Coating 2003 Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, October 28-30

C oating 2003, which is being cosponsored by the Air & Waste Management Association, Chemical Coaters Association Internationa., Metal

Finishing Suppliers’ Association, Porcelain Enamel, Radtech International, Electrocoat Association, Society of Vacuum Coaters, National Association of Metal Finishing, The Powder Coating Institute, and National Plating & Coatings Association, will be held at the Indiana Convention Center.

The show floor will consist of 200,000 square feet of exhibition space with more than 250 exhibitors. The conference program is divided into tracks based upon various coating technologies, including powder coating, liquid coating, electrocoating, porcelain enamel, UV/EB curing, vacuum coating, electroplating/mechanical fin- ishing, and air and waste management.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 27 AFTERNOON SESSION (For Custom CoatedJob Shops Only)

2:00-5:45: Custom Coaters Roundtable 6:00-6:00: Dine Around

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28 MORNING SESSIONS

Keynote Presentation - Kevin Butt, Assistant General Manager of Body Engineering, Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America

1. 9:30-11:30: Small to Mid Volume Powder Coating Systems

2. 9:30-10:00: Understanding Your Total Costs for Electrocoating

3. 9:30-10:30: Automated Painting System Design and Integration

4. 9:30-l 0:30: Strategies for Marketing your Small Business 5. 9:30-11:30: What You Need to Know about

Environmental Liability 6. 9:30-10:30: What is Porcelain Enamel? 7. lO:OO-10:30: Features and Benefits of Different Coating

Technologies 8. 10:30-l 1:30: Electrocoat Equipment Cost Comparisons

to other Types of Systems 9. 10:30-l 1:30: Paint System Installation

10. 10:30-11:30: Hazardous Air Pollutant Rules for Industrial Surface Coatings Operations

11. 10:30-l 1:30: Emerging Non-Chrome Technologies for the Replacement of Chromate Conversion Coatings

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28 AFTERNOON SESSIONS 12 1:00-4:00: Introduction to Powder Coating - Follow

the Yellow Brick Road 13. l:OO-2:oo: Adding E-Coat to An Existing Powder Line 14. l:OO-2:oo: Liquid Coating Spray Booth Design 15. 1:00-4:00: Introduction to Vacuum Deposition Processing 16. 1:00-4:00: Introduction to Environmental Management

Systems (EMS) 17. l:OO-2:oo: The Use of Alkaline Cyanide-Free Zinc

Plating Under Paint and Powder Coatings 18. 2:00-4:00: Facing the Challenges of the Surface

Coating MACT Standards 19. 2:00-2:30: Paint Spray Booths - Getting Rid of Waste 20. 2:00-2:30: Total Process Control in Alkaline Cyanide-

Free Zinc Plating 21.2:30-3:00: Optimization of Airless Spraying of Epoxy

Coatings by Using “Pressure Drop Compensation” 22. 2:30-3:00: How to Select the Best Zinc Process for

Your Needs 23. 3:00-4:00: Ten Ways to Save Money and Reduce

Waste in Liquid Finishing 24. 3:00-4:00: Blackening Steel and Zinc Substrates with

Conversion Coatings

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29 MORNING SESSIONS 25.9:00-l 1:OO Powder Systems 201 26. 9:00-Noon Physical Properties, Major Products and

Basic Processing of Porcelain Enamel Coatings 27. 9:00-10:00 The Keys to Successful Training 28. 9:00-10:00 The View from Washington: Surface

Finishing Industry’s Government Relations Update 29. 9:00-Noon Introduction to Ultraviolet (UV) and

Electron Beam (EB) Curable Coating Technology 30. 9:00-Noon Pretreatment General Session 31. 10:00-l 1 :OO A Clean Air Act Update for the Coating Industry:

How to Stay Ahead of Rapidly Changing Air Regulations 32. lO:OO-11:00 UV-Cure Coatings - An Alternative to

Powder Coatings 33. ll:OO-Noon The Time is Right for Fast Color Change

for Powder 34. 11:00-l 1:30 State of the Art: In-Mold Coating for Plastics 35. 11 :00-Noon Vacuum Deposition by Sputtering 36. 11:30-Noon Developing a Failure Proof Documentation

System for Finishing Systems

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29 AWERNWN SESSIONS 37. 1 :OO-3:00 Continuous improvement for Powder Systems 38. l:OO-2:00 Developing Plans and Specifications for

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an Electrocoat System 39. 1 :oo-2:oo Building a Market Leader: improving the

Success for Emerging Coating Technologies 40. 1 :oo-2:oo Metal Finishing and Environmental

Sustainability in the Global Supply Chain 41. 1 :oo-zoo Curing Workshop 42. l :OO-2:00 HMIS III, The New Hazard

Communications Compliance System 43. 2:00-3:00 E-Coat Technologies and Where They Fit 44. 2:00-4:00 Emerging Technologies 45. 2:00-2:30 A Basic Primer on Waste Treatment

Technology for Metal Finishing Applications 46. 12:00-3:00 SO 14001 in a Challenging Economy 47. 2:30-3:00 Emerging Technologies for the

Replacement of Electrolytic Nickel Plating 48. 3:00-4:00 Embracing the Changing VOC Level Laws

in the Industrial Coating Industry 49. 3:00-3:30 Bulk Application of Electrocoat: From a

Vision to Reality 50. 3:00-3:30 New Technology for “Heavy Metal Free”

Electroless Nickel Coatings 51. 3:00-4:00 Vacuum Deposition by Evaporation 52. 3:00-4:00 Purdue University’s Coating Applications

Research Laboratory (CARL) 53 3:30-4:oo Decorative Plating Quality for Century 21 -

Note Session Changed

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30 MORNING SESSIONS 54. 8:30-9:00 Future of Controls for Powder Coating 55. 8:30-9:30 Achieving Coating Outsourcing Goals

Through Organized Communications 56. 8:30-IO:30 Finishing in an Uncertain Economy 57. 8:30-l I:30 Emerging Markets for UV Curing 58 8:30-9:30 Using Automotive Refinish Coatings for

Other Industrial Applications 59. 8:30-l 1:30 Pretreatment Workshop for Organic Coatings 60.9:00-l 0:30 Powder Coating Case Studies 61. 9:30-11:30 Coating Area Controls, A Blueprint to

Productivity and Quality Gains 62. 9:30-lo:30 Using Training & Technology to Improve

Targeting and Quality in Spray Painting 63. 10:30-l 1:30 Vacuum Deposition by Arc Vaporization

and Ion Plating 64. 10:30-11:OO Improving Surface Finishing Processes

with Pumped Eductor Agitation 65. 10:30-l I:30 Doing More with Less: Incorporating

Automated MSDS Acquisition and Update into Your EMIS 66. ll:OO-11:30 Process Line Design and Integration

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