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Anodizing

After 60 years, Mary Lou Davis Is Finally 'Finished'

Davis started career in 1955 for Bill Young and Company; she has worked for Plating Specialists for the past 23 years.

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Electroplating

Asterion Acquires Southeastern Chemical, Inc.

Doug Trageser, former president of Southeastern Chemical, has agreed to join Asterion, LLC as Technical Sales Representative in the Southeastern U.S.

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Electroplating

Bill Wiggins Awarded CA Metal Finishers Lifetime Achievement Award

Owner of Automation Plating Corporation and former mayor of Burbank, Wiggins is a respected leader throughout the surface finishing industry.

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By The Numbers: August Index at 51.7 – Eight Straight Months of Growth

That was the second fastest rate of month-over-month growth since November 2013. Annually, the finishing industry has grown at an accelerating rate each of the previous six months.

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Parts Cleaning

Combining Ecoat and Plating for Next Generation Edge Protection

A method by which a high-purity and well-coalesced layer of aluminum metal is electroplated onto a steel substrate from an ionic liquid electrolyte.

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Parts Cleaning

Cool Clean Technologies Has A Hot IMTS

Snow cleaning uses solid CO2 particles to clean the surface removing fingerprints, contaminants, and light oils without causing any damage to the part.

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Anodizing

Enthone Publishes Plating-on-Plastics & Decorative Base Metals Guide

The selection guide provides an overview of Enthone best-in-class technologies, including Plating-on-Plastics Pre-Treatment Systems and Cyanide-free and Acid Copper Technologies

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Anodizing

EPA Targeting Metal Finishing Wastewater

Agency releases its preliminary 2014 effluent guidelines program; wastewater from the metal finishing industry is just one of the areas that will be subject to more regulation in the upcoming year.

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Anodizing

EPi, Eric Olander and Luke Donald Pair Up For First Tee Program

Olander, Donald friendship spur EPi support of youth golf program

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Liquid Coating

Graco Sells Liquid Finishing Business Assets

Carlisle Companies buys Binks spray finishing equipment, DeVilbiss spray guns and accessories, Ransburg electrostatic equipment and accessories, and BGK curing technology.

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Electroplating

Haviland 80th Anniversary Underscored With National Recognition As One Of Best For Employee Financial Security

Haviland also featured in the October issue of Inc. Magazine for being named one of 10 Best Companies for Employee Financial Security.

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Electrocoating

ICAFe Acquires Dove Equipment

Combined ICAFe/Dove becomes one of the largest distributors to the industrial finishing systems marketplace.

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Electroplating

MacDermid Opens Japan Desk in Metro Detroit

Bilingual account manager will cater to the needs of Japanese automotive OEMs and their expanding supply chain here in North America.

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Anodizing

Mid-Atlantic Finishing's B.J. Mason Passes Away

Founder and President of Mid-Atlantic Finishing in Maryland, he was also a past president of the American Electroplaters and Surface Finishing Society.

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Parts Cleaning

Molly Kellogg Is New CEO At Hubbard-Hall

Kellogg, currently Executive Vice President, will become President and CEO upon the retirement of the current President and CEO, Andrew K. Skipp, on December 31

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Anodizing

NASF Science and Engineering Scholarship Competition Now Open

Open to national and international applicants attending an accredited college, NASF’s Scholarship Program supports student research in plating and surface finishing science and engineering.

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Electroplating

NASF West Coast Bright Design Kicks Off With Tour

Students from Art Center of Design in Pasadena have toured K&L Anodizing and General/Brite Plating to get a look at what it takes to anodize and plate metal components.

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Parts Cleaning

New CCAI Online Training Videos Now Available

Library of videos offers educational presentations from industry experts that run an average of 20-40 minutes in length.

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Electroplating

Past, Present and Future of Medical Coatings

The journey to find balance between competitive, effective orthopedic implant coatings.

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Parts Cleaning

Pneu-Mech Systems Relocates Headquarters

In addition, Pneu-Mech adds Leif Josefsson as Vice Presidentof Engineering and Product Design

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Powder Coating

Powder Coating’s Westside Story

Massachusetts powder coater expands with new lines, infrared ovens.

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Anodizing

Reliable Plating Works Celebrating 85 Years

he company is owned by the Maliszewski family and was started by Julian Maliszewski in 1929.

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Mechanical Finishing

Schaffner Manufacturing Acquires Barker Brothers

Barker Brothers is based in Ridgewood, NY, and has been in business for more than 100 years. The two companies represent more than 170 years of finishing experience.

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Parts Cleaning

Sherwin-Williams Launches Two New Powder Coating Lines

Powdura OneCure is a two coating, one cure dry-on-dry coating system; Powdura Sprint is a low-cure polyester resin-based powder coating system for use on medium density fiberboard.

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Anodizing

UK’s Nasmyth Group Acquires California-based Technical Metal Finishing

Nasmyth TMF will offer a range of metal surface finishing capabilities including precision masking, anodizing and chemical film coatings, passivation, painting and non-destructive testing.

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Electroplating

Valence Surface Technologies Acquires Three Finishing Shops

Pride Plating in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Dynamic Paint Solutions in Eastman, Georgia; and Coastline Metal Finishing in Garden Grove, California, will join the Valence group to provide extensive finishing solutions across the U.S.

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Parts Cleaning

Assessment of Safer Polysulfide and Polythioether Sealant Removers for Aerospace/Defense Industry Applications

This assessment identifies and evaluates potentially safer alternatives for sealant removal applications. The sealant removal performance of the alternatives was evaluated using a designed experiment.

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