2010 NAPCA Workshop

The Summer 2010 NAPCA Workshop was held at the Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel, Houston, Texas, August 19, 2010.  It had a great program and featured many excellent speakers.  The quality of the program also resulted in the second highest attendance for any NAPCA workshop.  To view the program for the workshop, click the link below.  Additionally, to view the presentations made by the various featured speakers and panel members click the appropriate links below.  Additional speaker presentations will be made available as they are received.

[2010 Workshop Program]

[Don Briggs Presentation]
[Kenneth Lee Presentation]
[Perry Sheth Presentation]
[Timothy Myers Presentation]
[Richard LeDuke Presentation]

2011 NAPCA Convention

The 2011 NAPCA Convention will be held at the Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa, Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 6-10, 2011.  We currently are securing speakers for the business program and expect the quality of the presentations to be outstanding.  In addition to the business program, the enhanced networking opportunities, and the forum to catch up with old friends and meet new ones, there also will be time to relax by the pool, play golf, and engage in other recreational activities.  We also are planning a deep sea fishing excursion for Wednesday, April 6, and will have a fabulous dinner cruise along the Intracoastal Waterway aboard the Lady Windridge yacht the evening of Thursday, April 7.

Those eligible to attend the convention include all NAPCA members (which includes all employees and officers of NAPCA member companies) and guests invited by NAPCA.  Therefore, if you are not presently a NAPCA member and desire to attend the convention we encourage you to view the member requirements and complete a membership application, which can be accessed via the Membership Information page on the NAPCA website.  The registration site for the convention will open in mid-January 2011, at which time all NAPCA members will be notified by e-mail and will receive a packet by regular mail. 

We also are currently accepting sponsorships for the convention.  All past sponsors will be contacted by NAPCA, but if your company was not a sponsor of the 2010 convention and you desire to learn of sponsor opportunities for the 2011 convention please contact the NAPCA office.

We hope to see all of you in Fort Lauderdale.

2010 NAPCA Convention

The 2010 NAPCA Convention was held at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa, Indian Wells, California, April 7-11 of this year. It was a tremendous success and was defined by the high caliber of the speakers at the business program, the wonderful location, and the networking that took place. To view the convention agenda please [click here].  The General Session presentations were made by (1) Dr. Loren C. Scott of Loren C. Scott & Associates, Inc., (2) David Webster of WorleyParsons Canada, (3) Ed Kallio of Ziff Energy Group, and (4) Stephen Becker of TransCanada Corporation.  To view the presentations of these speakers please click on the links below.  Files for the links will be added as received to the extent they are not currently available.

Dr. Loren C. Scott
David Webster
Ed Kallio
Stephen Becker

At their meeting on April 10, the NAPCA Regular Members elected three new members to the Board of Trustees.  The new members are as follows: Hank Reuser of Perma-Pipe, Inc., Joel Chermack of Midwest Pipe Coating, Inc., and Ron Carlson, Jr. of Commercial Resins.  These three replaced the following outgoing Board members: Richard F. Brunst, Jr., President of Western Pipe Coaters and Engineers, Inc., George Stoddard, President of Mobile Pipe Wrappers & Coaters, Inc., and Ryan Norris, Inside Sales for Dura-Bond Coating, Inc.  NAPCA thanks the outgoing trustees for their support and efforts during their respective terms.  At the Board meeting that took place on April 10, Merry Brumbaugh, Vice President of Tubular Products for L.B. Foster Company, was re-elected to the post of President of NAPCA. Other officers elected include Brendan Ryan, Vice President and General Manager, North America for Bredero Shaw, who was re-elected to the position of Vice President, and Gary Brown, President of Commerical Coating Services International, Ltd., who was elected to the position of Secretary/Treasurer.  Additionally, Jeff Fargerson of 3M Corrosion Protection Products commenced his term as the NAPCA Associate Member Chairman.