FEATURES

Powder Coating

40-Under-40: Class of 2016

Young professionals are a vital asset to the finishing industry. Products Finishing is recognizing the industry’s top young talent through an annual 40-Under-40 program.

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Electroplating

Apple's Novak Goes from Shop To Corporate Leader

Sean Novak went from being a young chemical engineer at Anoplate to manager of the surface finishing team at Apple Inc.

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Anodizing

July Go-To-Guy: Eduardo Leonides, Industrial Polishing Services

Leonides started working at IPS in the late 1990s as an engineering assistant, and has since also worked as junior engineer, materials and planning supervisor and an account executive.

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Anodizing

NASF: Congress Moves to Pass Toxic Chemicals Reform Act Legislation

Efforts to modernize the U.S. rules for chemicals under the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) have been underway for the past several years and success is near. On May 24, the House approved the compromise measure by a 403 to 12 vote.

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Mechanical Finishing

Polishing Demands Lead to Innovative Solution

In the world that is Kinninger Production Welding in New Bremen, Ohio, polishing is not the biggest operation that owner Kevin Thobe’s team has to contend with—but it had certainly become one of the most demanding.

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Liquid Coating

PPG to acquire global coatings services provider MetoKote

MetoKote is a Lima, Ohio-based coatings services business with 2015 global sales of approximately $200 million. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter 2016, subject to customary closing conditions.

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Liquid Coating

Racking Up Profits in Coating Operations

Racking is often the first process when parts arrive at a finishing shop, but it’s the last process anyone thinks about when it comes to improving efficiencies and reducing costs.

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Anodizing

Top Shops Profile: Barry Avenue Plating

Los Angeles-based Barry Avenue Plating was founded in 1947, and Chuck Kearsley is president and Cruz Maldonado is vice president of operations. They opened BAP Aerospace in Mexico in 2012 to serve that region.

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