Finishing and Coating

Saturday, October 3, 2020
8:00 a.m. – Noon
JW Marriott, Grand Rapids

Technical Session

8:30 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Speaker Presentations

Speakers

Speakers and topics subject to change.

• Mark Schario, Columbia Chemical
  “Making the switch from decorative Hexavalent to Trivalent plating”
• Doug Morrison, Trion Coatings, LLC
  “Safe chrome alternate to hex chrome”
• Mike Wall, Director of Automotive Analysis, IHS Markit
  “Automotive industry outlook: Balancing near-term execution amidst industry disruption”
• Rich Held, Haviland Products
  “Using non-fluoridated mist suppressants in hexavalent chrome plating baths”
  More speakers announced soon! The MINASF Board is reaching out to invite speakers with relevant, interesting topics.
• Caleb Morrison, Atotech
  ConAg as a plating industry and how new surface finishes are increasing value and life of the machines”
• Laurie Riegle, AJ Gallagher
  “Existing and emerging risks business’s face”
• Doug Lay, Coventya
  “PFOS/PFAS issues to date and areas where the industry is being impacted and new technologies as alternatives to Hard Chrome, Decorative Chrome, Chromic Acid Etch as well as Teflon EN”
• Rebecca Davies, Butzel Long
  “Embracing change: Understanding employment law under the Trump administration”
• Jeff Hannapel, NASF/The Policy Group and Beth Gotthelf, Butzel Long
  “PFAS and legislative update”