Certified Coating Specialists
CCS has partnered with Vancouver based Kinder Morgan Terminals for ongoing maintenance work .
Since its inception in 1994 , Certified Coating Specialists , Inc . has grown through constant innovation to become “ the Navy SEALs of the industrial coating industry .”
Certified Coating Specialists ( CCS ) was originally founded 20 years ago by Cliff and Joy Harper in Castlegar , BC as Kootenay Powder Coating with an operational focus on mostly powder coatings in plant settings . With three full time employees , the company was able to carve out a substantial and growing chunk of the local market , raking in about $ 350,000 in annual
revenue for their first three years .
“ Starting the business evolved out of my wife ’ s desire to have a job ,” said CEO and founder Cliff Harper . “ The last of [ our ] five children was in grade school and she wanted more out of life than sitting around missing them . The first couple of years were all about learning the business of powder coating and finding out there was not enough demand for the service where we were located to justify my continuous focus on the business . We needed something more .”
Eager to find their niche , the company branched out , adding
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