FEATURES

2016 Hall of Fame Inductees

Jack Berg, Nathan Feldstein, George Hogaboom, Joseph Kushner, Harold Read and Charles Walker are honored.

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Electroplating

Air Force Research Laboratory's New Non-Chromium Sealer for Landing Gear

Working with aircraft maintainers at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex, AFRL researchers identified and tested a variety of non-chromium sealers to anodize aluminum aircraft landing gear components to reduce and prevent corrosion.

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Parts Cleaning

Akzo Nobel to buy BASF coatings

The transaction would include technologies, patents and trademarks, as well as securing supply to customers worldwide.

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Parts Cleaning

Axalta Celebrates 150 Years in Coatings

First products developed in Germany in 1866, and since has grown into one of the world’s leading manufacturers of liquid and powder coatings.

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Electrocoating

BASF Presents Winner of 2016 Fight Club of Automotive Design

Omar Gonzalez won the 2016 Middlecott Sketchbattle Experiment, Detroit’s first-ever “Fight Club of Design."

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Mechanical Finishing

Character Matters in Mechanical Finishing

How physical characteristics of vibratory bowls affect processing efficiency.

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Electrocoating

Crown Group earns John Deere Supplier of the Year and Partner-level Supplier

Crown Group is a supplier of coating services to John Deere’s Tractor Cab and Assembly Operations in Waterloo, Iowa.

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Electrocoating

Excellence in Electrocoating

How one shop’s line improvements cut expenditures by $400,000 per year.

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Powder Coating

Magic Rack’s Hook Organizer, Transport and Burn-off System Streamlines Production

Racks organize part hooks securely for time and labor savings.

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Parts Cleaning

Painting a Boeing 737: See The Video

The cost is between $100,000 to $200,000 to prep and paint each plane, depending on which colors are chosen, and how many colors.

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Electroplating

Perceptive Industries Partners With Ernst Reinhardt GmbH

German manufacturer of zinc flake coating systems, slush molding and industrial ovens, has formed a technical alliance with Perceptive Industries Inc. from Michigan.

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Liquid Coating

Praxair Surface Technologies and GE Aviation Form Joint Venture

The coatings will be tailored for GE Aviation’s and CFM International’s current and future engine models, including the GE9X and LEAP engines

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Electroplating

Ruger's New Coating Weapon

Booming firearm sales require new black oxide line for Ruger, the largest manufacturer of sporting weapons in the U.S.

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Powder Coating

Steel Manufacturer Hannibal Ind. Opens Houston Plant, Powder Coat Facility

110,000-square-foot facility will house the company's new powder-coating production line, an environmental room and additional office space.

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Powder Coating

TOP SHOPS: J&J Performance Powder Coating

Dolan says in 10 years, he has never lost or let go of an employee.

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Young Coater Wins Entrepreneur Award

Man Cave Metal Works specializes in laser engraving, plasma cutting, fabrication, LED lighting additions, and powder coating and paint work.

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