Presenter: Dr. Amber Selking, Selking Performance Group

From the manufacturing floor to the football field, delivering consistent performance excellence is critical to team success. Through her experiences working in manufacturing for SPX Corporation and as the mental performance consultant for the University of Notre Dame football team, Dr. Amber Selking will share insights from the field of human performance psychology that will help you deliver your best on a more consistent basis. The mind is an often untapped and unrealized source of energy, efficiency, and effectiveness. This keynote will lead you to discover the power of your mind and share strategies to help you deliver your absolute best, consistently.

Presenter: Rick Gehman, Keystone Koating & Rich Saddler, Industrial Finishing Solutions, LLC

What does quality powder coating look like. In a red ocean of steep competition, what does a job shop powder coater have to do to accomplish a job with a quality finish. It is easy for us to do the minimum required and look in the rear-view mirror at our "competition" who undercut us on both price and quality and complain about them. Or we could look to the future and at our own process and continually raise the standards for ourselves, ensuring the industry moves forward. How do we raise our standards? What tools do we use and what areas do we focus on?  How do we communicate to our customers and the industry that we have the processes and standards in place to meet their high expectations?  What does that look like for all job shop coaters, big and small? You’ll learn the answers to these questions during this informative session.

Tabletop Exhibits will be open 4:15 - 7:00 PM.  A reception with hors d'ouvres and drinks will be served in the exhibition ballroom from 5:00 - 7:00 PM

Presenter: Michael Cravens, Icon Powder Coating & Powder Finishing Consultants

The basic principles of doing business in today’s litigious business climate have become a key element in a company’s ability to survive. Common business practices of the world’s changing economy are driving medium and small companies to reconsider how they conduct business. The days of the hand shake deal and unconditional loyalty of the customer may be gone forever. This session outlines the purpose and objectives for establishing a proactive approach for the development of a complete “engineered finishing system” for the process of powder coating metal components and structures that are fabricated to last. Because it’s more than just COLOR!  A panel discussion will conclude the session.

Presenter: Suresh Patel, Chemtall; John Cole, Parker Ionics; and John Sudges, Midwest Finishing Systems

As with most “processes” there are many well-known and easily identified areas where optimization can translate to cost efficiencies. This presentation will discuss optimization opportunities related to cleaning/pretreatment, powder application and booths, ovens (dry-off and cure) and material handling options for batch operations.  Attendees will go home with many specific hints and things to look at in their own operations that can equate to cost savings and their bottom line.

Presenter: Mike Withers, Axalta Coating Systems

This session will focus on powder coatings specifically designed to meet the rigorous specifications of the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AMMA). We will discuss the AAMA 2603, 2604 and 2605 specifications and their requirements. We will also review the Qualicoat specification and how it compares to AAMA. The presenters provide prospective from both powder manufacturing and job coating shop ownership.

Presenter: Michael Cravens, Icon Powder Coating & Powder Finishing Consultants

So many companies outsource their finishing work and do not have a formal written finishing specification. This leaves all quality accept/reject criteria open to subjective opinion. Let’s review the best approach to generating a comprehensive specification and why it is so important.

Presenter: (Pre-Registration is REQUIRED if you would like to attend)

Here’s your chance test your driving skills like Indy car champs when we spend a fun evening at Speedway Indoor Karting.  You won’t be going nearly as fast as the pros, but this fun event will find which of our Powder Coating 2018 Technical Conference attendees will be crowned the winner and earn bragging rights!  A dinner and beverages will be included along with the facility’s game room.  This will be a great evening to connect with others in the powder coating industry. 

Transportation will be included, and this event is included in the Full Technical Conference registration fee.

You must selection this session choice if you want to attend the event.

Presenter: Ron Cudzilo; Joe Glassco; Ken Kaluzny; and Marty Korecky

Every powder coating operation runs into problems now and then.  How you learn to solve those challenges when they arise is what’s important.  In our final session, we’ll explore a variety of troubleshooting exercises that will teach you how to identify problems, determine what caused them, steps to solve them and ultimately prevent them from happening again.  This interactive session will include industry experts and audience participation!