Powder coating involves 1,000 little things that all need to work well at the same time. It isn’t unusual for one of those “little things” to go wrong, causing your efficiency and profitability to suffer. Powder coating is also highly technical, requiring careful adherence to procedures to produce a high-quality result. To succeed as a powder coating business or manufacturer, you need to balance quality and attention to detail with efficiency and cost. This is where Keystone Koating’s years of experience can benefit you.
Over the past 30+ years, Nelson Zimmerman has built a successful powder coating business with Keystone Koating. Along the way, Nelson has also provided consulting and training to help a wide variety of manufacturers implement and improve their powder coating process.
Now, he is available to help you too.
About Nelson Zimmerman
From an early age, Nelson Zimmerman’s drive and ambition was to know how things are made and how they work. He had a reputation of taking things apart to study
Improve your profitability
How can Nelson help improve your profitability through powder coating consulting?
Training
Nelson works hands-on with you and your team, interacting in ways that serve you best.
Deep Knowledge
Nelson draws from his over 30 years of experience to assist with everything from production to quality control.
Efficiency
Nelson helps maximize your powder coating business processes. This can include anything from strategic planning meetings to walking the floor with your team.
Nelson gave me 25-30 years of powder coating experience in a year.
Consulting tailored to your needs
Your powder coating operation is unique and so are the challenges you face. We seek to learn your operation and then tailor our service to fit your needs.
We can provide a wide range of services:
- Audits: When you take advantage of our powder coating process audit, you can understand the factors holding your company back. By identifying areas for improvement, we allow you to make targeted changes.
- Contracted consulting: With our powder coating consulting services, you can receive knowledgeable assistance and advice on a range of topics and concerns. We can adapt our consulting to meet your needs.
- New product line design: This service involves designing efficient production systems. When designing your system, we will consider every stage of the powder coating process, from cleaning to baking.
- New process: This service is ideal for companies that want to add a new complementary process to production. We can help you determine the best way to integrate the new service with your existing production process.
- Powder, pretreatment: Our powder coating consultants can also assist with powder and pretreatment needs, helping you improve these vital aspects of production.
- Multi-process solutions: We can provide insight into effective prep, coating, light assembly and packaging strategies.
- Other Consulting Topics: We know that powder coating can be complex. This is especially true if you are building a line from the ground up. Let our powder coating consultants know what you need, and we will work to accommodate your request. Potential consulting topics could include equipment, hooks, maintenance or entire production flow.
- Waste reduction:Waste reduction consulting can help you identify and eliminate waste in production to reduce costs and increase profitability.
- Remote support: Companies that can't get to one of our Pennsylvania locations can benefit from our convenient remote support services.
- Troubleshooting: If you are struggling with a specific coating or process problem, our troubleshooting services can help you find solutions. We use our decades of industry experience to provide sound recommendations.
- Emergency services: You can't afford extended downtime for any reason. When an emergency creates problems with production, we can help resolve the issue and get you back to work quickly.
OUR GOAL
To help you become self sustaining in your powder coating process, applications and innovations.
Getting started is easy
Fill out the form to request a no-obligation introductory conversation. This first phone call consultation is free (up to one hour). If we’re a good fit, we’ll provide you with a quote for service.
