Monte McClung

Monte McCLung(Owner) founded First in Finishing in 2010 after a long 20 year career at Gema US.

 

After graduating college from DeVry University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering in the fall of 1990.He was hired by Gema™ in 1990 as a Field Service Engineer.

 

As a field service engineer here are just some of the responsibilities that Monte dealt with on a daily basis.

- Traveling to Customers Facilities Supervising Powder Booth System Installation. Worked with mechanical, electrical and general contractors to complete projects on time and within budget.

- Installation of Gema™ Application Equipment packages including mechanical, electrical and pneumatic systems installation and startup.

- Service Calls to provide system troubleshooting and debugging for customers      .

- Training for Customers including equipment operation, function, maintenance, applications and service.

 

After 3 years in the Gema™ Service Department he was promoted to Design Engineer in the Product Development Group at  Gema.   Over the next 16 years he completed or worked as a team on the following projects.

 

- Gema™ Switzerland - Team Projects

- Design and Trade Focus Projects on Application Equipment including control units, powder guns and powder pumps.

- Design and Trade Focus Projects on Powder Booth Systems from US market studies.

- Responsible for working with Gema™ Switzerland to understand products brought into US market.  Responsible for training Gema™ US personnel.

- Traveled to Gema™ Switzerland annually to implement design meeting and work on projects.

- Gema™ USA Team and Solo Projects.

- US Design team for Powder Booth Designs, both Cartridge and Color Change Systems

- Lead projects on electrical and pneumatic platforms and systems for complete powder coating booth systems.

- Lead projects working with all suppliers/vendors to source products to meet needs/requirements and control costs.

- Lead projects to design introductory and harsh environment powder coating systems.

- Responsible for training and supporting the repair and service departments at Gema™.

- He worked in the Product Development Group for 16 years and 3 years in Field Service at Gema™.

 

After almost 20 years working for Gema, Monte decided it was time to venture on his own. That is when in spring of 2009 he left Gema™ to start First In Finishing.

Since the very beginning of starting this family owned company, customer support and quality service has been the number one goal. And almost 15 years later we still stand by all of our products and value each and everyone of our customers.

Some of the things First In Finishing does for our customers would consist of-

- Provide Powder Coating Equipment Sales on new Electron Powder Coating Equipment

- Provide Rebuilt/Refurbished Gema™ Powder Coating Equipment.

- Provide Powder Coating Spare Parts Sales for both Electron and Gema™.

- Provide Equipment Repairs on all Gema™ and Electron Powder Coating Equipment.

- Provide In-Plant Service’s diagnostics, troubleshooting and debugging powder coating equipment.

- Providing In-Plant Training including equipment operation, function, application, maintenance and service

- Work with customers to determine their requirements for powder coating equipment to best fit their production needs while maintaining budget.

-To provide an alternate source for powder coating equipment and spare parts that allows customers to save money.