BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Burkard Industries
35300 Kelly Road
Clinton Township, MI 48035
Phone: (586) 791-6520    Fax: (586) 791-8980
www.burkardind.com
Contact: Jay Burkard
 
Products/Services: Burkard Industries is a custom coater specializing in difficult e-coat and powder coat applications, including masked parts, where quality is essential. Burkard features a "Class A" cathodic epoxy electrocoating system, which is suitable for appearance items that receive a powder or liquid topcoat and for customers that require a high quality e-coat finish. This state of the art system includes a 14 stage immersion/spray pretreat, four stage e-coat/postrinse, capability for two types of e-coat, and optional acid pickling. Burkard's powder capabilities include appearance coatings in a variety of colors and functional automotive powder coatings. Burkard can e-coat part sizes up to 8' wide x 4' deep x 5' high and powder coat part sizes up to 8' wide x 18' long x 6' high.

DRM Electrocoat Corporation
1305 Prothero Dr.
Reedsburg, WI 53959
Phone: (608) 524-1603    Fax: (608) 524-5663
www.drmindustries.com/DRM%5FElectrocoat/
Contact: Randy Winchel
 
Products/Services: "State of the Art" (SST) Slide Rail Square Transfer System by Therma-Tron-X, featuring a nine (9) stage metal pretreatment system, four (4) stage electrocoat/postrinse, fifteen (15) stage bake oven system 450 F max., four (4) stage forced cool with two (2) r/o misting rinses, and a nine (9) stage unload carousel. Can accommodate: Rack Size - 108" X 44" high X 48" long; Max. Load Weight - 2,500 lbs. per load bar, 50,000 lbs. per hour; Average Capacity - 10,980 sq. ft. per hour; Design Film Thickness - .4 to 1.2 mil. Black Cathodic Epoxy with Zinc Phosphate Pretreatment.

DuPont Industrial Coatings
400 Groesbeck Hwy.
Mt. Clemens, MI 48043
Phone: (586) 468-9080    Fax: (586) 468-9036
www.electrocoat.dupont.com
Contact: D. Roy Goldsberry
 
Products/Services: DuPont, the leading supplier of OEM paint in the world, has a wide array of OEM qualified electrocoat products to meet your specific needs. Electrocoat products range from low volatile organic compound (VOC) to high edge protection. The electrocoats are available in a variety of colors. We are strategically located to supply and service customers in all regions of the world. Our mission is to create exceptional value for our customers through innovative solutions to coatings opportunities. This is primarily accomplished with interaction between our customers and DuPont's experts in both technology and process systems. Allow us to demonstrate our commitment to this mission by contacting Roy Goldsberry or Joe Subda to discuss your coating opportunity.

Henkel Technologies
32100 Stephenson Highway
Madison Heights, MI 48071
Phone: (248) 589-4664    Fax: (248) 588-2896
www.henkel.us
Contact: Terry Giles
 
Products/Services: Supplier of lubricants, pretreatment and chemical specialty products.

Koch Membrane Systems, Inc.
850 Main Street
Wilmington, MA 01887-3388
Phone: (978) 694-7175    Fax: (978) 694-7274
www.kochmembrane.com
Contact: Mark Rizzone
 
Products/Services: KMS offers a wide selection of crossflow membrane filtration products including tubular membranes, hollow fiber membranes, and the spiral wound membranes for ultrafiltration of electrocoat paint. Additionally, we offer microfiltration membranes for removal of emulsified oils from aqueous degreasing baths; nanofiltration membranes for removal of dissolved heavy metals from acid baths; and reverse osmosis membranes for removal of dissolved salts, BOD, and COD from water and wastewater. We manufacture membranes as well as provide systems, spare parts, cleaning chemicals, start-up service, and operator training. Our staff includes engineers and scientists to answer questions and provide technical support. ISO 9001 Certified.

Luvata ElectroFin Inc.
224 Talley Nichols Dr.
PO Box 1798
Jacksonville, TX 75766
Phone: (903) 589-0009    Fax: (903) 589-0017
www.electrofin.com
Contact: David Myers
 
Products/Services: Custom coater specializing in e-coat for HVAC/R condensers, evaporators, and heat exchanger coils. The Louisville, KY facility uses a batch index system with black cathodic epoxy (PPG 8000HE) for non-ferrous substrates. Large ware (part) capability to 30" wide x 92" high x 306" long. The new facility in Jacksonville, TX uses a batch index line with ware (part) capability of 36" wide x 102" deep x 348" long. Monorail line features variable line speed (3' - 8' per minute) with a ware (part) capability of 24" wide x 30" high x 48" direction of travel. Both lines use black cathodic epoxy (PPG 8000HE) for non-ferrous substrates Corrosion proofing and engineered modifications also available in Jacksonville plant.

