Kevin Butt, Assistant General Manager of Body Engineering for Toyota's North American manufacturing headquarters, will open the Coating 2003 Conference held October 28-30 in Indianapolis, IN, with a discussion of trends in automotive coating and how Toyota's manufacturing efficiency has led to improvements in the company's paint and finishing processes. He will also present Toyota's long-term perspective on strategic planning as a guide to weather the inevitable swings in the economy. Mr. Butt began working for Toyota in 1992 in the Environmental Department. Currently, he is responsible for Body Engineering for all of Toyota's North American manufacturing operations including welding, stamping and painting operations. He has also served as Chairman of the Association of International Automobile Manufacturing's Stationary Source Committee and served in the same capacity for the Alliance for Automobile Manufacturers. Ms. Carol Browner, former EPA Administrator, appointed Mr. Butt to serve on EPA's Common Sense Initiative. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental chemistry from Georgetown College, Georgetown, Kentucky.
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