PCI's Custom Coater Forum is designed for custom coaters to network with peers and industry leaders, hear presentations on timely issues important to their business, and participate in roundtable discussions that allow for sharing information.
Network with speakers and attendees during breakfast, lunch and the Tabletop reception on day 1.
Are you in control of your business or is it in control of you? If you are like most business owners and managers, you are wrestling with 136 issues at the same time. It can be overwhelming, leading many of you to feel stuck, frustrated, and wondering how to change the cycle. During this presentation, you will learn how to get control of your business in order to increase sales, profits, gain more personal freedom, and build better teams and cultures so you finally get what you want from your entrepreneurial company. A set of simple concepts and practical tools to help clarify, simplify and achieve the vision of a company to grow will be included.
One key element to increasing sales is differentiating your business from the competition. This session will help you learn how to do that! Performance testing and statistical process control will be discussed to demonstrate how your coating line performance proves that your operations stand apart from the rest. We will also learn how to develop work instructions to ensure consistent performance. Lastly, we will review the quality assurance process that tests and documents your process and therefore field performance of the coating system.
We often think that contacting our congressman, senators or local authorities is a waste of time, but the truth is that they want and need to hear from you on business concerns. If we never say or do anything about the challenges we face, nothing is going to change. This session will provide quick and easy ways for you to contact leaders effectively and help you see just how powerful your voice can be.
Training starts the day a new hire begins working for you and is a continuous process to improve the employee and your business. It begins with an organized onboarding process that ensures you cover all the basics with new hires. In addition, proper training helps you build rapport with your teammates and leadership so that you have a solid platform for growth. This presentation will help you learn how to evaluate training effectiveness both internally and externally, as well as how to manage employee strengths and weaknesses while determining how well they understand job responsibilities. Examples of how Webco achieves these goals will be shared.
One of the most important things every job shop needs to do well is schedule their work through the shop. It can be one of the most challenging things custom coaters deal with outside of their finishing operations. This presentation will review common issues custom coaters face daily and will cover some of the technologies that are available to help improve operations such as daily job tracking, lot control, scheduling, job related costs, and shipping documentation.
Always an extremely popular part of our Custom Coater Forum, the roundtable session is where attendees have the opportunity to discuss hot topics with their peers and then share the discussion points with the rest of the group. This interactive learning session always provides great ideas and suggestions for all attendees.
Sponsorships are still available, see the list of available sponsorships.
The Powder Coating Institute is hosting four separate events in Orlando during Powder Coating Week 2022 (Powder Coating 101 Workshop, Custom Coater Forum, Powder Coating 2022 Technical Conference, and Powder Coating Tabletop Exhibition) and each event has a separate registration fee.
Note: The Tabletop Exhibition is included with the Powder Coating 101 Workshop, Custom Coater Forum and Powder Coating 2022 Technical Conference registration. If you are attending the Tabletop Exhibition Only, a separate fee applies. We are offering discounted combination fees to attend the Technical Conference with either the Powder Coating 101 Workshop or Custom Coater Forum.
See the Combination Registrations below for available discounts.
If you are registering 3 or more people, please contact PCI at 859-525-9988 about the availability of a group discount rate.
To ensure a safe and successful week, we want to relay our Health & Safety Protocols that will be in place: