Four industry members received Industry Achievement Awards during the American CoatingsAssociation’s (ACA) Welcome Reception & Dinner. These awards are presented to individuals for their distinguished achievement in service to the industry.

Terry Caloghiris, group vice president of DuPont Performance Coatings, DuPont Coatings & Color Technologies, chaired the
NPCA/FSCT Corporate Identity Task Force that ultimately brought about the new ACA name and logo. A member of ACA’s Board ofDirectors and Executive Committee since 2007, Caloghiris’ direction allowed the task force to operate effectively and cohesivelythroughout the identity development process, providing direction to staff and garnering support for a new organizational nameand logo. The name American Coatings Association (ACA) and accompanying logo and mission statement were proposed andapproved at the October Board of Directors meeting, with a launch date of January 2010. Because of Caloghiris’ efforts, the associationis entering a new decade with a professional, modern identity that conveys the organization’s commitment to leadershipand renewed mission to all industry audiences.

James Reppermund, retired from DuPont Performance Products in 1998, after some 35 years in the coatings industry. Inthat time, he became an expert in the areas of static electricity, flammable materials handling, and vessel inerting, and served onthe association’s Safety & Loss and Occupational Safety & Health Committees. His expertise enabled him to author the 2009 updateto the association’s Generation and Control of Static Electricity in Coatings Operations and preceding versions of the guidancemanual. His unmatched efforts on the two final versions were accomplished pro bono to the industry. This document representsthe best practices in the coatings industry, and many others, in the generation and control of static electricity for the safety of
employees and the protection of industry resources. Reppermund is a member of the National Fire Protection Association, the ESDAssociation and the Electrostatics Society of America.

Scott Thomas, corporate director of Environmental Affairs for The Sherwin-Williams Company, has been a member of ACA’s
Environmental Management Committee for the last decade, and served as its chair from 2005 to 2007. His efforts last year were
instrumental in ACA’s success in reducing the burden associated with the recently EPA-promulgated Paint and Allied ProductsManufacturing Area Source Rule. This rule potentially could impact nearly every coating, ink and adhesive manufacturing facilityin the United States. Fortunately, with Thomas’ technical support and knowledge of coatings manufacturing operations, ACAwas able to develop substantive comments, most of which were included in the EPA rule. As a result, the final rule is much lessburdensome than previous versions. Thomas has also been an energetic contributor to ACA’s efforts in the post-consumer paint
management arena, providing insightful technical assistance to ACA staff on regulatory and policy issues. He participated in
numerous meetings and conference calls both internal to ACA and as part of a multi-stakeholder group made up of state and localgovernment officials. Attending several national dialogue meetings associated with the Paint Product Stewardship Initiative,Thomas’ activities were instrumental in charting ACA’s course to implement the first post-consumer paint stewardship programin the United States.

Minh Nguyen, head of business intelligence and analysis for Benjamin Moore & Co., led a group that oversaw the developmentof the U.S. Paint and Coatings Industry Market Analysis (2008-2013) and helped to direct ACA’s contractors, CHEMARK, inthe production of this key industry publication. In particular, he used his marketing expertise to lead the development of a comprehensiveplan designed to reach potential customers and demonstrate to them the value of this product. His efforts helped identifykey factors for executives at ACA member companies and build a strategy to articulate those factors to key audiences, using acombination of mail, print and online advertisements, and product demonstrations before key industry committees.

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