Clients like to be on a first-name basis with the people they trust for solutions to industrial-sized challenges, so Robert Crumbaugh’s 20+ years in the business make him the go-to guy when they need protective coatings. He learned the business from the ground up, working as a coating specialist for a major supplier of tanks, rake arms and other wastewater industry components. It was in that role that he learned the importance of surface preparation and protective coating applications. Since then, he has added to his knowledge base, providing coatings solutions for power plants, pulp and paper facilities, chemical processing plants, secondary containment units and specialized architectural markets. Robert is a member of NACE International, The Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC) and the Alabama Rural Water Association (ARWA).