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Kara Kopplin and Cullen Hackler, President of the Porcelain Enamel Institute, at the 2008 Technical Forum in Nashville, TN.  Ms Kopplin was a guest speaker, and led a quality system training seminar for the institute.

Kara Kopplin has the distinct honor of having chaired the re-writing of the Porcelain Enamel Institute Technical Manual,  PEI 701 Designing, Casting, and Enameling Cast Iron, which is an international technical reference, available for purchase here:

Kara Kopplin spoke on Product Design, Validation, and Launch - Getting it Right the First Time at Fin-X 07 - International Expo & Conference for Industrial Finishers in 2007

Her numerous lectures to the Porcelain Enamel Institute and American Ceramic Society are listed below and available for purchase through the "Engineering Ceramics Division" of ACerS

Recent Quality Seminar Chair at the Porcelain Enamel Institute (PEI) Technical Forum  6/9 - 6/11/2008

Recent Speaker at the PEI Technical Forum – ISO 9000 – Why Do It? 6/9 -6/11/2008

PEI Annual Meeting Speaker – Product Development Processes  2008

Fin-X 07 – International Expo & Conference for Industrial Finishers Speaker -  Product Design, Validation, and Launch – Getting it Right the First Time  2007

PEI Technical Forum Speaker – ISO 9001:2000 Process Mapping  2004

PEI Technical Forum Speaker – ISO 9001:2000 A Quality System for a New Millennium  2003

Member of the Global Directory of Who’s Who  2003-2004

American Ceramic Society Annual Meeting and Exposition speaker - Simplifying ISO / QS-9000   2002

PEI Technical Forum Speaker – Evolution of Cookstove Designs and Manufacturing   2000

Ceramic Industry and This Old House contributing writer -  ISO 9000, antique re-enameling  2000

PEI Technical Forum Speaker – Enameling Unique, Low-Volume Products  1999

Ceramic Engineering member on the General Electric DOE team in Mexico to develop a foundry for enameling   1996-1997

International Enameling Congress Speaker - Designing, Casting and Enameling Cast Iron  1995

PEI Technical Forum Speaker – Controlling Product Design, Foundry Practices, and Enameling Processes to Improve Cast Iron and Porcelain Enamel compatibility  1995

Chairman of the writing committee for the PEI manual PEI

701 Designing, Casting, and Enameling Cast Iron,  1995

The Porcelain Enamel Institute 

Founded in 1930, PEI remains dedicated to advancing the common interests of porcelain enameling plants and suppliers of porcelain enameling materials and equipment.