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Last week the NWFA taught an Expert Installation school in Richmond, Va., and this week it instructed an Expert Sand & Finish school there from Dec. 10-12. The association's Director of Technical Training Frank Kroupa led the teaching, along with these instructors:
- Kirk Anderson (DuraSeal)
- Johannes Boonstra (Akzo Nobel/Synteko)
- Mike Farrell (Clarke American Sanders)
- Doug McGrew (Colonial Hardwood & Tile)
- Daniel Moore (Antique Floors LLC)
- Jim Schumacher (3M)
- A.J. Winstead (Clarke American Sanders)
- Rob Zehnder (CBA Sports Floors)
These students completed the school, earning credits toward an NWFA degree:
- G.L. Brown (All-Things-Wood)
- Brian Buske (Hardwood Flooring Co.)
- William Harrington (Baker Hardwood Flooring)
- Mike Henning (Henning's Hardwood Floors)
- Ted McGloin (All American Hardwood)
- Harold Mozingo (Costen Floors Inc.)
- Matt Nelson (E.T. Moore Mfg.)
- Allan Nery (Loba-Wakol LLC)
- Michael Thompson and Ruben Villanueva (Atlas Wood Floors Inc.)
- Jason Vivash (J.L. Vivash Custom Floors Ltd.)
Last, these companies served as Partners in Education for the school:
- 3M (St. Paul)
- Aacer Flooring (Peshtigo, Wis.)
- Akzo Nobel/Synteko (Strongsville, Ohio)
- Antique Floors LLC (Richmond, Va.)
- Berger-Seidle America (Duluth, Ga.)
- Bona US (Aurora, Colo.)
- CBA Sports Floors (Norcross, Ga.)
- Clarke American Sanders (Plymouth, Minn.)
- Colonial Hardwood & Tile (Ripley, W. Va.)
- CP Wood Floors (Gales Ferry, Conn.)
- Dan's Custom Hardwood Floor Inc. (Braintree, Mass.)
- Delmhorst Instrument Co. (Towaco, N.J.)
- DuraSeal (Chagrin Falls, Ohio)
- E.T. Moore Manufacturing Inc. (Richmond, Va.)
- Horizon Forest Products (Raleigh, N.C.)
- Lignomat USA Ltd. (Portland, Ore.)
- Majestic Wood Floors Inc. (Frederick, Md.)
- Monocoat (Lithonia, Ga.)
- Powernail Company Inc. (Lake Zurich, Ill.)
Photos courtesy of Taylor Moore III, E.T. Moore Manufacturing Inc. (Richmond, Va.)
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