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Hentzen Coatings Acquires Florida's CrossLink Powder Coatings

CrossLink produces and sells powder coatings for the general industrial and architectural market segments, and has been in business since 1996.

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Anodizing

AAC Holding Anodizing Essentials Workshop In Italy

Anodizing Essentials Workshop (Level 1) on May 17 in conjunction with the 8th Aluminum Two Thousand International Congress in Milano, Italy

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Electrocoating

Birmingham's Max Coatings Adds Second Plant in Atlanta

New 95,000 square-foot facility adds to the 55,000 square-foot location on Industrial Parkway in Birmingham.

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Parts Cleaning

Cleaning Prior to PVD/CVD Coating

Determining the cleanliness and chemical de-coating of PVD/CVD layers.

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Parts Cleaning

Cleaning Q&A: In-Line Cleaning Machine

A reader tells Parts Cleaning expert David Peterson that he is looking for in-line parts washing to put at his stamping press.

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Electroplating

Coventya Acquires Premium Solutions of Rochester NY

Coventya also welcomes new employees Tom Casselman and Dave Cadwallader.

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Parts Cleaning

Dis-Charge Your Powder

A practical approach to managing electrostatic problems and hazards during powder coating

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Electroplating

Disconnecting Cadmium

Sheffield Platers is in pursuit of what some may call the Holy Grail of connector plating: coming up with a suitable replacement for cadmium coatings on electrical connectors used by many U.S. military organizations.

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Parts Cleaning

E-Coat Q&A: Gap Size Specifications

E-Coat expert Jose Tirado answers a question on whether there is a standard or a design rule that specifies the minimum gap necessary for complete coating during electrocoating?

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Parts Cleaning

GM Fairfax Breaks Ground On New Paint, E-Coat Shop

450,000-square-foot, bi-level paint shop at the Fairfax Assembly and Stamping Plant in Kansas City

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Electroplating

Integran Receives Patents for Nanovate Structural Metal Plating-On-Polymer Technology

Enhances fuel efficiency and reduces greenhouse gas emissions by enabling the cost-effective manufacture of lightweight transportation parts.

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Mechanical Finishing

It Starts at the Finish

How the final surface finish governs coating prep

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Powder Coating

Nanotechnologies Address Pipe Corrosion

The boom in the gas and oil business, both in the United States and globally, has refocused attention on efforts to reduce corrosion on the surfaces of pipes and equipment used in the industry.

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Mechanical Finishing

Taking the (Oxide) Edge Off

Metal fabricators that laser-cut with oxygen take steps to prepare parts better for powder coating.

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