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Rumored to Moonlight at Home as a Refinisher Too
We are pleased to announce the promotion of Sara Laamiri from Marketing Administrator to Marketing Manager at NAPCO, Ltd. Over the past two years, Sara has split her time between customer service and marketing duties for the business. After moving from Tennessee for the customer service role, Sara has quickly moved her way up within the company. Her promotion is an acknowledgement of the stellar work Sara has contributed to NAPCO over the years.
Sara is now responsible for developing, implementing and executing strategic marketing plans for NAPCO. This work includes initiatives to attract potential customers and retain existing ones. Her day-to-day tasks include managing the company’s marketing vendors and collaborating with them to support the brand and visibility of NAPCO. In addition to spearheading the marketing plans, she also evaluates the viability of current and existing products and/or services.
“NAPCO is an organization that believes in cultivating the talent of its employees through training and opportunity,” said NAPCO President, Dani Nichols. “It is exciting to see such impressive advancement from within our team. As a small business, providing growth opportunities for employees is really important strategy for us as we develop and recruit talent,” she added.
Sara is not only the Marketing Manager of NAPCO, she has even gone through refinishing training and has a firm grasp on cabinet taping and spraying. We think she’s out to prove that she really can do it all! Have questions about marketing or need materials to market your refinishing business, contact Sara on Facebook. Just message us on our Facebook Page.
We are pleased to announce the promotion of Sara Laamiri from Marketing Administrator to Marketing Manager at NAPCO, Ltd. Sara is now responsible for developing, implementing and executing strategic marketing plans for NAPCO.
Confused about the housing market and what it means to your business? You’re not the only one! Interest rates are low, but so is inventory in the affordable housing sector. The numbers are up and down depending upon where you live and the housing category. According to the National Association of Realtors’ Index, May marks the 17th straight month of annual declines. So, what does this mean for the remodeling industry? It’s hard to say. After home remodeling spending hit a record high of nearly $425 billion in 2017, annual gains are projected to slow in more than half of the nation’s largest housing markets in 2019, according to a report from the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University.
Source: Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University
With supplies of timber, aluminum, and steel being impacted by existing tariffs, and a shortage of skilled laborers, the refinishing industry may have a unique opportunity to grab what would have been full remodeling jobs. Refinishers use existing materials and coatings to make dramatic improvements to bathrooms and kitchens. By educating homeowners about this option, the price tag of a bathroom remodel can drop from $8,000.00 - $12,000.00 to a mere $1,500.00. Homeowners don’t have to wait to make improvements until they are ready to put their house on the market (which is when most remodeling activity occurs). The homeowner can upgrade their space and enjoy it as they live there. The improvements made will still yield an increase in value over the expense.
With all this trepidation and confusion in the housing market, refinishers have an exciting opportunity to expand their skills and fill a labor market gap. Robert Dietz, the chief economist with the National Association of Home Builders, said in a recent interview that “Most individual remodelers will say they’re busy and schedules are full because they don’t have enough help.” Building additional refinishing skills of your own and with your staff could give you a leg up to expand work with both existing and new clients.
Many of NAPCO's long-time bathtub refinishing customers have signed on for the new kitchen refinishing training program. Once these refinishers learn the cabinet taping technique and the methods for applying the Kitchen Renew waterborne coatings, they have been able to deliver both bathroom and kitchen refinishing jobs successfully. The best part about expanding refinishing skills to include kitchens is the jump in job pricing. A kitchen refinishing job can be very profitable, and a great additional revenue stream for your business.
For more information on NAPCO’s kitchen refinishing training program and/or its kitchen and bathroom refinishing training program, visit our website.
With all the confusion in the housing market, refinishers have an exciting opportunity to expand their skills and fill a labor market gap. Many of NAPCO’s long-time bathtub refinishing customers have signed on for the new kitchen refinishing training program.
We are proud to say NAPCO has been honored as one of the top Paint and Coatings Manufacturers for 2019 by PCI Mag. This list, compiled annually, includes the top 10 global and top 25 North American paint and coating manufacturers.
