August 2013 ISSUE

August 2013 |

COVER STORY

Chicago Comb, Triton Metal Finishing Strike Gold

Chicago-based grooming accessory company began selling last October its first product, Model No. 1, a $40 luxury men’s comb crafted from high performance stainless steel.
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FEATURES

Parts Cleaning

Axalta Expands Coatings Technology Center

Company says New Pilot Reactor Will Accelerate New Product Development

Liquid Coating

BASF Reveals Automotive Color Forecast

Movement towards more color shades than in previous years as BASF staff shows off the 65 new colors they are presenting to automakers and designers around the world.

Liquid Coating

California Proposes Nation’s First Drinking Water Standard for Hexavalent Chromium

Proposed regulations set the maximum contaminant level for chromium-6 in drinking water at 10 parts per billion, five times less than the current total chromium standard of 50 ppb, which includes both trivalent chromium (chromium-3) and chromium-6.

Parts Cleaning

Cash To Head Axalta Industrial Coatings; PPG Appoints Braun as VP Industrial Coatings

Cash joins Axalta Coating Systems from AkzoNobel Coatings; Braun has been appointed vice president of PPG's industrial coatings, Americas, effective immediately, replacing Richard Zoulek, who has left the company.

CCAI Announces 2013 Award Winners

Jim Docken of DuBois Chemicals receives CCAI's highest honor, The James F. Wright Lifetime Achievement Award.

Electroplating

Chicago Comb, Triton Metal Finishing Strike Gold

Chicago-based grooming accessory company began selling last October its first product, Model No. 1, a $40 luxury men’s comb crafted from high performance stainless steel.

Electroplating

Columbia Chemical Receives Award From Business Group

Prestigious award was developed by The Entrepreneurs EDGE to recognize value-creating, mid-sized companies in the region.

Parts Cleaning

Ground Zero for Industrial Parts Cleaning Discharge

Proceco helps the R.H. Sheppard Co. attain zero waste after parts cleaning.

Electroplating

Hentzen Coatings Celebrates 90th Anniversary

Announces opening in August of Hentzen de Mexico, an office/warehouse facility in Queretaro, Mexico to support the general industrial business in Mexico.

Powder Coating

Hentzen Gets Approval Of CARC Powder Topcoat

MIL-PRF-32348 Type III approval comes after independently multi-year product development project.

Parts Cleaning

Just the Ticket for Ultrasonic Cleaning

Ushers Machine and Tool adds another ultrasonic parts washer.

Parts Cleaning

Parts Cleaning Goes Under the Microscope

Increase productivity through automated cleanliness control of manufactured parts.

Liquid Coating

Powder Coaters Hope Second Time is the Charm

STP Performance Coatings in Phoenix takes a chance on expansion.

Anodizing

Preventing Soil Contamination is Good Business For Witt Lining Systems

Manufactures flexible PVC liners used for corrosion resistance in process tanks, storage tanks, vats, sumps, pits and containment areas.

Remediating the Good Earth

An eight-million-dollar, 20-year soil remediation project at a defunct plating shop is cleaned up at half the cost in a fraction of the time.

Anodizing

Sifco ASC Launches New Brand Identity And Website

Company launches a new corporate identity and website showcasing the full range of its products and services for component enhancement, repair and refurbishment.