Paul Brancato, NASF President – Talking Points From the NASF Leadership Conference
- Welcome attendees to Leadership Conference in Naples, Florida
- NASF has Strong Financial Position with steady growth of net assets.
- AESF Foundation— strong financially with over a $1.5 million in assets
- 2017 AESF Foundation Goals—complete ongoing course improvements , web based resource center, supporting technical research into completing a new P2 manual, contributing towards education at SUR/FIN, contributions towards Bright Design program.
- Strengthening the financial position of the NASF 1000 towards a long term goal of $1,000,000.
- Bright Design programs in California and Michigan with goals of having programs throughout the US, graduating not just artists, and designers but engineers and scientists, educated on why they need metal finishing on many products.
- North American Expansion with partnerships with Mexican and Canadian finishing associations.
- Web Based Technical & Environmental Resource Center in partnership with the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences and US EPA with will include a world class technical paper archive.
- Securing a large new EPA grant in partnership with National Center for Manufacturing Sciences with a focus to research facility performance and complete sustainability benchmarking project and the current technical manual on P2 and Wastewater Control Technology.
- New 2017 Course with Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) which includes developing a new course for the automotive OEM community on surface finishing for SUR/FIN 2017
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