Powder Perspective: PCI Announces NEw Board, Updates Committee Chairs
Posted on Sunday, February 1, 2015
The Powder Coating Institute
(PCI®) announced the 2015 Executive
Committee and Board of Directors at
the beginning of January.
The Executive Committee for 2015
is John Cole, President, Parker Ionics;
John Sudges, Vice President, Midwest
Finishing Systems; and Ron Cudzilo,
Secretary/Treasurer, George Koch
Sons. The rest of the 2015 PCI Board
is Bob Allsop, Nordson Corporation;
Kevin Biller, The Powder Coating
Research Group Inc.; Shivie Dhillon,
Sundial Powder Coatings; Craig Dietz,
Powder Coatings N.A., Axalta Coating
Systems; Steve Kiefer, Akzo Nobel
Coatings Inc.; Chris Merritt, Gema
USA Inc.; Suresh Patel, Chemetall US
Inc.; and Paul West, Sun Polymers
International Inc.
The following people have been
appointed by the Board President,
John Cole from Parker Ionics, to be
the chairs to the various committees of
the association:
Education & Development: Mike
Wittenhagen, Axalta Coating Systems
Custom Coaters: Shivie Dhillon,
Sundial Powder Coatings Materials
Technology: Kevin Biller, The Powder
Coating Research Group Industry
Communications: Craig Dietz, Axalta
Coating Systems
Membership Committee: Chris Merritt,
Gema USA, Inc.
Regulatory & Advocacy: Mark
Bamford, Milgard Composites Division
Trade Show: Greg Dawson, Nordson
Corp.
Market Intelligence: Chris Merritt,
Gema USA, Inc.
Certification: Terry Watson, A Plus
Powder Coaters Inc.
For more information, call PCI®
at 936-597-5060, or visit www.powdercoating.org .
Axalta Celebrates 50 Years, Launches Color Blog
Axalta Coating Systems, a
supplier of liquid and powder
coatings, celebrated 50 years of
commercially produced latest
generation powder coatings this
past November, making it one of the
oldest powder coating manufacturers
in the world. Axalta got its start in
commercial powder coatings in 1964
with the acquisition of the Teodur brand that had been manufactured
by Wagemakers Lekbrieken, a Dutch
family-owned paint company founded
in 1848 that sold its first architectural
grade thermosetting powder at its site
in Teodur.
“Axalta Coating Systems is
honored to have such rich history,
vast experience and great success in
powder coatings throughout these fifty years,” says Michael Cash, president
of industrial coatings. “It keeps us
motivated each day to continue the
legacy by offering great products to
our valued customers around the
world.”
In other Axalta news, the company
launched a blog that focuses on
color titled, Color Block, to highlight
its Automotive Color of the Year
campaign. Axalta executives and fourtime
NASCAR® Cup Series champion
Jeff Gordon and Ray Evernham, threetime
NASCAR champion crew chief
and host of Velocity’s television show,
Americarna revealed Axalta’s 2015
color of the year, Radiant Red, at SEMA
2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Radiant
Red debuted on the No. 24 Axalta
Chevrolet SS driven by Gordon.
“We are excited to launch Color
Block. This is a great opportunity
for Axalta to continue to share our
automotive color expertise and invite
experts from an array of fields to
discuss the relevance of red in their
industries,” says Nancy Lockhart,
Axalta color marketing manager.
The blog will feature posts from
experts in a range of industries,
including fashion, interior design,
architecture and cosmetology to name
a few. Axalta’s own color experts
Nancy Lockhart and Dan Benton will
post blog articles as well.
To read Axalta’s Color Block blog,
visit www.axaltacs.com/us/color.