The NWFA held an Intermediate Installation, Sand & Finish School March 28-30 at its training facility in St. Louis. The association's Director of Technical Training Frank Kroupa led the instruction, along with these volunteers:
- Chris Livingston (3M)
- Drew Steele (Basic Coatings)
- Roger Barker (Fortifiber Building Systems Group)
- Michael Dittmer (Michael Dittmer Wood Floors)
- Bob Sweezey (Stauf Adhesives USA LLC)
- Todd McDonald (W•D Flooring)
- Adam Martin (Woodwise/Design Hardwood Products Inc.).
These students completed the school and earned credits toward an NWFA degree:
- Dinu Luca (ADL Floors Inc.)
- Thomas Rich (Casey EMI)
- Paul Albrecht (Clarke American Sanders)
- Bill Ptak (DuraSeal)
- Deigo Costa (Floormax Flooring America)
- Janar Tsaro (Green Step Flooring Inc.)
- Octavio Baca (Hardwoods of Wisconsin)
- Mike Mayger and Fletcher Watson (Modern Concepts Inc.)
- Jack Weathers (Rivertree Hardwood Flooring Inc.)
- Mark Lazzara (Rust-Oleum Corporation)
- Lemarta Faulknor (Shaw Industries Inc.)
- Shawn Merritt (Studzinski Stanley Steemer Inc.).
Also, these companies served as Partners in Education for this school:
- 3M (St. Paul)
- Basic Coatings (Toledo, Ohio)
- Bona US (Aurora, Colo.)
- Clarke American Sanders (Plymouth, Minn.)
- Delmhorst Instrument Co. (Towaco, N.J.)
- Dura Seal (Chagrin Falls, Ohio)
- Fortifiber Building Systems Group (Fernley, Nev.)
- Lignomat USA Ltd.
- Michael Dittmer Wood Floors (Putnam, Ill.)
- Powernail Company Inc. (Lake Zurich, Ill.)
- Stauf Adhesives USA LLC (Memphis, Tenn.)
- W•D Flooring (Laona, Wis.)
- Wagner Meters (Rogue River, Ore.)
- Woodwise/Design Hardwood Products (Redmond, Wash.).
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