Tony Sclafani is Vice President and General Manager of the family-run Las Vegas AR Iron facility, including an in-house powder coating operation, AR Powder Coating.
“We’re always looking to differentiate ourselves because every shop does the same thing, whether it’s an ornamental or powder coating,” Sclafani says. “Anybody can pick up a welder, and anybody can pick up a powder coat gun. But it’s how you do it and the steps you take. We won’t take shortcuts. I for sure will not.”
They have over 20,000 square feet of production space and 20 employees, so drilling home to everyone the quest for quality and perfection is a non-stop endeavor of Sclafani and his management team.
In 2005, AR Iron started considering providing a better finish for its customers. They were applying an oil-based enamel and decided to consider adding a powder coating service.
“We built a line and threw in a conveyor system, but we didn’t know anything about what we were doing,” Sclafani says. “But we learned, and we kept pushing forward. We are always trying to improve ourselves and look at the next step to get better.”
One of those ways to improve was getting training from the Powder Coating Institute and through Chemicals Coaters Association International, where Sclafani and his team became very active in classes and meetings. Sclafani eventually became a driver of the CCAI Las Vegas chapter and served as the president of the national board.
Read the article at https://finishingandcoating.com/index.php/powder-coat/1724-ar-powder-coating-earns-certs-through-training-and-persistence.
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