Welcome back to PC Pop Quiz—the department in Powder Coated Tough that is designed to test your general powder coating knowledge while competing against industry colleagues! When you joined The Powder Coating Institute,

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CCAI’s FINISHING Pavilion Set as FABTECH Returns to Chicago

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Listed alphabetically by state, the following companies are PCI® Custom Coater members as of August 22, 2017.

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The next several pages are dedicated to job shops in the powder coating industry. Here, we present two PCI custom coater members, both of which are PCI 3000 Certified—All Color Powder Coating Inc. and Powder Coating Specialties Inc. This page is PCI’s way to give back to its members while offering PCT readers an excellent resource for custom coating. When you turn the page, you will see all of PCI’s custom coater members listed alphabetically by state.

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The Powder Coating Institute (PCI) held its annual Hall of Fame Banquet during the 2017 Annual Meeting at the Tamaya Resort and Spa in Santa Ana Pueblo, N.M., this past summer. Hall of Fame members are selected for their many years of service and dedication to the association. This is an honor bestowed upon the recipient because of their efforts, accomplishments and contributions to PCI and the industry. The Hall of Fame was initiated in 2001 to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the association as well as to the industry as a whole.

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For years our company sat on the sidelines, attending the Powder Coating Institute (PCI) trade shows and not much else. We enjoyed the networking opportunities, but we were looking for more. Two years ago, we joined PCI as a platinum member, which permits one employee to attend the annual meeting at reduced cost.

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When I began my career in the powder coating industry back in the late 1970s, there were about 20 powder coating producers in North America. Most had non-paint producing traditions, companies like Ferro, H.B. Fuller, Armstrong, Polymer, Celanese, Farboil, Dexter and Mobil. Of course, there was a smattering of true paint companies, such as SherwinWilliams, DuPont and Glidden, the place where I started my coatings career odyssey. Soon thereafter Sherwin and DuPont got out of the powder business, leaving Glidden as the only sizable paint maker in the fold at this juncture.

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You won’t find Powder Coated Tough magazine on the rack at the local retail store. You’re also not likely to see it sitting on the table as you wait for your next haircut. Geared to our specific industry, this trade publication delivers valuable content about powder coating. It’s delivered by subscription only in print and digital formats. We conducted a reader survey recently, which delivered some illuminating results. I’d like to share some of those results with you now.

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Producing a powder coating is a multi-step process. It can be described as being semi-continuous because it begins as a batch process (weighing and pre-mixing) but evolves into a continuous process (extrusion and milling). In the last Technology Interchange article, we discussed the first steps in manufacturing a powder coating. This consists of weighing, premixing and extrusion. This edition covers what happens to the flakes generated from the extrusion process.

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When this Michigan-based maker of high-design site furniture and advanced lighting systems was ready to expand with a new powder coating line, they turned to a familiar supplier.

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