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CCAI To Host New Finishing Technologies Pavilion at the FABTECH International & AWS Welding Show, including METALFORM

The Chemical Coaters Association International (CCAI) has announced that beginning in 2010, it will host a new Finishing Technologies Pavilion at the FABTECH International & AWS Welding Show, including METALFORM tradeshow.

FABTECH, North America's largest metal forming, fabricating, and welding exposition and conference, is co-sponsored by four leading manufacturing associations: Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Int’l (FMA), the American Welding Society (AWS), the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) and the Precision Metalforming Association (PMA). A Finishing Technologies Pavilion, sponsored by CCAI, will complete the manufacturing loop for the show, allowing manufacturers to visit one show each year to see metal manufacturing processes from beginning to end.

“We are very excited with our new partnership with FABTECH and their co-sponsoring organizations,” states Bruce Bryan, CCAI President. “FABTECH has a long history of being a world-class event that provides manufacturers with everything they need to improve their manufacturing processes. It is a logical fit to have a finishing pavilion as part of an event that deals with the process of manufacturing a product. To be able to add finishing to the mix enables the event to cover it all. It will also allow our members and exhibitors to reach an audience far beyond what we could reach in a finishing-only event.”

In addition to being responsible for selling exhibit space in the Finishing Technologies Pavilion, CCAI will also produce conference programming focusing on a wide variety of finishing technologies, including liquid finishing, powder coating, electrocoating, pretreatment, curing and plating. CCAI’s Finishing Technologies Pavilion will debut at FABTECH, Nov. 2 – 4, 2010 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

FABTECH 2010 is expected to draw more than 22,000 attendees, attract more than 1,000 exhibitors and feature thousands of live equipment demonstrations throughout its pavilions. When recent attendees were asked on a post-show survey what additional manufacturing technologies or services, if any, they would be interested in seeing at an upcoming FABTECH, of the technologies listed, 37.6 answered Finishing/Painting/Coatings. More than 23% of recent attendees when registering for FABTECH said they planned to evaluate finishing products while at the show.

FABTECH, when held in Chicago on the odd years, draws an even larger crowd, typically more than 30,000 attendees. The show rotates between Chicago, Atlanta and Las Vegas, with Chicago being the anchor city every other year.

CCAI is a non-profit technical and professional association that provides information and education on surface coating technologies worldwide. Founded in 1972, CCAI has a network of grass root chapters that provides education and training to finishers. CCAI’s membership is comprised of end users of industrial finishes, custom coaters and industry suppliers. Visit CCAI on the web at www.ccaiweb.com.

Anyone interested in exhibiting in CCAI’s Finishing Technologies Pavilion can email us at fabtech@ccaiweb.com or call Andy Goyer at 941-373-1830 for more information.

Click here to view complete details on exhibiting at the FABTECH 2010 Finishing Technologies Pavilion and to view the current floor plan.

For more information on FABTECH, visit the show website: www.fabtechexpo.com.

Spray Finishing Training
September 8 - 10, 2010
Owens Community College
Toledo, OH

Owens Community College and DeVilbiss, Binks have teamed up to present a Spray Finishing Technology Workshop. This three day intensive training program is will meet from 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM at the college and include both classroom and hands-on session. Two CEUs are awarded. Attendees should be involved with industrial, contractor or maintenance spray finishing applications, or spray equipment sales and distribution. To register or for additional information, contact Jaime Wineland at 800-466-9367 x7320 or go to https://www.owens.edu/workforce_cs/spray2010.pdf

The Waterborne Symposium
February 28 - March 4, 2011
The Astor Crowne Plaza
New Orleans, LA

Come spend a morning in the garden district, an afternoon in Jackson Square, and an evening on Bourbon Street. Delight your senses with exquisite Cajon cuisine enjoyed on a wrought iron balcony and a late night drink in the city where the first cocktail was invented. Steal a kiss under the soft light of a French Quarter lantern while a lone trumpeter plays smooth jazz in the distance. So ends a perfect day in New Orleans—a city like no other.

We cordially invite you to join us for the 38^th annual WATERBORNE SYMPOSIUM which will be held February 28 – March 4, 2011 in the New Orleans Historic Downtown District.

Waterborne has a reputation for its excellent scientific presentations and discussion. The warm, energetic atmosphere of its many social events makes it the ideal place to relax and network with the leading experts in the field of polymer science. We genuinely hope that you are able to accept this invitation to the 38^th consecutive hosting of the Waterborne Symposium.

For more information or to submit an abstract go to http://www.psrc.usm.edu/waterborne or email waterborne@usm.edu or call 601-266-4475 with question.