Electrocoat Association Presents Brewer, Best End-User Awards
Award presented since 1990 to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of electrocoating in the categories of technology, application and promotion.
Previous winners of the Brewer Award gathered at the 2012 Electrocoat Conference.
The Electrocoat Association will be naming winners in two categories at the upcoming ECOAT14 conference, April 22-24 in Orlando, FL. The winners of the George E.F. Brewer Award and the Best End-User Paper will be announced at the conference at the Rosen Center.
The George E.F. Brewer Award has been presented since 1990 to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of electrocoating in the categories of technology, application and promotion. Dr. Brewer is generally credited with the original idea of electrodeposition of paint through his work and research while at Ford Motor Company in the late 1950s.
The Best End-User Paper award is presented to the person whose written technical and case-study is deemed the best of the conference.
The awards will be presented on Wednesday, April 23 during a luncheon. Registration for the event can be made at electrocoat.org.
Past winners of the George E. F. Brewer Awards:
1992
Gil Tredwell (George Koch Sons, Retired) - for implementation and refinement of e-coat applications.
Roger Christenson (PPG Industries, Retired) - for product or process innovation and invention.
Gene Leithauser (General Motors, Retired) - for e-coating market development and expansion.
1994
Gordon Strosberg (Ford Motor Company) - for paint and process technology.
Robert Jerabeck (PPG Industries, Retired) - for application of the technology.
Carroll Hutchinson (Glidden, Retired) - for market promotion of the technology.
1996
Robert L. Koch II (George Koch Sons)- for paint and process technology.
Dr. Thomas J. Miranda (Whirlpool Corporation) - for application of the technology.
Erwin Kapalko (PPG Industries, Retired) - for market development and promotion of the technology.
1998
Fred Loop (Posthumously, PPG Industries) - for paint and process technology.
Mark Horton (George Koch Sons) - for application of the technology.
Lee Case (E-Coat Trends) - for market promotion of the technology.
2000
Robert Blankemeyer (MetoKote Corporation) – for paint and process technology, application of the technology, and market promotion of the technology.
2002
Roger Kelly (Man-Gill Chemical, Retired) – for technological development of electrocoating.
Kevin Cunningham (General Motors Corporation) – for application of the technology.
Mark McQuaide (Posthumously, Eisenmann Corporation) – for market promotion of the technology.
2004
Tom Palaika (PPG Industries, Retired) – for paint and process technology, application of the technology, and market promotion of the technology.
2006
Cindy Oravitz (The Electrocoat Association, Retired) – for paint and process technology, application of the technology, and market promotion of the technology.
2008
John Martin (PPG Industries) – for paint and process technology, application of the technology, and market promotion of the technology
Tony Cimorelli (Parker Process Advanced Filtration) – for paint and process technology.
2010
Lyle Gilbert (Posthumously, MetoKote Corporation, retired) – for application of the technology
David Myers (Luvata Electrofin Inc.) – for technological development of electrocoating
Jeff Oravitz (MetoKote Corporation) – for market promotion of technology
2012
Doug McPheron (PPG Industries, Inc.) - for paint and process technology
Mark Rizzone, PhD. (Koch Membrane Systems, Inc.) - for market promotion of the technology
Brad Andreae (Therma-Tron-X, Inc.) – for technological development of electrocoating
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