The PCI Scholarship Program was designed to assist students studying in areas that advance powder
coating technologies and includes the PCI General Scholarship, as well as corporate member-sponsored scholarships. Over the past four years, 19 scholarships totaling more than $60,000 have been awarded.

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What will our workforce look like in the future? More and more manufacturers are asking this question as they search for new employees from an aging, slower growing, and often less experienced labor pool. After considering how to shape its own next generation of workers, Texas-based powder coating manufacturer IFS Coatings chose a proactive approach: create an innovative internship program.

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Skilled trades such as plumbing, electrical, pipefitting and machining have always had apprenticeship programs for people entering these professions. The candidate would apply for entry into a program and upon acceptance would undertake a training regimen that included a couple years of on-the-job training augmented with the proper amount of supportive classroom studies. I’m sure many of you readers have uncles, aunts, parents, or grandparents who had very successful careers in these skilled professions.

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I would like to start by thanking those who attended our Annual Meeting in Sarasota in late June. It was simply outstanding. If you weren’t there, you missed out on some great programming and networking. Engaging speakers shared ideas for developing internships and apprenticeships as a tool for attracting talent in today’s very tight labor market. One manufacturer described how they worked jointly with local schools and authorities to develop their successful program, while one of our member suppliers described their internship program. End-users Harley Davidson and Keystone Koating, two fascinating organizations, presented their own efforts to meet the needs of their customers.

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Amelia will be responsible for the functionality and coordination of TCI’s marketing department's activities.

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The Custom Coater Forum will be held April 1 & 2, 2019, at the Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld®, prior to PCI’s Powder Coating 2019 Technical Conference and Tabletop Exhibition on April 3 & 4.

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Final Deal Must Include United States, Mexico and Canada.

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The position was created to support the continued growth of Deimco Finishing Equipment in the coming years.

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Over the last 12 months, powder producers have been getting hammered with raw material price increases. The latest slew started last spring when the titanium dioxide producers raised prices about $300 per ton (about 14 cents per pound). Titanium dioxide is the pigment that makes everything white, including the majority of powder coatings used in the appliance and architectural markets.

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