PCI's Custom Coater Forum is designed to provide custom coaters the opportunity to network, hear presentations on timely issues important to their business and participate in roundtable discussions that allow for sharing information. The event includes a reception on day 1 and lunch on day 2.
We all want to drive growth and profitability, but consolidation, cost pressures, and low unemployment are making it difficult to navigate the rapidly changing and tumultuous world of coatings. Leadership, mission and culture matter more than ever. But what is leadership and why does it really matter? How can you get your team to deliver on your mission? Is culture an empty term, or can you decode it with a values and behaviors based approach? And how do you tie these together to build organizational health and create sustainable success? We will explore specific strategies and tactics to implement these initiatives and create change.
The fact is, the application of any chemical coating can be problematic. Coating operations simply have so many variables to control that chances are anyone who sprays powder will, sooner or later deal with some problems. This session will arm would-be troubleshooters with tools and guidelines and alert them to some of the day-to-day obstacles they are likely to face and provide a foundation for growth.
High profile hacks are in the headlines almost weekly. How can you protect yourself and your company from being a victim of hacking and identity theft? Take these steps to help protect both your personal life and business.
Our businesses are all vulnerable to forces outside of our control. Natural disasters, political policies, death/loss of a key leader, economics or issues with a strategic relationship. At the end of the day, the show must go on, so the business can continue to provide for those who depend upon it. Attend this session to learn about key strategic planning steps to ensure you protect your business from the potential, possible and probable issues impacting business success.
We will explore several concepts for developing proper hanging methods for custom coaters. Inherent considerations such as density, grounding, proper part presentation, modeling, material selection and safety provide the foundation for fundamental hanging concepts. We will also discussion on how to maximize through-put and maintain high quality by overcoming the obstacles related to part geometry and system limitations.
"Finishing quality is in the eyes of the beholder", or so it is said. By offering the customer good, better, best finishing process and material options the contract finisher may be able to avoid potential noncompliance issues. Often minimal or poor communication is given regarding the required quality attributes of the finish as the customer searches for the best price. The details regarding finish quality need to be addressed by establishing the accept/reject criteria in writing based upon the end use requirements and expected service life of a given finish in terms of decorative and protective value for a particular environment.
Quality is defined as a measurable degree of excellence. Finishing attributes are measurable by quantitative means and the degree of quality compliance and acceptance is negotiable. As professional finishing contractors, custom coaters must be proficient at communicating their scope of work in a manner that is consistent with the customers actual requirements.
We'll cover proven formulas for success as well as how to create content-rich posts for Instagram and Facebook. You'll discover insights to help you grow and build authentic followers for engagement and business growth as well as the future of social media.
We all know the importance of having an effective pretreatment system but determining the best in surface preparations for steel, galvanize and aluminum continues make coaters wonder, “what is really the best option for our needs?” Just when is one preferred over the other, mechanical or chemical pretreatment, or both? This session can help you consider or reconsider the type of pretreatment process that produces the best and most consistent results to meet your customer requirements.
Peer Groups and PCI 3000 Certification are PCI programs designed to helped elevate custom coater businesses to the next level of performance. Keystone Koating is involved in a Peer Group and is also PCI 3000 Certified. Rick will highlight the benefits of both.
What new ideas have you implemented in the past year or so to improve processes that resulted in saved time, saved costs or improved quality?
PCI is hosting three separate events in Orlando: Powder Coating 101 Workshop, Custom Coater Forum, and Powder Coating 2019 Technical Conference and Exhibition. Each event has a separate registration fee. We are offering discounted combination fees to attend the Technical Conference with either the Powder Coating 101 Workshop or Custom Coater Forum.
Note: The Powder Coating 101 Workshop and Custom Coater Forum registration fees alone do not include admission to the Technical Conference or exhibition.
Sponsorships are still available.
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