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Anodizing

80 Years of Being a Helping Hand

Products Finishing is celebrating its 80th anniversary in 2016 and is looking back at eight decades since first publishing in 1936. How has PF helped your finishing career?

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Electroplating

Anodized Metal Maiden

Minnesota woman opens Premier Anodizing to complement her existing chain maille business and hoped to increase production of jump rings for jewelry to 1,000 a week. Now the business produces over a million a day.

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Parts Cleaning

Axalta Coating Systems Has Carbon Fiber Covered

Axalta applies the technology behind its OEM coatings and refinish paint brands, including one of its three premium global refinish brands Spies Hecker.

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Parts Cleaning

Axalta Gives University of Michigan Students Look Under the Hood at Pure Michigan 400

Axalta/U-M partnership supports STEM and business education as students had rare, special access to industry leaders from Axalta, Hendrick Motorsports, Michigan International Speedway and NASCAR.

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Powder Coating

CCAI Announces Two New Chapters

Georgia chapter president is Derek Dennis from Heraeus Noblelight; David Boone with Alabama Power is taking the reigns as the first president of the Alabama chapter

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Electroplating

Columbia Chemical Names Schario And Boehmer To New Positions

Schario promoted to Vice President, Global Business Development, and Boehmer promoyed to Director, Domestic Business Development

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Electroplating

Dörken USA Celebrates 15th Anniversary

The company hosted coating and plating licensees, and OEM equipment manufacturers to a two-day conference and seminar at the Manistee National Resort in Michigan,.

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Liquid Coating

Henkel Webinar Focuses on Paint Stripping

Within this crucial step in the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) process, it controls corrosion and weight, contributes to the appearance of the aircraft, and enhances the inspection process.

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Parts Cleaning

How KVF Quad in East Moline Survives in a Dwindling Manufacturing Industry

Television station WQAD shows us that when companies like John Deere suffer, so too does KVF Quad Corporation, which does a lot of business related to the ag industry.

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Anodizing

Lincoln Industries names Bill Ellerbee President

Ellerbee has served as the company’s vice president of operations for the last eight years, where he managed five departments and was responsible for leading operations at Lincoln and Lincoln Industries’ Pine Island location.

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Powder Coating

Meridian General Acquires PCS PowderCoat Services

Founded in 1981, PCS serves a wide spectrum of industries including automotive, home improvement, consumer products, sports equipment, musical instruments, electronics, cleaning and sanitizing, and the military.

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Anodizing

P3 Technologies Rebrands as Forge Metal Finishing

The name change signifies the company's incorporation of various capabilities from two separate companies – P3 Technologies and aScribe Laser Marking – through a new joint venture

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Electroplating

Plating Pioneer Fred Nobel Passes at 98

Nobel was owner of LeaRonal, Inc. which developed and produced specialty chemical additives and other products used by the connector, printed circuit board, semiconductor, and metal-finishing industries.

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Powder Coating

Powder Clinic: Batch Cure Oven Noise Issue

What is that Noise from My Oven? Expert Rodger Talbert explains that it is difficult to be sure at all without seeing the oven and hearing the noise. However, he thinks it may be related to the pressure settings on the gas train.

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Electrocoating

Solving the Ecoat Mysteries of the Deep

A diagnostic testing device, the Submersible Data Acquisition Unit, can measure and record AC voltage, DC voltage and current at specific points on a part during the electrocoat process.

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Electroplating

Value Proposition When Asking for a Raise

An employee adding more value to his or her company deserves a boost in pay. Columnist Matthew Kirchner discusses employee compensation reviews and when to adjust accordingly.

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