These past few months have been hugely successful for us at NAPCO, especially when it comes to our coating products. In June, we announced the release of two brand new waterborne refinishing coatings, Kitchen Renew Gloss Clear for Cabinets and Countertops and Kitchen Renew Waterborne Primer. And, a few months prior, our Kitchen Renew Satin Clear Coating for Countertops received recognition by an independent research group for meeting and exceeding the benchmarks for environmental safety.
As always, NAPCO strives for excellence in the refinishing industry on behalf of our loyal customers. This year continues to be a big year for us, and we are proud to be recognized by PCI Mag for our coating achievements.
Read the full mention here: https://www.pcimag.com/articles/106232-the-2019-pci-25-honorable-mention---napco-ltd
We are proud to say NAPCO has been honored as one of the top Paint and Coatings Manufacturers for 2019 by PCI Mag. This list, compiled annually, includes the top 10 global and top 25 North American paint and coating manufacturers.
This summer marks the 40th anniversary of NAPCO’s debut in the refinishing industry, and we’re happy to report that after four decades things are looking brighter than ever! We’ve certainly changed quite a bit over the years, but our dedication to our professional refinishers remains the same. In fact, it is this dedication that has driven us to make many impactful changes to our business over the years.
Compared to where we are now, you might not even have recognized NAPCO when it was founded by Frank Miori in 1979. Frank himself was a bathtub refinisher and franchise owner for a local refinishing business, and though he enjoyed the work, he understood that becoming a franchisee came with unique challenges that many refinishers weren’t prepared to handle.
This is where the concept for NAPCO was born, and soon Frank launched the first-ever bathtub refinishing supplier specifically for small businesses. Frank’s goal was to make bathtub refinishing products accessible to any professional refinisher.
The business soon began to thrive, with hundreds of customers making use of NAPCO’s unique set of supplies. One such customer was Steve Coven, a professional refinisher and industry innovator. Steve also had a vision for NAPCO, and in 1993 he purchased the company from Frank.
Over the past 26 years, Steve has revolutionized NAPCO’s product development and customer service capabilities and currently serves as NAPCO’s CEO. One of Steve’s most notable accomplishments was introducing the company’s professional refinishing training program in 2005. Since then, training has been a cornerstone of the NAPCO business; helping men and women from all over the country get professional training in bathroom and kitchen refinishing and refinishing techniques.
Today we continue to be a leader in the refinishing industry, adding a full-time Research and Development Specialist and Technical Manager to the staff in 2016. NAPCO’s mission is to make refinishing a safer and more efficient process, and our research and development team has come out with numerous low-VOC and waterborne products. Some of these products have even been granted the “Green Wise” stamp of approval from the Coatings Research Group. In addition, NAPCO products provide some of the most extensive color customization options available in the industry, giving customers the flexibility to offer a greater range of services to their clients.
In 2018, NAPCO made waves by branching out from bathroom refinishing into kitchen refinishing with the addition of refinishing training and supplies for kitchen cabinets and countertops. Our refinishing training program is now one of the best in the country and teaches professional refinishers safe and effective ways to apply bathtub, tile, kitchen countertop, and cabinet refinishing products. To date, NAPCO has successfully trained over 1,000 professional refinishers including trainees from the UK and Canada who have flown in just to take our training class.
The future is bright here at NAPCO, and you’ll want to stay tuned to see what new things we’ll have for you in the future. Having just won the “Chicago’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For” program for the third year in a row, we’re excited for the continued success of NAPCO. We hope you’ve enjoyed your journey in the refinishing business as much as we have, and we’re looking forward to the next 40 years!
This summer marks the 40th anniversary of NAPCO’s debut in the refinishing industry, and we’re happy to report that after four decades things are looking brighter than ever! We’ve certainly changed quite a bit over the years, but our dedication to our professional refinishers remains the same. In fact, it is this dedication that has driven us to make many impactful changes to our business over the years.
At NAPCO, our goal is to provide the very best refinishing products, equipment, and services to the refinishing community. We are constantly working to make NAPCO products just right for your refinishing business, so you can do an outstanding professional job and get a larger profit margin.
