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First Quarter - January 2003


TD Center Announces Agreement with Teeter Marketing Services

The TD Center has entered into an agreement with Teeter Marketing Services president Fred Teeter, to market and sell TD Center's line of wear resistant coatings. Fred will market TD Coating in North-Central Ohio and Western New York and Pennsylvania.

Mr. Teeter is a ceramic engineer with expertise in domestic and international Technical Sales and Marketing. The new agreement with the TD Center is considered a great opportunity for both parties. "We needed to open ourselves up to other markets and potential applications like ceramics, brass, powdered metals to name a few. Fred is a graduate of Rutgers University, and the first president of SECA (Surface Engineering Casting Association) in 2000. Fred can be contacted at 716-791-8100 or email: fred@teetermarketing.com.


Coatings, Tooling and More!

The popular series of seminars is back! Metal Forming Tool Life and Productivity Seminar is a great, inexpensive teaching tool for Tool and Die novices and experienced hands alike. The seminar goes in depth into the why and how of proper tool design, manufacture and maintenance.

Led by TD experts Tom Wood, Pat Rosenfeld, Steve Harper and Steve Chamberlain, the seminar is a unique and fun way to find solutions to your toughest tool wear problems.

The price for the seminar is $125 and up to three employees may attend. Seminars are currently planned for Columbus, IN, Lexington, KY, St. Louis, Nashville, Cleveland, Detroit , Gurnee, IL, and Mississauga, Canada.

See us in Chicago!

The TD Center will attend the MetalForm trade show in Rosemont, IL, on March 23rd through 26th. Sponsored by PMA, this year marks a homecoming of sorts for the show. MetalForm '03 in Rosemont is a major event
and will be repeated every odd year. On the off years PMA will sponsor a smaller, regional show at a new location each year. The TD Center exhibit is all new this
year, with an exciting new booth, graphics and displays. The TD Center will be exhibiting at booth number 2310.


New People

The TD Center announces the addition of Advanced Technical Sales of Arizona to its team of sales professionals. President, Thad Skladnowski has agreed to represent the TD Center's line of wear resistant coatings in Southern California, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico. Advanced Technical Sales services industrial manufacturing companies with clamps, bearings, springs and prototype stampings. Contact Thad at 602- 547-1047 or email: tjsklad@aol.com

Steve Rainwater, owner of Process Innovations, will represent coatings in Florida. The additional agency was in direct response to the growth of their business in Florida and the Southeast. Mr. Rainwater currently represents a line of products targeted at medium to large steel parts manufacturing companies. Steve recently moved his family from Ft. Wayne, IN to Orlando, FL in order to take advantage of business opportunities in the Sunshine State and Central and South America. For more information contact Steve Rainwater at 408-352-5101 or email: steve.rainwater@verizon.net.

Indus Inc., the sales representative for TD Coatings in Michigan has brought aboard Joe McNutt to better represent their products in the Greater Detroit area. Mr. McNutt has experience with surface treatments and solving production problems from working with
Unist and Mid State Chemical. "I like having high quality, high value products to represent" says Joe. Indus president John Hoff added Joe in response to the demand for TD Coating as well as Indus's other products in Eastern Michigan. Outdoor recreation is popular in Howell, Michigan, Joe's hometown and he enjoys hunting and snow mobiling whenever he can. Joe went through TD school in November and has been getting to know his Indus clients. Joe can be reached at 517-861-6001 or email: joemcnutt@yahoo.com. Visit the Indus website at: www.indusincorp.com


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