August 2008 ISSUE

COVER STORY

A Conversation With…Paul Chalmer

Business Area Manager, Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing, NCMS

FEATURES

A Conversation With…Paul Chalmer

Business Area Manager, Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing, NCMS


Liquid Coating

Automotive Finishing: Flex, Phantoms & Beyond

Whether it’s the Ford Flex or the Rolls-Royce Phantom, finish is key to customer acceptability


Electroplating

Dedicated to Decorative

Adversity becomes opportunity for plating job shop


Electrocoating

Maintaining an Edge

Use of high edge-protective electrocoat expands


New Takes on Thermal Spray

Ceramic nanocoatings take on tough applications.


Overcoming

In racing, business and life, perseverance pays off.


There’s More to Winning the Tax Game Than Beating the IRS

How to manage assests when there’s a human element involved


Who Has the Best Job in the World?

New appreciation for the coolest part of a finisher’s job


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