Feature Articles

Not Your Average Recreational Powder Coating Facility

Lippert Components converted the paint line at one of its facilities to a manual powder coating line. At another facility it converted to an automated system. The success of these two plants is now being felt at all of its facilities...

Palladium-Free Direct-Plate Technology for Plating on Plastics

Plating on plastics traditionally has been accomplished using tin/palladium colloidal-type activation systems with electroless chemistries. Although well understood, these processes can be costly and require extended process lines with high water consumption...

An Easy Way to Transfer Your Business
Want to transfer your business to your kids?

Change is the Law of Life
September marks the beginning of autumn—the days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler and those beautiful, bright, crisp days are right around the corner.

Bobcat Company Improves Productivity and Quality with Custom Masks

Bobcat Company was looking for a masking product to improve its line speed and product quality at its Bismarck plant, but it needed a product that could withstand the harsh electrocoat and powder coat environment…

Avoid nickel plating losses

Guidelines to help prevent the loss of nickel and its salts from the finishing shop.