The Canadian Paint and Coatings Association approved its board of directors for 2012-2013 at its recent Conference and Annual General Meeting in Vancouver.
“The Board continues to move forward with a strong and fully engaged Board of Directors on a new three-year strategic plan for CPCA and I am very pleased to be working with them on important issues for the paint and coatings industry in Canada,” said Dale Constantinoff, president and CEO of General Paint and chair of the Association.

The CPCA represents Canada’s major paint and coating manufacturers, and their industry suppliers.

“This appointment is an honor. I look forward to the privilege of serving the association and the collision repair industry in general to develop and execute our strategic plan,” said Harry Dhanjal, business manager, refinish division, BASF Canada.

CPCA Board of Directors are:

Dale Constantinoff, General Paint (chair)

Tim Vogel, Cloverdale Paint (treasurer and chair of finance and audit committee)

Darrin Noble, Home Hardware (nominations committee chair)

Sharon Kelly, KelCoatings Limited

Ed Thompson, L.V. Lomas Ltd.

Mario Tremblay, DuPont Performance Coatings

Andy Doyle, American Coatings Association

Fred Veghelyi, OPC Polymers Canada

Carl Minchew, Benjamin Moore & Co. Ltd.

Rick J. Duha, The Duha Group

Andre Buisson, Boomerang Paint

Mike Klein, Dominion Color Corporation

Ron Nakamura, PPG Canada Inc.

Harry Dhanjal, BASF Canada Inc.

Claude Brosseau, AkzoNobel.