CCAI Honors 2015 Award Winners, Recognizes Board and Officers
DELRAY BEACH, FL - In June, at the 2015 CCAI Annual Meeting in Delray Beach, FL, the Chemical Coaters Association International (CCAI) honored members for service and dedication and announced its 2015–2016 officers and National Board members. At the Annual Awards Luncheon, the CCAI presented Chapter User and Supplier of the Year awards and the highest accolade, the James F. and David J. Wright Lifetime Achievement Award.
This year, CCAI announced Robert New as the posthumous winner of its highest honor, the 2015 CCAI James and David Wright Lifetime Achievement Award. New was a member of the CCAI Wisconsin Chapter and worked at Broan Manufacturing. He was a longtime CCAI champion who served on the chapter board, organized chapter golf outings each year and committed his career to electrocoating processes and improvements for his company. He truly believed in CCAI’s mission and worked hard to promote the association. Wisconsin chapter member, Larry Melgary remembers New, “If you looked in the dictionary for the definition of gentleman, Bob’s picture would be there. Bob was always enthusiastically contributing to the boards he served on, both the National and Wisconsin boards. Bob was the perfect example of chemical coater user of the year, which he won several times for the tours and support he and his company, Broan, gave to educating others in electrostatic spray and e-coat applications. He was an outstanding ambassador for CCAI.” The Wisconsin Chapter presented the award to his family at its annual golf outing.