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CCAI announces award winners, board of directors

CCAI announces award winners, board of directors

The 2019 CCAI Award winners, standing with Bill Oney, CCAI national president (second from right), are (from left) Jim Henningsen, Ron Cudzilo, Wayne Pettyjohn, Sam Woehler, and Tony Sclafani.

The Chemical Coaters Association Intl. (CCAI), Independence, Ky., recently announced the winners of its annual awards, as well as its 2019-2020 national board of directors and officers.

The association gave its highest honor, the James F. & David J. Wright Lifetime Achievement Award, to Sam Woehler of George Koch Sons LLC. The award recognizes members of the association that have dedicated years of service to CCAI and the industrial finishing industry.

Woehler has been a member for 14 years, serving on the national board of directors for the past 13 years, including as president from 2012 to 2014. He was instrumental in launching the newly founded CCAI Finishing Education Foundation, contributed as an author to several CCAI training manuals, and was heavily involved in the research and decision for the association to become a partner of FABTECH.

The 2018-19 Chapter Award winners are:

  • Central States – Frank Laster, A-1 Paint Powder and Sandblasting LLC; Ron Cudzilo, George Koch Sons LLC.
  • Georgia – Wayne Pettyjohn, Georgia Power Co.
  • Las Vegas – Tony Sclafani, AR Iron LLC; Sercy Spears, Tiger Drylac Inc. USA.
  • Northern Illinois – Matt Ambrose, Henkel Corp.
  • Salt Lake City – Ginny Phommavongsay, Martin Door Mfg.
  • Southern California - Shivie Dhillon, Sundial Powder Coating; Tony Sclafani, AR Iron LLC; Luis Hernandez, Coral Chemical Co.
  • Twin Cities – Mark Walsworth, retired; Jim Henningsen, Troy Chemical.
  • West Michigan – In memory of Herb Knape, Knape Industries Inc.; Jason Meekof, Industrial Metal Cleaning.
  • Wisconsin – Justin Jarmuz, Wacker Neuson Corp.; Matt Roeser, DuBois Chemical Co.

The officers for the 2019-2020 national board of directors are:

  • President - Bill Oney, Therma-Tron-X Inc. (Wisconsin chapter).
  • Vice president - Duane Fudge, Chemetall US Inc. (unaffiliated).
  • Treasurer - Tony Sclafani, AR Iron LLC (Las Vegas chapter).
  • Recent past president: Ron Lum, Coral Chemical Co. (Southern California chapter).

Also serving on the board of directors are:

  • Kevin Coursin - George Koch Sons LLC (Northern Illinois chapter).
  • Shivie Dhillon - SunDial Powder Coatings (Southern California chapter).
  • Jim Gallagher - Harley-Davidson Motor Co. (Wisconsin chapter).
  • Russ Green - Midwest Finishing Systems Inc. (Northern Ohio chapter).
  • Loren Keene - Pneu-Mech Systems Mfg. LLC (Central States chapter).
  • Dan Labrecque - Tiger Drylac USA Inc. (West Michigan chapter).
  • Todd Luciano - Products Finishing (Greater Cincinnati chapter).
  • Jim Malloy - Kolene Corp. (Southeast Michigan chapter).
  • Mark Walsworth – retired (Twin Cities chapter).
  • Bob Warren – retired (West Michigan chapter).
  • Jeff Watson - Custom Chemicals of Texas (Texas chapter).
  • Sam Woehler, George Koch Sons LLC (unaffiliated).

Serving as ex-officio board member is Larry Melgary of Northern Coatings & Chemical (Wisconsin chapter).

CCAI announces award winners, board of directors

The CCAI national board of directors for 2019 is (from left, row 1) Dan Labrecque, Sam Woehler, Bill Oney, Duane Fudge, and Kevin Coursin; (Row 2) Jim Malloy, Loren Keene, Russ Green, Todd Luciano, Mark Walsworth, and Tony Sclafani. Not pictured: Shivie Dhillon, Jim Gallagher, Larry Melgary, Bob Warren, and Jeff Watson.