That’s why we have decided to enhance NAPCO’s website by adding a product ratings and reviews feature! You can now rate and write NAPCO product reviews on our website in addition to reviewing NAPCO on Google.
Not only will this new feature help with future purchasing decisions, but it will allow us to improve upon our products on behalf of your feedback.
Future purchasing decisions: Product reviews and star ratings help you make your decisions faster and with greater confidence than ever before. In fact, 78% of consumers who bought a product after reading a review reported being satisfied, according to a report by ready cloud.
By reading trusted reviews from other refinishing experts, you can have a better sense of which NAPCO products are right for your tub and tile refinishing needs. See a new NAPCO product you might be interested in? Gather additional information and authentic refinishing reviews about the product on our website and feel more confident in your purchasing decision.
Better refinishing products: NAPCO has always relied on input from our network of professional refinishers as well as our suppliers for feedback on our products. Your suggestions have led to the development of new color options, surface solutions. NAPCO products such as our NAPCO essentials Kitchen Renew line, our Sonic Strip Methylene Chloride-Free Paint Stripper, and our efficient On the Spot Gun Cleaner were specifically formulated with you in mind. We are always looking to innovate based on your requests.
Our new ratings and reviews system makes this process much simpler and direct. You can now deliver your valued feedback, ideas for improvements, or share your experiences with only a few clicks, so we can continue to make NAPCO products just right for your refinishing business.
Reviews ensure that the best businesses are found: Studies show that close to 90% of consumers trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations. That’s because an online rating and review system opens the door for authentic customer feedback which encourages businesses, like NAPCO, to offer the best refinishing products and services possible.
In today’s sharing economy, authentic reviews and ratings helps build up our online presence and helps others learn about us!
We understand how valuable you are. We want you to share your experience. You will always be our most valuable source for helping NAPCO be its very best.
Using the 5-star rating system (5 being the highest) NAPCO customers are encouraged to rate their experience with NAPCO products as well as leave a review with their rating.
To leave a product review: log into your account, search and locate the item you want to review, then click on the item then either click “Add Your Review” or “Be the first to review this product.”
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We are constantly working to make NAPCO products just right for your refinishing business, so you can do an outstanding professional job and get a larger profit margin. That’s why we have decided to enhance NAPCO’s website by adding a product ratings and reviews feature! You can now rate and write NAPCO product reviews on our website in addition to reviewing NAPCO on Google.
Dani Nichols, President of North American Polymer Company, Ltd, (NAPCO), celebrated her 23rd anniversary with the company on 14 February. Nichols has been serving as President since 2018, and her leadership has been essential to NAPCO’s success over the years.
(PRWeb February 18, 2019)
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Dani Nichols, President of North American Polymer Company, Ltd, (NAPCO), celebrated her 23rd anniversary with the company on 14 February. Nichols has been serving as President since 2018, and her leadership has been essential to NAPCO’s success over the years.
NAPCO Remains Dedicated to Refinisher Training & Safety This Year
NAPCO, Ltd. (North American Polymer Company), a national coating manufacturer and leading refinishing training company, is proud to announce that 2018 marked a record-setting year for the company’s highly-regarded refinishing training program. The expansion of NAPCO’s refinisher training course led to an increase in annual enrollment from 80 to 170 refinishers, more than double the number of successfully trained, certified refinishing professionals from the previous year.
(PRWeb January 24, 2019)
The expansion of NAPCO’s refinisher training course led to an increase in annual enrollment from 80 to 170 refinishers, more than double the number of successfully trained, certified refinishing professionals from the previous year.
NAPCO, Ltd. (North American Polymer Company), a national home refinishing and refinishing training company, has announced its renewed partnership with Habitat for Humanity. This marks the second year that NAPCO and the global nonprofit housing organization have joined forces.
(PRWeb November 30, 2018)
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NAPCO has announced its renewed partnership with Habitat for Humanity. This marks the second year that NAPCO and the global nonprofit housing organization have joined forces.
