Winona Powder Coating Employee Featured In Trade Magazine

April 12, 2025 at 1:00 a.m.
Cortnee Hyser
Cortnee Hyser


Winona Powder Coating (WPC), Etna Green and Elkhart, is featured in the current issue of leading trade magazine “Products Finishing.” In this case, the article, titled “40 Under 40” highlights young professionals in the products finishing industry. Winona employee Cortnee Hyser is featured. WPC is the largest provider of finishing services in Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan, according to the release from WPC.
Hyser, who works in the Etna Green headquarters facility, started her career in May 2020. Her initial responsibility was to manage the pretreatment chemistry and paint tanks in a new indexing e-coat line. This line is a 17-stage pretreatment, paint and rinse line with each stage containing approximately 3,500 gallons.
Responsibilities expanded in July 2020 to assume monitoring of the onsite waste treatment system. With volumes beginning to exceed the town’s capacity to treat, She was instrumental in obtaining the NPDES permit enabling the company to completely treat water onsite. Hyser assumed full control of managing the waste treatment for the e-coat line, and also two additional high-volume powder coating lines with five-stage pretreatment on each.
"Cortnee manages the challenge of providing the best pretreatment possible for our customers’ parts while being environmentally responsible to the community," says Jamie Visker, Winona CEO, “and we are proud of this great recognition for her.”


Winona Powder Coating (WPC), Etna Green and Elkhart, is featured in the current issue of leading trade magazine “Products Finishing.” In this case, the article, titled “40 Under 40” highlights young professionals in the products finishing industry. Winona employee Cortnee Hyser is featured. WPC is the largest provider of finishing services in Northern Indiana and Southern Michigan, according to the release from WPC.
Hyser, who works in the Etna Green headquarters facility, started her career in May 2020. Her initial responsibility was to manage the pretreatment chemistry and paint tanks in a new indexing e-coat line. This line is a 17-stage pretreatment, paint and rinse line with each stage containing approximately 3,500 gallons.
Responsibilities expanded in July 2020 to assume monitoring of the onsite waste treatment system. With volumes beginning to exceed the town’s capacity to treat, She was instrumental in obtaining the NPDES permit enabling the company to completely treat water onsite. Hyser assumed full control of managing the waste treatment for the e-coat line, and also two additional high-volume powder coating lines with five-stage pretreatment on each.
"Cortnee manages the challenge of providing the best pretreatment possible for our customers’ parts while being environmentally responsible to the community," says Jamie Visker, Winona CEO, “and we are proud of this great recognition for her.”


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