Powder Coated Tough - Spring 2008 - (Page 11) News Bits Wagner Systems Inc. has moved to a new location. Effective January 1, 2008, its new U.S. Corporate Headquarters is located at 300 Airport Road, Unit 1, Elgin, IL 60123. The new facility has both a state-ofthe-art powder coating lab and liquid coating lab for product demonstration and coatings consultation. The company invites you to contact them for a full tour and a detailed proposal of how Wagner products can save your business time and money. Call 630-784-8900 or visit the website at www.wagnersystemsinc.com. In other Wagner news, J.B. Graves has been hired as regional sales manager for the Central Southeast territory. Graves has over 20 years experience in the paint and powder coatings industry. Based in Ohio, he will be responsible for sales in the states of Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland, Southern Indiana and Southern Ohio. MetoKote Corporation Inc., a maker of protective coating applications, including powder coating, is pleased to announce the appointment of Martha Horner to sales account manager. The company currently is installing equipment in its new San Luis Potosi, Mexico Regional Coating Service Center that is scheduled for start of production in April 2008. Ms. Horner’s responsibilities for MetoKote will be to act as the primary liaison with current and future customers for this facility. For more information, visit www.metokote.com. Wisconsin Oven announced that Jeff Kent has been named vice president of operations. The company also promoted Mr. Mike Stamm to the position of national sales manager. He will be handling all aspects of sales. Visit www.wisoven.com. Col-Met Spray Booths announced that it is expanding and solidifying its reach into Mexico and Latin America with the addition of Manuel Diaz-Marta to the Col-Met sales team. Manuel can be reached at mdiazmarta@colmetsb.com or via cell at 972-880-2059. Automatic Systems Inc., Kansas City, Mo., announces the appointment of Michael R. Hoehn as president and chief operating officer. Hoehn is a graduate of Georgetown University School of Business and spent five years with PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Restructuring Consultant prior to joining ASI in 2003. Since 2006, Hoehn was vice president of finance and operations. Effective March 1, 2008, Silberline has globally increased the price of all aluminum pigments by 10 percent. A very small number of products will require an increase of greater than 10 percent. This increase is necessitated by significant increases in the costs of key raw material and energy components of these products. This price action does not apply to the StarBrite® Vacuum Metallized Flake [VMF] and Roof Coating product lines. Visit www.silberline.com. D-Zolve 917 from Solvent Kleene Inc., Peabody, Mass., is designed to be a fast acting, safe paint and powder coating stripper used at low temperatures in an immersion tank. Its ability to quickly penetrate and break the chemical bond between the coating’s layers and the substrate eliminates the need for costly, high energy consuming burnoff, blasting or heating of the solution to high temperatures. For more information, e-mail sales@solventkleene.com or visit www.solventkleene.com. PLACES TO BE PCI Two-day Hands-on Powder Coating Workshop April 21-22, 2008 Nordson Corporation Amherst, Ohio 2008 PCI Annual Meeting (includes PCI committee meetings & PCI Board of Directors meeting) June 1-4, 2008 Marriott Marco Island Resort Marco Island, Fla. PCI Two-day Hands-on Powder Coating Workshop June 17-18, 2008 Wagner Systems Inc. Elgin, Ill. COATING 2008 September 23-25, 2008 Indiana Convention Center Indianapolis www.powdercoating.org 11 http://www.silberline.com http://www.metokote.com http://www.wisoven.com http://www.solventkleene.com http://www.wagnersystemsinc.com http://www.powdercoating.org
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