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Powder Coating

2014 Powder Coating Show

The show will offer more than 50 hours of educational sessions presented by industry leaders, along with opportunities to meet face-to-face with industry experts.

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Anodizing

Aluminum In Danger Of Being Ruled Out Of Window PCR

AAC joins with Aluminum Association to report that a non-profit environmental group is developing on behalf of several window and glazing trade associations a Window Product Category Rule

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Electroplating

American Plating Power Names Steve Smith Vice President of Sales

Smith brings 25 years of sales leadership and experience in international business development to this newly created role.

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Anodizing

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

Book Review: Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry Band 57

Every electrochemist will be familiar with the book series initially edited by professors John O’M. Bockris and Brian Conway, two of the most distinguished electrochemists of the 20th Century.

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Parts Cleaning

CCAI Announces 2014 Award Winners

Sherrill Stoenner honored with the James F. and David J. Wright Lifetime Achievement Award for his years of dedication to CCAI.

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Parts Cleaning

DuBois Chemicals acquires Angler Industries

Angler acquisition will increase DuBois market share in the Northeast while expanding access to Angler’s metal working fluids and specialty cleaning products to a broad international market.

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Electroplating

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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Electroplating

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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Electroplating

Groups Merge to Form NASF’s Michigan Chapter

Grand Rapids chapter of the National Association for Surface Finishing and the Detroit-based Michigan Association of Metal Finishers have merged to form the NASF Michigan Chapter

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Parts Cleaning

ICAFe Acquires Dove Equipment

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

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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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Electroplating

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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Anodizing

NASF: Senate Panel Approves Changes To Chemical Facility Rules

The Senate Committee on Homeland Security approved legislation to reauthorize and extend the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program (CFATS) for four years.

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Electrocoating

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

Rightech Fabrications Earns ISO 9001:2008

Illinois company makes of range of racks, baskets and coils for the finishing industry,

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Anodizing

Science of Successfully Anodizing Die Cast Substrate

Die castings pose some of the most challenging problems in anodizing. This paper provides some explanations by tying together metallurgical science with anodizing practice.

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Powder Coating

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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Electroplating

SIFCO ASC Flies High With Added Seal Of Approval From Nadcap

Company receives Nadcap AC7108 Rev F accreditation for chemical processing for the aerospace sector at its Cleveland and Connecticut facilities

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Parts Cleaning

Sweet Smell of Painting Success

Jet Metal’s unique inline metalization process is a hit with fragrance makers.

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Electroplating

Chromium-free Etching and Palladium-free Plating of Plastics

Plastics are replacing metals in the manufacture of many parts, and quite often there is a need for metallic coatings on the plastics and other non-conductors. This paper will describe new processes of preparing ABS plastic substrates for subsequent metallization.

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