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Nicholas Liberto P. E.

Nick Liberto is the president of Powder Coating Consultants; Division of Ninan, Inc. an independent consulting firm. The company's services to the powder coating industry include system design, project management, operational audits, troubleshooting, vendor selection, and training courses & seminars.

Nick has over 20 years of experience in the powder coating industry, holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) with a Minor in Physics, and is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Connecticut. He is a member of The Powder Coating Institute, the Chemical Coaters Association, the American Electroplaters and Surface Finishing Society, and the Association of Finishing Processes division of SME. He currently serves on the Application Equipment Technical Committee of the Powder Coating Institute.

Nick is also a contributing author of the SME "User's Guide To Powder Coating" along with writing over thirty articles for Powder Coating Magazine, Metal Finishing Magazine, the Metal Finishing Guidebook, and the American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society Journal. He is the editor for and a contributing author to the award winning "Powder Coating; The Complete Finisher's Handbook" as published by the Powder Coating Institute. He also writes the "Powder Coating Clinic" for Products Finishing Magazine.

Nick has previously held various sales, marketing, and technical positions for Ransburg-Gema Corporation and Interrad Corporation, both of which are powder application and recovery equipment companies.

Michael Santolupo

Michael Santolupo is an Associate of Powder Coating Consultants; Division of Ninan, Inc. an independent consulting firm located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Mike has consulted in powder system design and specification, pretreatment chemical and powder material specification and selection, quality improvements, process control, cost reductions, and training in the powder coating industry. Mike was instrumental in pioneering specialized computer tools and math models used to provide clients with powder coating system operational cost analysis, production analysis, and vendor analysis data and information. Mike has served in the powder coating industry since 1994, holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) with continued studies in Computer Programming, and Powder Coating Technology. He is a member of IEEE Computer Society. He has in the past served on the Application Equipment Technical Committee of the Powder Coating Institute. Mike has written several technical and feature articles for Powder Coating Magazine. He is a contributing author to the award winning "Powder Coating; The Complete Finisher’s Handbook" as published by the Powder Coating Institute.

George Trigg

George Trigg is an Associate of Powder Coating Consultants; Division of Ninan, Inc. an independent consulting firm located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. George has consulted in powder system design and specification, pretreatment chemical and powder material specification and selection, quality improvements, process control, cost reductions, and training in the powder coating industry. George has been assigned project management responsibility on powder coating projects ranging form $250,000 to $16.8 million. George has over 30 years of experience in the powder coating industry, holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration (BBA) with continued studies in Powder Coating Technology. He is a member of the Chemical Coaters Association and the Association of Finishing Processes division of SME. He has in the past served on the Application Equipment Technical Committee of the Powder Coating Institute. George has written several technical and feature articles for Powder Coating Magazine. He is a contributing author to the SME "User’s Guide to Powder Coating". Prior to joining Powder Coating Consultants, George had previously held various finishing technical positions for Ransburg-Gema, Whirlpool Corporation, PPG Industries, and Westinghouse Company.

Bruno Fawer

Bruno Fawer is an Associate for Powder Coating Consultants, a division of Ninan, Inc. , Inc. an independent consulting firm located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He has approximately 40 years of operation, formulation, application, technical sales and marketing, as well as customer service experience in the field of liquid industrial and powder coatings. He held various management positions in the powder coatings, polyester and epoxy resin, and pigment/additives industry prior to becoming a consultant. His formal education includes a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering and organic chemistry from the College of Technology, Zurich-Winterthur in Switzerland and a Master’s degree in Marketing and Operations Management (MBA) from Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead School of Management) in Cleveland, OH. He published over a dozen major papers and a number of technical articles in trade journals, such as ‘Powder Coatings’ and ‘Coatings World’ between 1993 and 2006. He also presented several technical papers to trade organizations in Chicago, New Orleans, Indianapolis, Montreal, and Seoul (South Korea). In addition, Mr. Fawer participated in the initial creation of ‘Powder Coating - The Complete Finisher’s Handbook’ published by the Powder Coating Institute (PCI) and he was a major contributor to the Powder Coating Formulator’s Desktop Reference publication (May 2003). He is also a member of several trade organizations or associations.