Decorative Concrete Institute
Bob Harris
Consulting • Education • Installation • Training
Breaking News! March 7, 2007 for immediate release Decorative
Concrete Institute, Inc. Expanding into West Coast and Europe Temple, GA - Bob Harris, President of Decorative Concrete Institute has achieved his dream of being able to help educate and train others in the decorative industry. After 3-1/2 years since the start up of the Decorative Concrete Institute, Bob and Lee Ann are proud to announce the new additions to the Decorative Industry by adding Decorative Concrete Institute - West Coast Division and Decorative Concrete Institute - Europe Division. Decorative Concrete Institute, Inc., located in Temple, GA has joined forces with industry powerhouses Mark Haen of Adobe Coatings, located in the Phoenix, Arizona area, and Mike Archambault and Frédéric Ljung of Moderne Methodé, located in France. Bob was fortunate to meet Mark Haen of Adobe Coatings five years ago at an industry event. During this event, Bob was very impressed with Mark’s professionalism as a business owner and his huge portfolio of successful coatings and topping installations. Mark has owned Adobe Coatings for the last 9 years, but has been involved in the coatings industry for the past 17 years. He has conducted training seminars for a variety of manufacturers and was also instrumental in helping with the production of both of Decorative Concrete Institute’s DVDs. “We are very excited to be able to help Mark with his dream of helping others and teaching the proper skills and techniques to be successful in this field,” said Harris. “It was during many workshops and the filming of the DVD’s that we really came to know Mark as the consummate professional, but more importantly, what a class individual he is.” Bob’s relationship with Mike Archambault dates as far back as the early 90’s in the stamped concrete business. In the mid 70’s, Mike owned a patterned concrete industry franchise, of which he later purchased the mother company and served as the acting President of Patterned Concrete Industries. During this time frame, Mike was instrumental in huge stamped concrete installations. It was not uncommon for Mike to jump on a plane to Europe and pull textures from beautiful natural minerals in various regions of the world to produce his own stamped concrete patterns, many of which are still being used in today’s market. Bob and Mike were fortunate to conduct several training classes in countries like Germany, England and Spain as well as here in the states. “While we taught classes together, I realized Mark had a tremendous amount of knowledge to offer the industry and over a couple of cold beers at this year’s World of Concrete we discussed the possibilities of once again working together,” said Harris. At this time, Mike introduced his partner, Frédéric Ljung who is no stranger to the field of decorative concrete. Frédéric is the founder and General Manager of a distributorship in France, servicing all of Europe and is currently distributing decorative concrete products for several large U. S. and European manufacturers. Mike and Frédéric have had great success in a short time frame with their business Moderne Methodé. “It is with great pride that we announce our alliance with these fine individuals,” said Harris. “We all share the same goals and business philosophy which is to help our clients and friends with the complete package of training, providing products and technical support. It is our extreme pleasure to welcome Mark, Mike and Frédéric aboard!” Join Bob Harris for continued, state-of-the-art training programs. Upcoming workshop dates will be announced soon For more information on Decorative Concrete Institute, call 770-562-1441 or visit www.decorativeconcreteinstitute.com. contact:
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