From October 21-30, 2005, I had the privilege of traveling in Europe with the DuPont Star Coaters Study tour. We began in Paris, where we covered more than 1,600 miles by train and bus to Rennes, Le Mans, Fougeres, Evron and Montbrison in France, Brussels and Antwerp in Belgium, and Milan, Verona and Venice in Italy. We visited five unique and interesting powder coating installations, toured the DuPont powder manufacturing facility in Brichon and saw many interesting sites along the way. And of course we flew approximately 4,000 miles to get there and another 4,000 miles+ to get home. It was an intense schedule that took a lot of energy but it was one of the most interesting and informative experiences one can imagine.
My traveling companions included 20 individuals from DuPont Powder Coatings, Freedom Finishing in Mich., Burkhard Industries in Mich., Panhandle Powder Coating in Fla., Acme Finishing in Ill., Products Finishing in Ohio, Source One in Lincoln Neb., Pro-Kote in Jackson, Tenn., and Microfinish Co. in Mo. What a great group of people.