CCAI announces 2017-18 award winners

CCAI’s 2017-2018 award winners are (left to right) Sam Nash, ChemQuest Inc.; Tony Sclafani, AR Iron LLC; Ron Lum, Coral Chemical Co.; Rex Winemiller; Marty Sawyer, Trimac Industrial Systems LLC; and Bob Warren.

The Chemical Coaters Association Intl. (CCAI), a technical and professional organization that provides information and training on surface coating technologies based in Independence, Ky., has announced the winners of its annual awards.

The association’s highest honor, the James F. & David J. Wright Lifetime Achievement Award, was presented to Rex Winemiller, a 26-year member of CCAI who served on the national board of directors from 1989 to 1994. He held all officer positions and was national president in 1991-92. In the early 1990s he was the finance chairman and was instrumental in launching the CCAI Scholarship Program. Winemiller was an active member until his retirement in 2015.

The association also has honored the following chapter user and supplier members:

• Central States Chapter – Shawn Bristol, HMC Performance Coatings; Marty Sawyer, Trimac Industrial Systems LLC
• Georgia Chapter - Samantha Paulson, Dinamec Systems LLC
• Las Vegas Chapter – Tony Sclafani, AR Iron LLC; Luis Hernandez, Coral Chemical Co.
• Southern California Chapter - Shivie Dhillon, Sundial Powder Coating; and Ron Lum, Coral Chemical Co.
• Twin Cities Chapter – Michelle Striggow, Graco Inc.; Robyn Aiken
• West Michigan Chapter - Bob Warren, retired, WM secretary/treasurer and ChemQuest Inc.
• Wisconsin Chapter – The Metalcraft Management Team and The Andreae Family, Therma-Tron-X.