POWDER COATING, April 2018 13
The Powder Coating Institute, Taylor
Mill, Ky., has announced its 2018
Board of Directors and Executive Offi-
cers. Serving as Executive Officers are:
Chris Merritt, Gema USA, president;
John Sudges, Midwest Finishing Sys-
tems Inc., vice president; Suresh Patel,
Chemetall US Inc., secretary/treasurer;
and Ron Cudzilo, George Koch Sons
LLC, past president.
Serving on the Board of Directors are:
Chris Beninati, Elcometer Inc.; John
Cole, Parker Ionics; Craig Dietz, Ax-
alta Coating Systems; Sue Ivancic,
Nordson Corp.; Steve Kiefer, Powder
Coatings N.A., AkzoNobel Powder
Coatings; Mark Mortensen, All-Color
Powder Coating Inc.; and PCI legal
counsel David Goch of Webster,
Chamberlain & Bean.
PCI is a nonprofit organization that
represents the powder coating industry,
promotes powder coating technology,
and communicates the benefits of pow-
der coating to manufacturers, con-
sumers, and government.
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