The NWFA held an Installation, Sand & Finish school at its Las Vegas training facility on Jan. 18-20, the first on the 2012 technical training calendar. The association's Director of Technical Training Frank Kroupa led the instruction, along with these volunteer instructors:
The NWFA held an Installation, Sand & Finish school at its Las Vegas training facility on Jan. 18-20, the first on the 2012 technical training calendar. The association's Director of Technical Training Frank Kroupa led the instruction, along with these volunteer instructors:
- Jennifer Hansen (3M)
- Mark Mukosiej (Arboritec USA Inc.)
- Wayne Highlander (Basic Coatings)
- Zachary Clavin (Bona US)
- Craig McIntosh (Dura Seal)
- Gary Arnold and Roger Barker (Fortifiber Building Systems Group)
- Tom Heese (Primatech Inc.)
- Todd McDonald (W•D Flooring)
- Adam Martin (Woodwise/Design Hardwood Products Inc.)
These students completed the school and earned credits toward an NWFA degree:
- Brian Veldhuizen and Jamie Veldhuizen (ABC Floor Sanding and Refinishing)
- Ryan MacDonald and Jon Pingol (Acorn Wood Floors Ltd.)
- Dinu Luca (ADL Floors Inc.)
- Anderson Soares (Andi's Flooring)
- Kaleb Baldridge and Chris Campbell (Carpet Tech)
- David Crosley (Casper Custom Hardwoods)
- Marcos Proti (CMC Hardwood Floors)
- Gregory Burns (CPS Inc.)
- Greg Burns (CPS of Ohio)
- Dave Parris (Daves Flooring)
- Brian Buske (The Hardwood Flooring Co.)
- Dustin Sunderland (Hawaii Hardwood Flooring)
- Collin Twitchell (Legacy Flooring)
- Jason Brew, George Kastrounis, Matthew Kastrounis, Joe Perkins, Steve Shofding and Matt Wilson (S & S Inc.)
- Adam Valentate (Tate Flooring Inc.)
- Keith Long (Thunderheart Flooring, LLC)
- Cleon Morgan (Wood Floor Solutions & Designs)
Also, these companies served as Partners in Education for this school:
- 3M (St. Paul)
- Arboritec USA Inc. (Greenwood Village, Colo.)
- Basic Coatings (Toledo, Ohio)
- Bona US (Aurora, Colo.)
- Clarke American Sanders (Plymouth, Minn.)
- Delmhorst Instrument Co. (Towaco, N.J.)
- Dura Seal (Chagrin Falls, Ohio)
- Easy Groove Tooling LLC (Edmonds, Wash.)
- Fortifiber Building Systems Group (Fernley, Nev.)
- Lignomat USA Ltd. (Portland, Ore.)
- Oshkosh Designs (Winneconne, Wis.)
- Powernail Company Inc. (Lake Zurich, Ill.)
- Primatech Inc. (Quebec, Quebec)
- W•D Flooring (Laona, Wis.)
- Wagner Meters (Rogue River, Ore.)
- Woodwise/Design Hardwood Products (Redmond, Wash.)
