CCAI Annual Meeting SPEAKERS

Economic Outlook Bob Shrouds, Corporate Economist, DuPont Co. Following last year’s outstanding presentation, Mr. Shrouds returns to provide an economic update that will address the positive indicators he sees and the status of our economic recovery.  We’ll cover the outlook for GDP, industrial production - manufacturing, the housing market (where this recession started), auto sales and production, energy prices, inflation, the stock market, and more.

From Facebook to "Mashed Up" Media:  Don't be Left Behind Rebecca Rolfes, Vice President, Imagination Publishing Overwhelmed by the amount of information you receive and send each day through the ever-growing mass communication tools available.  Business-to-business marketing is migrating from print, through digital and social media to a new sort of communication that allows for interactivity and social media all in one package.  Social media platforms such as FACEBOOK aren’t the conclusion, they’re only the beginning of where technology will take us.  There’s going to be a  new medium, a “mash-up” of print, digital and social media that will give us what we want, when we want it, and in the way we want it.  Like it or not, every business must adjust to the ongoing, rapidly changing ways businesses communicates and takes its products to market.  Ms. Rolfes will explain what all the media options are and how your business can begin taking advantage of them.

2010 Election Preview and It's Affect on Us David, Goch, Partner, Webster, Chamberlain & Bean Many are calling this the most important mid-term elections in years.  Health care, immigration, CAP & TRADE, energy legislation.  The list goes on and on.  Attorney David Goch will share his take on why the upcoming elections are important to manufacturing while giving insight into the various legislative actions of late that affect your business and you personally.

Forging Partnerships with Academics:  The Future of Our Industry Vicki Gelling, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Coatings & Polymeric Materials Ensuring a pool of qualified and well-prepared candidates to lead our industry into the future is paramount to our continued success as an industry.  Our recent scholarship program with North Dakota State University is our first step in working with academia to enhance our industry’s visibility to current students.  Vicki Gelling, Asst. Professor at NDSU will share info on her program and students and how our funds and knowledge are impacting current students, including an introduction into university’s research on the use of electrochemical techniques to monitor coatings and corrosion FABTECH Mark Hoper, FMA; John Catalano, SME; Bruce Bryan, Acme Finishing; Andy Goyer, CCAI By now, you are probably aware of CCAI’s new partnership with FABTECH and our debut of the CCAI’s FINISHING TECHNOLOGIES Pavilion & Conference Nov 2 - 4 at FABTECH in Atlanta.  FABTECH partners, Mark Hoper of FMA and John Catalano of SME, along with CCAI staff & officers, will join in a roundtable discussion of the many opportunities FABTECH offers our industry while giving all members to ask any questions in an open atmosphere.    Manufacturing Politics:  So No They Want Us Don Kline, Publisher, Products Finishing Just back from a Washington DC Summit, PF Publisher, Don Kline will share the things he learned as it relates to manufacturing and why the government may now need us.  Could the time be right for a national manufacturing policy?  Don will review some legislative items as well.    EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES It is a Bright Future Bruce Bryan, Acme Finishing Halo Coatings has developed retro-reflective powder coatings.  Acme Finishing is a licensed applicator and will discuss this new technology, potential markets and experience with this unique powder coating process. Pulse Power II - Your Powder Coating Advantage John Cole, Parker Ionics Following up on the tremendous success of PULSE POWER Technology, Parker Ionics introduces the second generation PULSE POWER II Technology offering powder coaters the advantage they need to remain competitive in today's tough economy. E | SCRUB Tomorrow's Separation Technology Rich Goelz, Eisenmann Corp. E | Scrub is the energy efficient, environmentally beneficial and cost cutting alternative to wet and dry separation in spray booths. New Paint Technology Jerry Trostle, Wagner Systems Inc. Wagner's new Patented Wagner Double Diaphragm liquid pump is designed to save time and material during color change, is easy to use and improves finish quality.  The unit's design is robust and lowers the cost of ownership over other available designs. Modern Transition Metal Coatings - Experiences, Hints and Tips Dave Chalk, Galaxy Associates Despite the market's growing acceptance of the Modern Transition Metal Coatings pretreatments (sometimes called "nano" pretreatments) there is a growing list of Frequently Asked Questions that are common to all applications.  Experiences with case studies will be used to answer these commonly asked questions and some hints and tips will be offered that should be helpful to novices and experts alike.

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