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Industry Resources

The associations and events that move the US painting and coatings industry, maintained as part of the Very Good Painters intelligence layer.

Trade shows & conferences

Annual fixtures on the industry calendar.

Annual — spring. Protective coatings, corrosion, and materials performance.

AMPP Annual Conference + Expo

Rotating US venues
Annual — spring. Protective coatings, corrosion, and materials performance.
Biennial (even years) — spring. The largest North American event for coatings manufacturing and technology.

American Coatings Show & Conference

Indianapolis, IN
Biennial (even years) — spring. The largest North American event for coatings manufacturing and technology.
Annual — January. Concrete coatings, surface prep, and equipment; relevant to commercial and garage-floor painters.

CONEXPO adjacencies: World of Concrete (coatings pavilions)

Las Vegas, NV
Annual — January. Concrete coatings, surface prep, and equipment; relevant to commercial and garage-floor painters.
Annual. Leadership and business programming for union finishing contractors.

FCA International Annual Meeting

Rotating US venues
Annual. Leadership and business programming for union finishing contractors.
Annual — winter. NAHB’s flagship residential construction show; finishes and coatings vendors exhibit.

International Builders’ Show (IBS)

Rotating US venues
Annual — winter. NAHB’s flagship residential construction show; finishes and coatings vendors exhibit.
Annual — winter/spring. The flagship business conference for painting contractors: education, peer groups, and vendors.

PCA Expo

Rotating US venues
Annual — winter/spring. The flagship business conference for painting contractors: education, peer groups, and vendors.

Associations & professional bodies

AMPP (Association for Materials Protection and Performance)

The merged NACE International and SSPC organization: standards, certification, and training for protective and industrial coatings.
Commercial / Industrial

American Coatings Association (ACA)

The trade association of the US paint and coatings industry: manufacturers, distributors, and raw-material suppliers. Co-produces the American Coatings Show.
Industry

EPA Lead-Safe Certification (RRP Program)

The federal Renovation, Repair and Painting rule: any contractor disturbing paint in pre-1978 homes must be EPA Lead-Safe certified. A baseline credential homeowners should ask for.
Compliance

Finishing Contractors Association International (FCA)

Association of union finishing contractors: painting, drywall finishing, glazing, and flooring.
Commercial

International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT)

The union representing painters, drywall finishers, glaziers, and allied trade workers across the US and Canada.
Workforce

Master Painters Institute (MPI)

Paint and coating product standards and approved-products lists used in architectural specifications across North America.
Standards

National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI)

The remodeling industry association; many established repaint and cabinet-refinishing contractors hold NARI membership and certifications.
House painters / Cabinets

Painting Contractors Association (PCA)

The national trade association for painting and decorating contractors (formerly PDCA), publisher of the PCA Industry Standards and host of the annual PCA Expo.
House painters / Commercial

Wallcovering Installers Association (WIA)

Professional association for wallcovering installers, a common adjacent specialty for interior painting contractors.
Interior specialties