Director's Message: Coating 2012 A Smashing Success Now, On to 2013!
Posted on Saturday, December 1, 2012
By Dave Lurie
Happy Holidays! By the
time you read this, the Coating
2012 Show will be a very
pleasant memory and you will
be feverishly preparing for the
holiday season. But, it would not
hurt to recap the Coating 2012
Show once again.
Exciting!
Great! Best
Show ever!
I can’t wait
until next
year! These
were just a
few comments
from
the exhibitors
at
the recent
Coating 2012 Exhibition and
Conference held in the America’s
Center in St. Louis.
Here is a sample comment:
“We had over 70 people attend
our Intro to Powder Coating session
and over 100 people attend
the Advanced Powder Coating
session. Clearly people trust the
Powder Coating Institute for their
technical information and education.
Most other sessions I looked
in on were well attended also.
Good booth traffic and focused,
purchase ready visitors made for
a great show.”
(Video comments can be found on
YouTube at http://www.youtube.
com/user/PowderCoatingInst?
feature=em-share_video_user.)
With more than 56 hours of
high level technical presentations
and over 100 exhibitors, participants
in Coating 2012 were
energized
by their
experience.
In addition
to the
overflow
technical
sessions,
there were
numerous
opportunities
for networking
with some of the most
prestigious companies attending
the Show, including Caterpillar,
John Deere and Boeing. The
Happy Hour and Live Auction,
Product Innovation Award, Daily
Raffle prizes, Virtual Reality
Training Competition and the
Hospitality Night in the beautiful
and ornate Renaissance Grande
Ballroom spelled success from
the moment the event started.
Results of the prizes and
awards at Coating 2012 can be
found on the next page.
The Powder Coating Institute
(PCI) is proud to announce that
the show will be called Powder
Coating 2013, focusing solely on
the powder coating technology.
This will be held once again at
the America’s Center in St. Louis;
the dates are October 8-10,
2013. If you do powder, this
show is for you!
Make your plans to attend
this exciting and dynamic show.
Contact Jennifer Egan at 832-
585-0770 or by email at jegan@powdercoating.org for more information,
or visit www.powdercoating.org.
On behalf of the staff at PCI,
have a wonderful and safe holiday,
and see you in 2013!
Sincerely,
David Lurie,
Co-Executive Director,
Powder Coating Institute