I begin this issue’s message as I wait in the Las Vegas airport for my flight home from my first PCI Annual Meeting as your new Executive Director. I saw a lot of familiar faces and was very pleased to meet a good number of people I hadn’t previously met.  What a great crowd of interesting people and PCI supporters. I come away enthused and feel assured of good things to come from PCI. To all those who attended, thank you for taking time to join us for our 2015 Annual Meeting and for all of your encouraging comments.

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There were some modest signs of progress to note in recent data, including a rebound in manufacturing production in October. This followed declines in both August and September. Despite slightly better performance, however, demand and output have been softer than desired for much of this year, with the year-over-year pace of manufacturing production declining from 4.3 percent in January to 1.9 percent in October. This easing has reflected headwinds from a strong dollar, weaknesses abroad and lower commodity prices, among other challenges. At the same time, total industrial production fell for the second straight month on weaker activity in mining and utilities. 

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TCI Powder Coating, Ellaville, Ga., a subsidiary of RPM International Inc. welcomes Dave Brooks as Northeastern U.S. Sales Rep. Dave brings more than 25 years experience in business development in the industrial coatings market. For the past 2 years, he was with IFS Powder Coatings. Prior to that, Brooks spent 17 years with Spraylat in sales leading up to the PPG acquisition. Before joining Spraylat, Dave was an Account Manager with Morton International.

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WAGNER Systems, Inc., Elgin, Ill., announces the addition of Audrey Garcia as marketing specialist. In this role, she will be responsible for trade show management, media relations, social media, and collateral material development. This role involves working directly with internal departments, international groups and external agencies, to grow and support in rolling out of WAGNER’s marketing message. 

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FABTECH's Finishing Pavilion saw a lot of foot traffic from Monday, November 9 through Thursday, November 12. Visitors who stopped by The Powder Coating Institute's Booth got to enter a raffle to win an exclusive PCI long-sleeved t-shirt that features the Powder Coated Tough Stamp on the back. The four lucky winners were Intellifinishing's Josh Gilmore, Axalta's Bill Owens, ACT Test Panels' Brad Kimpell, and Pneu-Mech's Karla Cass.

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On Tuesday, November 10, Chemetall NA's new CEO and president, Mauro Beccaro, was presented with the 2014 North American New Product Innovation Award. 

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Intellifinishing's Joshua Gilmore was the lucky winner of this one-of-a-kind shirt from The Powder  a coating Institute. Stop by Booth S5623 this week for your chance to win!

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For the first time ever, The Powder Coating Institute and Powder Coated Tough magazine will be exhibiting at FABTECH! Take a little time so stop by Booth S5623!

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Say Hello to PCI's Newest Members

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The U.S. economy slowed in the third quarter, growing just 1.5 percent after rebounding more strongly by 3.9 percent in the second quarter. While this was mostly in line with consensus expectations, the easing in real GDP growth for the quarter mainly reflected reduced inventory spending and a continued drag from net exports. Indeed, the pullback in inventories alone reduced real GDP by 1.44 percentage points in the third quarter as businesses did not need to replenish their stockpiles as much as desired. 

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