Nordson and The Powder Coating Institute (PCI) 2023 Scholarship Program

Nordson Industrial Coating Systems

Feb 20, 2023

Nordson and The Powder Coating Institute (PCI) are accepting applications for its 2023 Scholarship Program until March 24. The program is designed to assist students studying in areas that can lead to a career in powder coating, and includes the PCI General Scholarship and corporate-named scholarships: the PCI Axalta Scholarship, the PCI Gema Scholarship, the PCI Nordson Ken Kreeger Scholarship, the PCI PPG Scholarship, the PCI IFS Coatings Scholarship, the PCI Sun Polymer Scholarship, Therma-Tron-X Scholarship and the PCI Henkel Scholarship. The PCI’s Scholarship Program is designed to assist students that are interested in pursuing a career in the powder coating industry. The PCI Scholarship Program has helped increase the exposure of students to the powder coating industry, and in turn, they can find great jobs in our industry.

The PCI Scholarship Subcommittee is looking for qualified applicants that are currently pursuing the following disciplines:

Sales & Marketing
Chemistry
Polymer Science
Chemical or Mechanical Engineering
Corrosion Engineering
Manufacturing Technology
Other like programs

To learn more or to apply visit www.powdercoating.org.

PCI will award scholarships from the general fund and seven (7) separate corporate donor scholarships of $5000 each. The applications will be compiled by PCI staff and sent to the scholarship subcommittee for review and selection of each corporate scholarship and the PCI general scholarships. A representative from each corporate donor company serves on the scholarship subcommittee to select their applicant. The 2022 PCI Scholarship Program awarded $45,000 in total, which includes donations of $5,000 from each of our corporate donors: Axalta Coating Systems, Gema USA Inc., Henkel Corporation, IFS Coatings, Nordson Corporation, PPG and Sun Polymers.

About The Powder Coating Institute (PCI)

The Powder Coating Institute (PCI) currently represents the North American powder coating industry, promotes powder coating technology and communicates the benefits of powder coating to manufacturers, consumers, and government. PCI’s goal is to become the Voice of Powder Coating Worldwide. Formed on May 1, 1981, as a non-profit organization, PCI works to advance the utilization of powder coating as an economical, non-polluting and high quality finish for your industrial and consumer products.

Mission Statement: the Powder Coating Institute is committed to serving its members by promoting the benefits of powder coating technology.

Strategic Statement: driving Sustainable Powder Coating Industry Growth.

PCI’s general objectives are to:

Disseminate information promoting the benefits of powder coating to industry, government, and the consumer
Provide forums to identify and address major industry technical issues
Provide information and industry representation to governmental bodies
Inform members about domestic and worldwide powder coating activities and developments
Provide powder coating education programs, including a major technical conference
Ensure that available industry resources are utilized to fulfill the Institute's mission

About Nordson ICS - Industrial Coating Systems Division

Founded in 1954 to produce and market airless spray equipment, today manufacturers rely on our equipment for the precise application and curing of powder coatings, liquid paint, ambient temperature adhesives and sealants, and food and beverage container production. Our solutions help our customers improve their manufacturing process, produce better products and become even more competitive.

We do this by combining in-depth knowledge, world-leading technical expertise and precise, performance enhancing production solutions for some of the world’s most demanding and diverse manufacturing environments. We offer world leading application and curing equipment for:

Visit the Nordson Industrial Coating Systems division on all channels, at Nordson Website, Twitter Profile, Facebook Profile and LinkedIn Profile and explore our most important moments and advancements throughout the years.

About Nordson Corporation

Nordson engineers, manufactures, and markets differentiated products and systems used for dispensing and processing adhesives, coatings, polymers, sealants and biomaterials; and for managing fluids, testing and inspecting for quality, treating surfaces and curing. These products are supported with extensive application expertise and direct global sales and service.

We serve a wide variety of consumer non-durable, consumer durable and technology end markets including packaging, nonwovens, electronics, medical, appliances, energy, transportation, building and construction, and general product assembly and finishing. Founded in 1954 and headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, the company has operations and support offices in more than 30 countries. Visit Nordson on the web at Nordson Website, twitter.com/Nordson_Corp or facebook.com/nordson.

Nordson and The Powder Coating Institute (PCI) 2023 Scholarship Program