MEET JADCO PROS AT COAL PRO TEC

April 27 through April 29, 2026
Lexington, Kentucky

In coal preparation, small improvements can have a big effect. Better wear life, fewer shutdowns, and smarter maintenance decisions all add up quickly when a plant is expected to keep moving. That is one reason CoalProTec 2026 stands out. Hosted jointly by the Coal Preparation Society of America and the SME Central Appalachian Section, the event brings coal industry professionals together for a program built around workshops, technical sessions, and exhibit-floor conversations centered on real operating demands.

This year’s conference is structured to keep the discussion practical. CPSA says the three-day event begins Monday with workshops and a maintenance seminar, followed by technical sessions and exhibits on Tuesday and Wednesday. The show is being held at Central Bank Center, where the exhibit hall offers 33,000 square feet of space and room for up to 110 booths, creating a strong environment for face-to-face conversations between plant operators, engineers, and suppliers.

For coal producers, that matters. Prep plants deal every day with abrasion, impact, and constant material flow, and those conditions can turn routine wear into costly downtime if the wrong materials are used in the wrong places. CoalProTec gives attendees a chance to step back from immediate production pressures and look more closely at solutions that can improve reliability over time.

That is where JADCO fits naturally into the conversation. JADCO’s wear solutions are built around application-specific performance, not one-size-fits-all recommendations. Products such as QT-PLUS ^®, JADCO’s through-hardened wear steel for impact and abrasion, and the CHROMEWELD™ family of overlay products for high-abrasion environments, are designed to help operations extend service life, improve maintenance planning, and reduce unnecessary replacement cycles.

Visitors looking for JADCO on the show floor should head to Booth 516, where the current posted floor plan places the company among other coal processing and plant equipment suppliers.

“Coal preparation operators do not need generic answers. They need wear solutions that match the realities of how their plants run every day. CoalProTec is valuable because it brings together the people who live those challenges with the companies that can help solve them. It gives JADCO the chance to have practical conversations about extending equipment life, improving uptime, and supporting more dependable plant performance.”

-Sam Anderson, CEO JADCO Manufacturing

If you are planning to attend CoalProTec 2026, make time to visit JADCO in Booth #516 and talk with the team about the wear challenges affecting your operation most.