CCAI award winners.

The Chemical Coaters Association International (CCAI) honored members for service and dedication and installed its 2008-2009 officers and national board members during their 2008 annual meeting held in Clearwater Beach, FL in late June.

In a first, CCAI named long-time board members, George Bryant of Briggs & Stratton, and Larry Melgary of Northern Coatings & Chemicals, duel James F. Wright Lifetime Achievement Award for their years of dedication and service to the association. This was the first time CCAI presented two Lifetime Achievement Awards in the same year. Chapter User and Supplier of the Year members were also honored during CCAI's awards luncheon held in conjunction with the annual meeting. Chapters recognize a user and supplier member for their year-long service and dedication to their respective chapter.

2007-2008 award winners were: Bill Boyce, Allied Tube & Conduit and Aivars Freidenfelds, Elektro-Physik of the Northern Illinois Chapter; Bill Deiss, Knape & Vogt and Dale Mulder, ChemQuest of the West Michigan Chapter; Angela Kokesh, Life Fitness and Deb Savage, Valspar of the Twin Cities Chapter; Louis McClain, RML, Inc. Premier Powder Coating and Bruce Nickolett, DuPont of the Central States Chapter; and Dick Klein, Kohler Co. and Bill Oney, American Finishing Res. of the Wisconsin Chapter.

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