I am not posting on a regular basis or responding to other questions but wanted share some information about my visit to SEMCO.
My business partner and I attended the SEMCO workshop in December 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada. We met the President/founder who is a biochemist by trade and other employees which I will withhold their names. I don’t think it is fair to post their names on a public forum without specific permission. The President is a real nice guy and quite the gentleman who has a passion for his product. He is soft spoken and believes strongly in his product he started some 15 years ago. He stresses safety first, customer satisfaction and no short cuts when using the SEMCO system. The office is nice which includes a good size showroom in the back which displays different SEMCO applications from the floor to up the walls. To be honest it was freezing in the showroom and we could never get the heat turned on because it was borderline, turn on the heat or maybe it would warm up, it never warmed up...ha. The workshop was a 3 day course which includes allot of hard work, 8 hours a day, and don’t forget your work clothes it’s messy.
The workshop we attended was small 3 people and included a person which was associated with Plasticon but I don’t have the specifics. The training was broken down in 2 parts, the classroom product technical training and the hands on application training. I will try to give you a rough idea of what the training entailed and what I was able to learn.
While in the classroom you go over a ¾ inch book stocked full of SEMCO product specifications and business procedures. At the same time there was a PowerPoint type presentation which will show product usage and different applications etc. This classroom training was about a day and a half but necessary before you started trying to apply the product.
The next part of the Workshop training was held at the warehouse and was given by a senior installer named Joe who knows his stuff. Joe has a passion about SEMCO and really enjoys his work and told me about some of the different jobs he has done at the various casinos in Las Vegas. You can find SEMCO product at many of the major casino’s which was quite impressive and looks great.
I won’t get into the specific application of the SEMCO product because I don’t want to try and explain something have way and will save the details for SEMCO to handle at their workshops.
I can tell you we applied different applications from x-bond liquid, x-crete 400, 500 extra gloss, prestain, cleaners etc. I was very impressed with the over all product and a very important factor is SEMCO products are “Green” and not harmful to the environment. And when they tell you x-bond creates a chemical link to whatever surface it is applied to they are not kidding, I left my tennis shoes coated with x-bond in Las Vegas...ha. After applying different applications with colors, finishes etc it gave me a good understanding how versatile the product was. You also can use a single product with many different applications for floors, walls, pools, dive ways you name it with over 1000 colors to choose from which makes it easy for General contractors stock and use.
You can apply SEMCO products x-bond over an existing surface without having to remove it which saves time, energy and the environment from waste. The main products are totally odorless and can be installed at casinos, hospitals and other places where people are present because there are no harmful odors etc. Some products you have to use outdoors and do have odors but only a few.
At the warehouse you could see SEMCO products stacked from the floor to the ceiling and it was a business in motion. Trucks were constantly in and out and SEMCO products being were shipped and picked up by customers. SEMCO appeared to be a thriving business from what I saw and the employees seemed quite happy to be working there. We completed the technical training and then we were shown different SEMCO applications around the city.
We all loaded up in the Presidents BMW and went on a field trip to casinos, schools, public buildings to see the final SEMCO product. While in the car I asked the President, “How is it going to effect you now that Plasticon purchased SEMCO”, he said he will continue to work and Plasticon will offer more marketing capabilities and distribution. He definitely talked positive about PLNI and as if they were being purchased.
I was lucky and even got to attend the SEMCO Christmas party and enjoyed an evening with the SEMCO family. Overall, I feel SEMCO is a fantastic product which should add to PLNI’s bottom line. It may tale some time to get spooled up but they go hand in hand.
For myself I am an authorized SEMCO applicator and trained on the products and am working on my first commercial install. I got what I wanted out of the workshop and will continue to have full confidence in Jim Turek’s PLNI, including SEMCO. BTW, I do feel the audit could be announced anytime too so keep the faith.
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