products at reasonable prices. Driven by a true passion for effectiveness and innovation, we are committed to offering car professionals and end users alike, all the necessary tools, allowing them to take lead in their daily business and providing them with the highest-quality results.
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Our People
At HB Body, people are always behind the wheel. We are passionate team players and strongly believe that without our special crew on board we would not have made it so far. We therefore seek to ensure that our talented professionals receive the opportunity to grow and thrive. We invest in their constant training, offer motivation, and create a fun, fast-paced, challenging and rewarding working environment where our people can move on, grow together, and reach their personal and professional top.
We make it happen together.
We therefore seek to ensure that our talented professionals receive the opportunity to grow and thrive. We invest in their constant training, offer motivation, and create a fun, fast-paced, challenging and rewarding working environment where our people can move on, grow together, and reach their personal and professional top.
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Our Facilities
- Large Scale Facilities No company can offer high-quality products without the necessary infrastructure. With more than 120,000 square feet of area, we have created an excellent working environment for all employees, serving our company goals to the maximum.
- R&D The headquarters of our company together with a wide range of facilities consisting of the administration, the production line, the warehouses, R&D department, color index production facility as well as can manufacturing and metal-printing department.
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- Subsidiaries At the same time, there is a distribution center that serves the company's network in southern Greece and the group also has three (3) subsidiaries in the UK, Spain, and Bulgaria comprising logistics, sales, and technical teams.
- Training Centers There are three (3) training centers in the UK, Bulgaria, and in Greece and two (2) sales & technical support teams in Russia and Serbia.
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our Services
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Production
All our products are produced in the EU (European Union), with top-notch raw materials, approved after meticulously applying the strictest quality tests.
- Full Product List We offer the widest range of products in Europe, with an impressive production capacity range of about 270 tons daily.
- Customization We understand the world is diverse and fully customize our products and their properties to our client’s needs, depending on their geographical location and the local market’s demands.
- After Sales Support We actively support our customers in all possible ways; from providing technical and sales seminars at our premises, all the way to offering technical support overseas.
- Fast Deliveries No matter how complex or demanding an order is, we deliver excellent results, really fast.
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REASEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (R&D)
We believe in the transforming power of innovation.
We, therefore, invest our energy and time in research to develop products with added value and innovative attributes.
In our fully equipped R&D department, skilled professionals with a flair for innovation, make excellent use of cutting-edge technologies and the most advanced tools in the global market to break new ground in automotive refinish.
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TrainingContact us for more information
At HB BODY we like to think of our customers as experts in auto refinishing.
It is our job to offer you not only the tools but also the skills to master the art of automotive refinishing.
We are not merely producers and retailers, but also trainers, more than willing to share our valuable knowledge with you. For that purpose, we regularly host training seminars, focusing on new products, colour matching and painting techniques, in our headquarters in Greece, Bulgaria and the UK, while we also offer online and offline training options for those residing in countries around the globe.