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Canadian Finishing
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Canada's bi-monthly tabloid trade magazine for industrial finishing (paint, powder coating, wood finishing, anodizing, PVD and plating), & paint and coating manufacturing.
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CFCM New Mailing Address
Canadian Finishing and Coatings Manufacturing Magazine has changed its mailing address to 225 The East Mall, Suite 1103, Toronto, ON. New postal code is M9B 0A9. Phone numbers, fax and email addresses remain the same.
Obituary:
Barry Kay
(July 29, 1935 - January 17, 2012)
The industry is saddened to learn of the passing of (George) Barry Kay peacefully with his family by his side on Tuesday, January 17 at Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. He was in his 77th year.
Kay was the only child of the late George and Jessie (Cruickshank) Kay. In 1955, he met and married his wife of 56 years, Kathleen (Martin).
Barry was a reporter-photographer who began his career with the Moose Jaw Times Herald, followed in time by the Calgary Herald, the Scotsman/Evening Dispatch and the Globe and Mail. By 1970 he had decided that magazines were more his style and he joined Maclean Hunter in Toronto, where he worked on Canadian Paint and Finishing and Oilweek amongst other titles. He founded Kay Publishing and Coatings Magazine on June 15, 1979. He subsequently built the company into a multi-million dollar venture of trade magazines and educational conferences that were read and respected worldwide. He officially retired in 1998, and Coatings was sold to Rogers Communication’s Inc., but continued working on a consulting basis for the next few years.
A devout Catholic, Barry was actively involved in his Church. He was also a devoted Rotarian with the Oakville Trafalgar Club, and was twice awarded Rotary's highest honour, the Paul Harris Fellowship. He also campaigned and fundraised tirelessly in various capacities for the Arthritis Society. He is survived by wife Kathie, daughters Mary-Jo Bonikowsky, Jessica Badali and Jennifer Kay, sons-in-law Larry and Salvatore, grandchildren Christopher (Melody), Alex, Katie, Cailey and Daani and great grandchildren Mekala and Charlotte, along with countless other family members and friends who were blessed to know him.
Friends and family are invited to visit with the family on Friday, January 20, 2012 between the hours of 2-4 and 7-9 pm at the Kopriva Taylor Community Funeral Home, 64 Lakeshore Road West, (one block east of Kerr, 905-844-2600), Oakville. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Saint Dominic Roman Catholic Church, 2415 Rebecca St., Oakville on Saturday, January 21 at 11 a.m. Cremation. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Arthritis Society or the charity of your choice.
CAWP on Twitter
The Centre for Advanced Wood Processing is revamping the ways that it communicates with our industry audience, and is interested in getting feedback on how to do that. Over the last few months it has established a Twitter account, and has begun using it to remind people about courses and events, as well as to share news and stories about our activities. If you’d like to follow updates, please click the link below.
Strike Out Arthritis in February
Bowl a strike and help spare the pain of arthritis.
The Strike Out Arthritis Coatings & Plastics Industry Charity Challenge takes place on Saturday, February 18, 2012, 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at ClassicBowl 3055 Dundas St. W. Mississauga L5L 3R8.
For more information, please call 905.455.6273, ext. 221 or 1.888.434.0009, ext. 221. www.arthritis.ca/onevents
RCMP ChemWatch Alert issued for Sodium Borohydride
The RCMP wishes to inform the Canadian Association of Chemical Distributors and their member companies of an alarming rise in the number of suspicious transactions involving Ontario-based criminal enterprises acquiring sodium borohydride. The RCMP appreciates the numerous uses for sodium borohydride as a legitimate reducing agent. Their concern is that sodium borohydride is also sought after by drug traffickers and commonly used as a reducing agent in the illicit manufacturing of methamphetamine and MDMA (Ecstasy).
Please share this information with CACD members. We encourage scrutiny of all sodium borohydride transactions. Should a suspicious transaction be detected please report this information to the RCMP ChemWatch Hotline at 1-800-387-0020 or via e-mail at: odiv_ChemWatch@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.
North American Coatings Show Cancelled
The Powder Coatings Institute will return to a solo show format in 2012, after cancelling The North American Coating Show it had co-hosted for two years with NACE International.
PCI’s new event, COATING 2012, will be held Oct. 9-11, 2012, in St. Louis—the same dates and location that had been slated for the NAI Coating Show with NACE.
U.S. Zinc Raises Prices for Zinc Oxide and Zinc Dust
Officials with U.S. Zinc announced that effective December 1, 2011, it will raise its zinc oxide and zinc dust prices in North America by 5 to 7 percent, where allowed under contractual terms. The price increase is the result of ongoing increases of metal premiums in the market, along with rising packaging and inbound freight costs.
IMERYS Performance Minerals North America Raises Prices
Imerys Performance Minerals North America announced price increases of 4-10 percent. The increases are effective December 1, 2011, subject to any provisions in individual contracts, and will affect all calcium carbonate, kaolin and mica products. The energy surcharge will remain in effect.
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