July 2012 ISSUE
SIFCO ASC Featured on FOX Business Network
“Manufacturing Marvels” segment on The Willis Report on FOX Business Network. The episode airs Friday, July 27 from 9:00-10:00pm EST.
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AkzoNobel Powder Coatings Receives Innovation Award
Haworth 2011 Supplier Innovation Award for developing its Interpon F2010 furniture product/technologyElectroplating
An Introduction to Cyclic Corrosion Testing
A more realistic way to perform salt spray tests.Powder Coating
CCAI Honors Chapters User of the Year; Elects New Board
Sam Woehler from George Koch Sons will be new CCAI President; Kevin Coursin of KMI Systems is VP; and Ron Lum from Coral Chemical is Secretary/TreasurerElectroplating
Circle-Prosco Plans New $4.3M Facility
Manufacturer of specialty chemicals for the metal finishing industry will expand its current operations into a new location in Bloomington, adding 11 new jobs by 2015.Electrocoating
Co-Cure to the Rescue For A-Coat and Powder Coating
Henkel’s autodeposition protection technology is an alternative vehicle coating, as Android hopes to produce 9,000 vehicles this year for Florida-based Vehicle Production Group.
Find A MEP In Your Area
The Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) is a catalyst for strengthening American manufacturing – accelerating its ongoing transformation into a more efficient and powerful engine of innovation driving economic growth and job creation.Powder Coating
Fixing Fish Eyes When Powder Coating Over Electrocoat
We powder coat wheels that come into our facility with an e-coat finish already applied. Recently, we have started getting fisheyes in every batch after we apply the powder coat over the e-coat.Liquid Coating
FTC Requires Graco to Sell ITW Liquid Finishing Equipment Businesses
The Federal Trade Commission will require Graco to sell the worldwide liquid finishing business of Illinois Tool Works and ITW Finishing under a proposed order as part of a settlement. It will resolve charges that its $650 million acquisition of several ITW businesses would have been anticompetitive and led to higher prices and reduced innovation for the North American manufacturers who rely on this equipment.Electroplating
Hyundai Downplays Reports About Anti-Rust Zinc Coating
Reports say company provided zinc coatings only to vehicles sold for overseas markets, and did apply apply the anti-rust protection to cars sold in its country.Electroplating
Lean = Green for Reliable Plating Works/Elite Finishing
The benefits of lean operations in the plating industry are well known. Here's a story on how a $12 million company, Reliable Plating Works/Elite Finishing in Milwaukee, saved more than $1 million.Liquid Coating
Mighty Hooks' Bruce Bryan Honor With CCAI's James F. Wright Lifetime Achievement Award
Bryan recognized for his years of dedicated service to CCAI serving as the Northern Illinois Chapter president and treasurer, as a National Board Director and National PresidentPowder Coating
Powder Coating Training Class is Aug. 14-15
Parker Ionics hosts PCI training course in Westland, MichiganElectroplating
President’s 2013 Budget Proposes Enhanced Tax Incentives
Finishing shop owners will be able to take advantage of most, if not all, of these proposed enhanced tax incentives.Electroplating
Roy Metal Finishing Invests $2.6M In New Building, Land in Piedmont, SC
Largest electroplating firm in the Southeast says it plans expansion; also purchases 10 acres for further expansionElectroplating
SIFCO ASC Featured on FOX Business Network
“Manufacturing Marvels” segment on The Willis Report on FOX Business Network. The episode airs Friday, July 27 from 9:00-10:00pm EST.“True Black” PVD Coating Has Arrived
After 10 years, Vapor Technologies says it has hit the mark with the world’s first true-black advanced “low-temperature arc vapor deposition” (LTAVD) coating.Electrocoating
Measuring Up On Coating Thickness
Fischer Technology’s DataCenter software eases measurement requirements, giving reasons why management guru W. Edwards Deming said: “If I had to reduce my message for management to just a few words, I’d say it all had to do with reducing variation.”
Tim Pennington: Get Your Free Research and White Papers!
Matthew Kirchner: A Fight for the Future of Finishing Shops
Tim Pennington: A Conversation With ... George Gallion, General Motors/Opel
Q&A: Problems with Silicone Plugs
Q&A: Nickel Phosphorous Plating
Painting Q&A: Big Spray Paint Job
Chrome-Nickel Screens and Pitting
Customer Wants Burnished Finish