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ASSOCIATION DIGEST Ecoat Association Kicks into Overdrive for Fall Events We are excited to participate in and/or ofer the following Fall events for your education and networking opportunity. 2013 Electrocoating Seminar The Electrocoating Association and the Chemical Coaters' Association International will host the 2013 Electrocoating Seminar at the Sheraton Music City Hotel Sept. 17–18. The seminar presents a morning of basic electrocoating topics before shifting to more advanced content. Attendees and speakers will enjoy time to relax and mingle during a networking reception the evening following the first day of the program. Speakers are afforded a moment to introduce themselves and allow attendees to ask questions. At the end of the seminar, MetoKote Corp. will host a plant tour of its Lebanon, Tenn., facility, housing two monorail electrocoating lines and one powder coat line. To register for the event, visit our seminar page at electrocoat.org. 2013 Annual Meeting The 2013 Annual Meeting will be held in conjunction with the Nashville Electrocoating Seminar at the Sheraton Music City Hotel on Sept. 18 at 6:30 p.m. The Annual Meeting is your opportunity to network and participate in association business activities. Dinner will be served. To register, complete the form enclosed in your invitation, or visit electrocoat.org and select the Annual Meeting Event. Fabtech North America's largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event heads to McCormick Place in Chicago in November. Fabtech is also host to North America's largest Finishing Pavilion with more coatings, more equipment, more systems houses, more pretreatment and more auxiliary finishing industry exhibitors than any other show. Forty hours of finishing educational conference sessions will also be held, covering all industrial finishing technologies including paint, powder coating, electrocoating, pretreatment, mechanical finishing and more. For more information or to register, visit fabtechexpo.com. ECOAT14 Scheduled for April 22-24, 2014 at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Fla., ECOAT14 is presented by The Electrocoat Association and Products Finishing magazine. Join us for this premier event featuring dynamic keynote speakers, concurrent programming choices and interactive workshops on topics such as PPAP testing, test measurements, REACH legislation, social media and improved efficiency with ecoat pumps. Then, help us celebrate the industry's elite at the Industry Awards Luncheon. Enjoy the return of our Coatings and Cocktails, a roundtable discussion opportunity to "ask the experts" about the industry and technology while having a drink on us! Experience a memorable evening of exhibits and entertainment, with direct access to suppliers of equipment, chemicals, paint, ancillary equipment and finishing applications in a fun, relaxing environment. Visit electrocoat.org for updates. CCAI Annual Meeting Draws Largest Attendance Ever A return to the Pacific Northwest and the Mt. Hood, Ore., area saw CCAI's Annual Meeting draw its largest annual meeting attendance ever with 101 joining us. In addition to a variety of networking events such as golf, a waterfall tour and our CCAI Olympics, members were treated to another series of valuable and timely presentations. Members can obtain a copy of the presentations on CCAI's new website in the Members Only section. Mark your calendar for CCAI's 2014 Annual Meeting, June 21–24 in Indian Wells, Calif. Finishing Conference Program at Fabtech Education is at the heart of CCAI's mission. Join us Nov. 68 SEPTEMBER 2013 — pfonline.com 18–21 at McCormick Place in Chicago for our Finishing Technologies Conference and Pavilion at Fabtech, where we showcase a series of presentations that covers everything from "Running an Efficient Paint System" to "Cost Saving Measures for Powder Coating." CCAI is offering more than 40 hours of programming for the finishing industry. View the entire Finishing Program at ccaiweb.com, and register for the conference at fabtechexpo.com. Remember, CCAI members receive a discount to register for the conference. Additionally, register for at least one conference session and you can attend the Finishing Emerging Technologies session for free. We look forward to seeing you at Fabtech in November!