MetoKote Corporation
1340 Neubrecht Road
Lima, OH 45801-3120
Phone: (419) 996-7820    Fax: (419) 996-7801
www.metokote.com
Contact: DeWayne Pinkstaff
 
Products/Services: Custom coater offering a full range of high-technology coating services including electrocoating, powder coating, liquid paint and zinc plating. Parts range from flat washers to 10,000 pound castings. With over 30 plants covering the midwest and southeast U.S., as well as operations in the U.K., Hungary, Czech Republic, Canada, Brazil and Mexico, MetoKote is capable of coating various substrates with the appropriate pretreatment. MetoKote operates over 100 coating systems and has more than 40 years in the coating business. Additional services include A2LA accredited performance lab, EDI & ASN capabilities, MetoKote Inventory Tracking System (MITS), sub-assembly, packaging and labeling services.

Parker Process Advanced Filtration Division
2340 Eastman Avenue
Oxnard, CA 93030
Phone: (805) 604-3400    Fax: (805) 604-3401
www.parker.com
Contact: Tony Cimorelli
 
Products/Services: Design, manufacture and supply anolyte cells, ultrafiltration equipment and reverse osmosis systems; manufacture all types of filtration membrane including nanofilters, ultrafilters and reverse osmosis.

PPG Industries, Inc.
151 Colfax Street
Springdale, PA 15144
Phone: (724) 274-3316    Fax: (724) 274-3333
www.ppgecoat.com
Contact: John Martin
 
Products/Services: PPG offers a comprehensive mix of anodic and cathodic electrocoat products, experience, technical expertise, support services, and total customer focus. Our R&D efforts to improve POWERCRON Electrocoating are driven by direct input from our customers and field representatives to provide customers with a consistent flow of new product developments and process refinements. A few of our technological achievements include: our award-winning FRAMECOAT high edge coverage cationic epoxy coating for frames; POWERCRON 8000 high performance, lead-free, low solvent cationic epoxy coating for corrosion resistant applications; POWERCRON bulk electrocoating product/process for small parts; ELECTROPOLYSEAL non-sticking cationic epoxy bulk coating for fasteners; and our ELECTROCLEAR high performance electrophoretic lacquer for decorative and high performance applications. Pittsburgh-based PPG is a global manufacturer of coatings, glass, fiber glass and chemicals, with 120 manufacturing locations and equity affiliates in 24 countries.

Products Finishing
6915 Valley Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45244
Phone: (513) 527-8800    Fax: (513) 527-8801
www.pfonline.com
Contact: Todd Luciano.
 
Products/Services: Founded in 1936, Products Finishing has the broadest circulation of any publication in the finishing industry. With more than 42,000 subscribers, Products Finishing provides useful technical and application information on a wide variety of finishing processes for job shops and end users in more than 200 industries. Products Finishing is a co-sponsor of the successful biennial Electrocoat Conference.

Therma-Tron-X, Inc.
1155 South Neenah Avenue
Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235
Phone: (920) 743-6568    Fax: (920) 743-2110
www.therma-tron-x.com
Contact: Brad Andreae
 
Products/Services: Therma-Tron-X, Inc. manufactures custom, high capacity electrocoating, powder and liquid coating systems and their components, water conditioning equipment and wastewater treatment systems. As a founding member of The Electrocoat Association, TTX is a full service supplier offering comprehensive evaluation, design, engineering, fabrication, installation and field service capabilities.

UFS Corporation
330 North 400 East
Valparaiso, IN 46383
Phone: (219) 464-2027    Fax: (219) 464-8646
www.ufsc.com
Contact: Ed Ross
 
Products/Services: UFS engineers and manufactures ME Cells, Ultrafiltration Systems, and Anolyte Circulation Systems for Automotive and Industrial Ecoat Markets. Offering includes monitoring systems that feature state of the art, PC-based designs. Excellent technical and field service support available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. With agents in Mexico, Brazil, and South Africa, UFS is able to provide personalized service to customers worldwide.

Valspar Corporation
1028 South Third Street
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Phone: (612) 335-7641    Fax: (612) 375-7830
www.valspar.com
Contact: Jason Bolz
 
Products/Services: Complete supplier of industrial coatings, including liquid, powder, and electrocoat technologies. A full line of anodic and cathodic e-coat products is available which includes the VECTROGARD (900) series of cathodic epoxies. Products can be customized for color, performance and processability. Specialty, low temperature cure technologies are also available.


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