January 2016 Newsletter

Our January monthly meeting was held on January 12th at Tennant in Golden Valley and featured two technical speakers. Tony Hennessey from Elementis presented on selection of rheology agents for solventborne coatings and Richard Grenville of Philadelphia Mixing presented on techniques for proper batch mixing. Thanks again to Tennant for hosting us.

Our monthly meetings are typically held on the second Tuesday of the month from October - April. Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 9th at the 3M Innovation Center in St. Paul and will feature two speakers. Shawn Fowler of Q-Labs will present on "A New Era in Corrosion Testing" and 3M will present on novel coating raw materials. 3M's Innovation Center is located at 2326 Minnehaha Avenue East, St. Paul, MN 55119. Please plan to arrive 10 minutes early to get checked in on time. Following the meeting you are invited to take a tour of the 3M Innovation Center.

The cost for the meeting is $15 for members and $20 for non-members if registration is made by Friday, February 4th ($20/$25 if registering later). To register just follow this link and pay for the meeting: Monthly Meeting Registration. Please contact Eric Scholl (scholl.e@minutemanintl.com) if you plan to attend the meeting but will not be paying via PayPal so that we can get an accurate head count for lunch. We look forward to seeing you in November.

Important Dates and Upcoming Events
Tuesday, February 9th: Monthly Meeting at 3M. Q-Lab and 3M will present.
Friday, February 19th: Annual Texas Hold Em Tournament. Charity event for the NWSCT Scholarship program. No previous experience required.
March: Annual Winter Outing
Tuesday, March 8th: Monthly Meeting at BASF. Clariant will present.
Tuesday, April 19th: Annual Education Symposium at Valspar.
Friday, May 1st: Scholarship application deadline.
Thursday, June 2nd: Spring Golf Outing at Troy Burne (Hudson, WI).

Monthly meetings are typically held on the second Tuesday of the month from October - April from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm and include lunch.

We appreciate your continued support.

Scholarship Program
We have launched a Scholarship program that will award individual scholarships to the son or daughter of an active member of the NWSCT in good standing. Applications are available at monthly meetings and on our website (Scholarship Program page). The deadline to register is May 1st.

All monthly meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month from October - April from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm and include lunch.