September 2013 ISSUE
Louisiana Plating & Coatings Opens New 80,000 Sq. Ft. Plant
Plant is now providing Louisiana area industries a variety of corrosion protection services, including salt bath nitriding, phosphate, spray coatings and electroless nickel.
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FEATURES
AnodizingAnodizer Heads West to Get to the East
Southern Aluminum Finishing branches out to the Western U.S. and Asia. The new facility will help service its growing list of customers in the Western and Mountain regions of the U.S. and in Canada, as well as to take advantage of overseas orders from the Pacific Rim.Powder Coating
CCAI Adds On-Line Educational Videos on CCAI TV
This new feature is available to everyone free until December 1 on the CCAI website. The educational presentations are designed to provide information and understanding on a variety of finishing technologies.Parts Cleaning
Coater is Getting Healthy in California’s Central Valley
Advanced Industrial Coatings specializes in medical and food service finishes. The company’s 50,000-sq-ft plant contains a conveyorized powder coating line capable of handling massive amounts of coatings, and an environmental and climate-controlled area for scientific applications.
Anodizing
Curtis Metal Finishing Expands Illinois Location
$4 million expansion includes cutting edge equipment for a new line of surface finishing materials; expansion will create 14 new jobs, boosting the firm’s Illinois workforce of 60 by 23 percent.Anodizing
Linetec Expands Anodizing Facility, Increases Capacity, Grows Staff
Wisconsin company is building a 30,000-sq-ft addition to their anodize facility in Wausau and increasing the anodize staff by more than 10 percent.Electroplating
Louisiana Plating & Coatings Opens New 80,000 Sq. Ft. Plant
Plant is now providing Louisiana area industries a variety of corrosion protection services, including salt bath nitriding, phosphate, spray coatings and electroless nickel.Electrocoating
MySetta's New Styling With Clever BASF Technologies
A specially developed two-tone finish was applied to the microcar at BASF Coatings’ Refinish Competence Center in Münster by experienced master spraypainter Michael Wichmann using blue for the lower part of the car and white for the top.Platers Go Back to School to Help Future Engineers
Milt Stevenson of Anoplate Corp. in Syracuse, N.Y., wants more finishing shops to become part of this program that pairs the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) with collegiate engineering and technology students.Parts Cleaning
Powder Coater Is Fencing Out The Competition
With the help of Reliant Finishing Systems, a Texas fabricator uses U.S.-built powder coating equipment to compete against foreign imports.
Liquid Coating
Take the Paint Efficiency Audit
Achieve cost savings through more efficient finishing operations. As finishing operations look to stay competitive in an increasingly global economy, it’s no surprise that efficiency has become a popular topic.
A Conversation with … Gloria Ender President, Freedom Finishing
Matthew Kirchner: Two Hours a Day in the “Gemba”
Tim Pennington: If Only Every Day Were Thanksgiving
Failing Electroless Copper Bath
Copper Flash on Beryllium/Copper Alloys
Stains Using Cyanide Copper Plating Bath
Response to Strengthening ABS Parts
Black Spots on Acid Chloride Plated Fasteners
Black Spots on Cadmium Plating
Hard, Abrasion-Resistant Coating
Breathing Protection for Powder Coating