September Membership Meeting

Don’t miss the NTX Chapter’s September Membership Meeting, featuring a great presentation by Rankin Jays of MAPEI!

Date: Thursday, September 15, 2022
Time: Social hour at 11:00 AM, lunch at 11:30 AM, meeting 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Location: Las Colinas Corporate Center, 4th Floor Conference Room
(one floor below WJE’s office)
6363 N. State Highway 114, Irving, Texas 75038
Cost: $25 member / $35 non-member

Registration: now open – click the green buttons at the top right of the screen (if you don’t see the buttons, click here)

Please register by 5:00 PM on Tuesday, September 13.

Topic: Introduction to Paint and Coatings

Presentation Objectives:

• Identify basic paint components and have an understanding of their impact on quality and function.
• Differentiate the performance and aesthetic advantages of various coating finishes.
• Understand the functional differences in a coating as a result of changes in chemistry.
• Identify some of the latest innovation and technological advances in the coatings industry and their impact on environmental sustainability.

Presenter: Rankin Jays (MAPEI Corporation)

Rankin Jays is the Business Development Leader – Coatings with MAPEI Corporation. Rankin has more than 30 years’ experience in the paint and coatings industry.
On immigrating to the United States in 1997, Rankin worked with Parker Paint covering the Pacific Northwest market, as Director of Channel Sales and Product Marketing. Acquired by the Comex Group in 2005, he transferred to Color Wheel Paint in Orlando where Rankin remained until 2011 as National Product Director. He then spent several years with Sto Corp. in Atlanta as Product Marketing Manager for their Coatings Division and has now been in his current role as Business Development Leader with MAPEI Corp since 2015.