Marketing Your Custom Coater Business in an Over-Saturated Industry
Steve Houston, TCI Powder Coatings

Don't Get in Line - Form One! In today's economic climate, setting yourself apart from the pack is not just a good idea, it is critical to success. This program will take you through a step-by-step self-evaluation of your business and focus on the things necessary to compete in an overcrowded market space. It will challenge you and make you think about the best and most effective way to take your business to the next level.


Going Green & Cost Savings
Rodger Talbert, The Powder Coating Institute

These days there is strong need to make a positive impact on the environment in your day-to-day business decisions. In this session, you will here how you can reduce your waste and energy that will help make that positive impact as well as reduce your operating costs. Issues related to materials, application and coating systems will be discussed.


KEYNOTE: Filling the Glass - Real World Tactics and Reality-Based Motivation for Increasing Productivity AND Job Satisfaction
Barry Maher, Barry Maher & Associates

In this high-energy, humor-rich presentation, Barry Maher offers the antidote to presentations that are simply "let's all think happy thoughts and everything will be wonderful" fluff. It's chock full of nuts and bolts content and straight-talk tactics you can apply immediately. Yet it's real-world motivational and even inspirational. Perfect for the most cynical veteran AND the most starry-eyed (or the most discouraged) novice.


New Technology Forum

Developing a Wood Grain Finish with Powder Coating
Enrico Piva, Decoral

This session offers a brief history of how the idea to develop a wood grain finish with powder coating came about, how the process works (step by step) and explain advantages versus using different technologies (such as lamination and hydro graphic which are currently used to create a faux wood grain finish). Enrico will also present all the most important laboratory tests (UV, corrosion, hardness, chemical, etc.) and real exposure tests (South Florida) they have done on the finish to meet AAMA and Qualicoat specs for architectural and outdoor use. He will also show pictures of applications and projects that their Decoral licensees realized in the last year both in the USA and abroad. Last, Enrico will bring actual decorated samples and discuss how they are opening new markets and great opportunities for all custom coaters in the USA. Case studies of current Decoral custom coaters will also be discussed.

Eco-Friendly & Green Powder Coating Stripping Solutions
Sam Miles, Miles Chemical Solutions

This session will explain how you can remove cured power coating from rework powder coated parts, thereby reducing scrap, while increasing coating throughput. Safe for use on all metal substrates.


Round-Table Discussions (rotate to each table)

Technical Help
Facilitated by Rodger Talbert, The Powder Coating Institute

This discussion will review some of the challenges that face custom coaters and seek input from the group on methods to manage them.

Powder Coating Defects
Facilitated by Mike Wittenhagen, The Powder Coating Institute

During this round table will will be discussing the many names that defects have, what they look like, and possible solutions/prevention techniques.

Sales & Marketing Effectiveness
Facilitated by Steve Houston, TCI Powder Coatings


Carbon Footprint Study
Chris Reding, DSM Powder Coating Resins

In addition to the economic and performance benefits, it has long been intuitively understood that powder coating is a low carbon footprint coating technology. This prevailing view is now supported by a comprehensive analysis, sponsored by DSM Coating Resins, which takes into account all of the elements involved in the coating process. The study covers the analysis of 11 coating formulations including powder coatings, waterborne industrial alkyds, and solvent borne polyester and acrylic based high solid coatings. The results of the study, independently validated in conformance with PAS2050 Carbon Footprinting standards, will be presented to inform and equip attendees with a credible resource to strengthen the compelling argument to choose powder coating.


Project SOS Specification Software
Rodger Talbert, The Powder Coating Institute

Project SOS was designed to provide the custom coater with an electronic program to help define the methods needed to achieve a certain quality standard with a specific substrate. This program will be demonstrated at the Custom Coater Summit.


What's New in PCI
Rodger Talbert, The Powder Coating Institute

It has been a very busy year at PCI with many new plans for future projects. Rodger will review the current activities being worked on and some new ideas that are being considered for the future.


Group Round Table Discussion
Facilitated by Mike Cravens, Powder Finishing Consultants/Ikon Powder Coating

This open format is of real interest to the job show owners and operators. Learn how financial, operation, and behavioral management can affect your bottom line and address issues of concern with fellow custom coaters.


New Technology Forum II

Modern Transition Metal Pretreatments - Have You Made the Switch?
David Chalk, Galaxy Associates

This session includes a brief review and definition of what a Modern Transition Metal Pretreatment is and will be followed by a rich series of case histories. The presentation is designed to increase the comfort level of those new to non-phosphate pretreatments and to reinforce the decision of those who have already made the switch.

New Technology in the Powder Application: Surface Imperfections, Where They Come From and How to Eliminate Them
Scott Landgraf, In-Line Sieve

InLine Sieve will be discussing new technology in the powder application field. This technology works with your existing application equipment to deliver a higher density with lower velocity powder cloud. This new technology also properly conditions powder at the point of application, improving quality by reducing surface imperfections and gun surging while increasing transfer efficiently.