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NIA's December 2018 E-News Bulletin
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Lock in Your Early-Bird Marketing Strategy by December 5
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NIA Is Moving!
Effective January 2019, NIA's new address is:
National Insulation Association
516 Herndon Parkway, Suite D
Herndon, VA 20170
Our websites, phone and fax numbers, staff extensions, and email addresses will all remain the same.
Phone: 703-464-6422
Fax: 703-464-5896
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Happy Holidays!
Warmest wishes for a happy and safe holiday season from NIA.
In observance of the upcoming holidays,
NIA will be closed on the following days:
Monday, December 24
Tuesday, December 25
Tuesday, January 1
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Renew Your 2019 Membership
We don't want you to miss out on what we have planned for our members in 2019! Thank you to the companies that have already renewed! NIA's 2019 membership dues renewal letters were mailed to the primary representative of each member company in early September. Please remit your membership dues by December 31, 2018.
Click here to pay your company's dues online. For more information, please contact Kristin V. DiDomenico at 703-464-6422, ext. 115, or email [email protected].
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Insulation Outlook Advertising: Start Strong in 2019
January Issue: Preparing for Business in 2019
A look at industry issues that will affect your busines in 2019, such as tariffs, testing to meet product standards, and technical insulation articles.
Ad Close: December 14, 2018
February Issue: Industry Viewpoints
Perspectives from a variety of insulation industry participants, including mechanical contractors, manufacturers, distributors/fabricators, metal building laminators, and engineers.
Ad close: December 14, 2018
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NIA's Premier Industry Manufacturer Program
NIA is thrilled that 15 of our Associate members stepped up to participate in the new Premier Industry Manufacturer Program! Available exclusively to NIA member companies, this pilot program was developed to reward Associate members for their actions, which demonstrate leadership, commitment, and support to the mechanical insulation industry and NIA.
A few of the activities require the individual member company to complete a tracking form in order to receive points for these activities in 2018. Please
click here to download the tracking form. This form outlines all eligible activities and their assigned point value, and must be completed and submitted by
Friday, December 28, 2018, to
[email protected]. Companies that reach a minimum of 175 points in the calendar year will be recognized as Premier Industry Manufacturers at NIA's 64
th Annual Convention at the Grand Hyatt Baha Mar in Nassau, Bahamas, April 3-5, 2019.
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Stay Certified in 2019
If your Insulation Energy Appraiser Program (IEAP) certification will expire this year, you should have received notification in late October with instructions on how to recertify.
Appraisers who haven't taken the class or recertified since 2015 will need to renew their certification by December 31, 2018. Email [email protected] with any questions.
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New Webinar Opportunities
NIA offers webinars on important topics to help educate our industry, and we have several new updates:
- Archived webinars are now free for NIA members and can be accessed through NIA's Vimeo on Demand Training Portal.
- NIA has created 4 new webinar sponsorship opportunities.
- Webinar topics for 2019:
- IT Best Practices to Protect Your Business
- The Need for Thermal Insulation Inspectors
Click here for more information.
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Register Early for the 2019 Convention in the Bahamas!
Use the helpful links below to make a plan to join us, and bring guests and family.
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National Institute of Building Sciences 2019 Conference & Expo
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Product Spotlight:
NIA's New Fasteners Video
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As an addition to NIA's popular Mechanical Insulation Installation Video Series, the newly updated Fasteners Video is currently available only on NIA's Vimeo site.
Capacitor discharge welding, often called CD welding, is part of a larger family of fastening methods known as stud welding. This video describes the application and installation of CD welding. The following is a summary overview of the video content:
- The capacitor discharge process and safety considerations.
- Overview of the capacitor discharge stud welding unit.
- Assembling a capacitor discharge stud welding unit.
- Preparing a capacitor discharge unit gun.
- Using a capacitor discharge unit for stud or pin welding.
Note: The pricing that appears on Vimeo On Demand is the non-member pricing, and members receive a significant discount by using their NIA Member Promo Code. Contact Kristin V. DiDomenico at [email protected] to get your promo code.
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Key Dates
April 15-17, 2020
NIA's 65
th Annual Convention
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