WELCOME TO MIKE KURCEBA

We are pleased to announce that Mike Kurceba has joined our sales force.  Many powder users will know Mike as he has many years of experience in powder and equipment sales.  He brings a broad range of experience to our company which we know will assist your company and ours in the future.  Mike will be developing new business for Erie Powder, and covering the central and western Ontario regions. 

NEW COLOR BROCHURES

We are happy to announce the arrival of the new color brochures, "Not Just Black and White, Volume 2" 

The new brochures show the current stock collection at Erie / EPC.   A few colors have been discontinued from the previous brochure (Volume 1) and a few have been added.  Due to customer request, we have also increased the color chip size on the brochure to make it easy to see and compare to other sample chips.

Along with the new brochures, Erie is also sending out information on some of our company publications, such as our "Trouble Shooting Guide", information on weatherability of powder coatings, and more. 

The new brochures and publication information are available and being shipped out to our customers starting December 2007.  If you want a brochure or publication, just phone fax or email our office. 

NEW LOCATION 

 We are very happy to finally announce our new US manufacturing location.  Our new building is in the town of North East Pennsylvania.  This facility will be a full service facility, with manufacturing, lab, office and warehousing functions.  We expect to be manufacturing in North East in late winter / early Spring. 

 The new facility has lots of room to house current operations, and any expansion plans.  The North East facility is comprised of a single building, 40,000 sq. ft. of mixed office and industrial space.   Erie took possession of the building at the start of November 2007.  We will be posting contact information for the new US facility shortly.

NEW PRODUCTS 

In other new developments, Erie is now offering a "zinc rich" epoxy primer for steel substrates. This product is usually recommended for shot blasted steel, that is often not treated before powder coating. The zinc rich primer can significantly improve overall corrosion resistance of the finished product. This has been actively used in industries such as for truck tire refinishing. Now, after extensive testing against competitive products, we find that our product is as good or superior to our competitors for corrosion resistance.

There have been numerous changes in powder coatings in general, and Erie is helping to lead the industry towards newer and more innovative products.

Several product lines of note have experienced changes over the last year. These include:

Superdurables: Erie now offers a complete line of superdurable finishes. Most any color can now be custom made in these coatings, down to a single box. The finish on the superdurable products is excellent, and compares very well with standard outdoor durable polyesters for orange peel. The adhesion and flexibility of these products has been markedly improved over the years as well. The cost on these products has also dropped substantially in the last year, so if you just thought they were a little too expensive in the past, now might be the time to have another look.

Graffiti Resistant Finishes: Erie offers several graffiti resistant finishes. This allows a range of choice which is unequalled in the industry.

Super Chemical Resistant products: The "J Series" epoxy and urethane finishes are available. These products have incredible resistance to most chemicals. The "J Series" line of products have been tested to the SEFA chemical standards for chemical resistance.

If you would like any information on the above products, don't hesitate to give us a call at the office location, or call your local sales representative.