About Mipa in New Zealand

 

Tradition + Investment = Success


Mipa SE was established in 1948 by Paul Mittermayer GmbH in Landshut, Bavaria, Germany and relocated to Essenbach, Germany in 1995/1996. Mipa SE is now a third-generation family-owned German company.

 

Mipa’s founding family has over 100 years of history of manufacturing paints and varnishes. Mipa continues to expand its operation, products and offices across the world with a total of eight production sites and 1300 employees.

 

As one of the largest independently owned automotive paint manufacturers worldwide Mipa is a proven and significant player in the auto refinish industry, exporting to over 110 countries.

 

Mipa in New Zealand

Mipa’s history in New Zealand began in 2006 when RJ Paterson Ltd introduced Mipa to the New Zealand market, predominately in the South Island. It was in 2019 that RA Johnstone & Co Ltd acquired RJ Paterson and now trading as RJP Performance Coatings has focused on promoting the Mipa range New Zealand wide. RJP Performance Coatings is the proud exclusive importer and distributor of Mipa products to New Zealand.

Mipa Paints New Zealand - Mipa Germany HQ


Quality made in Germany


Mipa Paints New Zealand - Technological success

Mipa uses the latest technology, production processes and the best raw materials to produce the highest quality and most user-friendly range of products that you can trust. Since 1997, Mipa has been certified to European quality standard DIN EN ISO 9001. Since 2017, Mipa has been certified according to environmental standards EN14001-2015.

 

Systematic success


A huge ongoing investment in colour replication by Mipa has resulted in a library of well over 250,000 different shades of automotive colours with hundreds more being added each year.

Mipa’s Car Refinishing Painting System has the most comprehensive range of integrated colour tools available. 

 


The customer is our focus


Mipa offers a huge range of products to cater to the different needs of its customers. Mipa has the knowledge, history and the technical know-how to be a solution provider for your painting requirements.


A complete solution


Mipa offers not only just paint products but also offers a wide range of high-quality accessory products. Mipa is a ‘one stop’ provider removing the need to find and search for different suppliers. We supply a carefully selected, rigorously tested and inexpensive range of non-paint items.


Environmentally Conscious


Mipa is conscious of the impact of automotive paint to the environment. Because of this Mipa has a focus to continuously develop systems and procedures that will help reduce solvent emissions.

An example is the WBC waterborne automotive paint system.

Since 2017, Mipa has been certified under DIN EN ISO 14001:2015. This Environmental Management System certifies that Mipa’s entire production, development and distribution of products meets or exceeds demanding environmental standards.