We’re proud to announce that we’ve been named one of Chicago’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in 2018 - the second year in a row that NAPCO has been recognized for this award. While over 800 companies were nominated for this award, NAPCO along with 160 other organizations were selected as award recipients.
NAPCO team at the awards ceremony
The Best and Brightest Companies to Work For competition selects and honors companies and organizations that continuously strive to raise operational standards, cultivate positive work environments, and are actively engaged with colleagues/employees as well as the surrounding community. This award program is facilitated by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR).
Unlike traditional awards that simply recognize companies for things they have done or achieved, Chicago’s Best and Brightest award encourages and supports past progress as well as future growth. Throughout the nomination and selection process, each company is evaluated by an independent firm on important measures revolving around continuous dedication to employee satisfaction. These assessment reports serve as critical guides that help benchmark where a company currently stands and areas where improvements can be made.
On July 27, 2018, all winning companies were invited to a luncheon and awards ceremony at the Drury Lane Conference Center in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois Participating in the nomination process as well as the award ceremony presents us with an opportunity to truly look inward and outward, both recognizing our own progress and other companies in our community also committed to improving the lives of their employees.
(PRWeb October 31, 2018)
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Chicago’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in 2018 – the second year in a row that NAPCO has been recognized for this award. While over 800 companies were nominated for this award, NAPCO along with 160 other organizations were selected as award recipients.
NAPCO, Ltd. (North American Polymer Company), a national home refinishing and refinishing training company, received notice from Coatings Research Group, Inc. (CRGI) that its Kitchen Renew Satin Clear Coating for Countertops can be labeled, “Green Wise.”
CHICAGO (PRWEB) SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
NAPCO, Ltd. (North American Polymer Company), a national home refinishing and refinishing training company, received notice from Coatings Research Group, Inc. (CRGI) that its Kitchen Renew Satin Clear Coating for Countertops can be labeled, “Green Wise.” Products bearing the Green Wise label have been tested and certified by CRGI to meet environmentally determined performance standards established by CRGI’s ISO-accredited facility for specific types of products and meet or exceed the VOC requirements of LEED® for most applications.
“Gaining Green Wise certification from the Coatings Research Group for the product that launched our kitchen refinishing division is an accomplishment for the entire NAPCO team,” stated Steve Zamborsky, Head of Research and Development and Technical Manager for NAPCO. “Our team has worked on creating more environmentally friendly, waterborne coatings for some time. Being recognized by an independent research group for meeting and exceeding their benchmarks for environmental safety is a real accomplishment in which we take a lot of pride,” he added.
The CRGI Green Wise certified product with < 100 g/L (VOC Limit scale) that was developed at the Skokie, Illinois-based company was the first to roll out in NAPCO’s expansion from bathroom and bathtub refinishing into kitchen refinishing. NAPCO’s “Essentials,” which includes its Kitchen Renew Satin products, include three unique refinishing coatings for kitchen cabinets and countertops. The first is a satin countertop coating that functions as a top coat over NAPCO’s popular Flint-Stone, faux-granite product. The other two items are kitchen cabinet coatings, both featuring a satin finish.
“Our priority is the safety of the contractors using our products as well as their customers,” said Steve Coven, CEO of NAPCO. “Quality is equally important. Receiving CRGI Green Wise certification confirms that not only are we on the right path as a company, but we are also doing the right thing for the environment.”
For more information on NAPCO’s Kitchen Renew products and contractor refinishing training, call 800-888-1081 or visit napcoltd.com.
About NAPCO:
Since 1979, NAPCO, Ltd. (North American Polymer Company) has provided products, supplies, and training to professional bathroom and kitchen refinishers. NAPCO is headquartered just outside of Chicago, in Skokie, IL and services all 50 states and 5 foreign countries. If you are interested in refinishing your tub, tile, or counter top instead of replacing, call 1-800-888-1081 or visit https://www.napcoltd.com today.
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NAPCO, Ltd. (North American Polymer Company), a national home refinishing and refinishing training company, received notice from Coatings Research Group, Inc. (CRGI) that its Kitchen Renew Satin Clear Coating for Countertops can be labeled, “Green Wise.”