FEATURES

Liquid Coating

Anest Iwata Partners with BK Racing as the Primary Sponsor for Matt Dibenedetto

Anest Iwata will be the primary sponsor on Dibenedetto's No. 83 Toyota.

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Powder Coating

Axalta and Hempel Inc. Form Strategic Oil and Gas Pipeline Coating Partnership

A full range of external and internal coatings for North American pipelines.

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Powder Coating

Axalta Coats Monument to Tour de France Winners

The monument comprises 104 two-meter high totems laid out in concentric circles, reminiscent of the historic Stonehenge monument in Wiltshire, England.

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Parts Cleaning

Bad Boy Mowers Expands With New Powder Coat System

Company officials say the new powder coating line will allow them to operate more efficiently.

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Electroplating

Bales Metal Surface Solutions' Harry Raimondi Named Moldmaker Of The Year

Presented with the Moldmaker of the Year award by the Society of Plastic Engineers/Mold Making and Mold Design Division.

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Electroplating

Corrosion Testing of Automotive Coatings

Exposure to road salts, UV radiation, heat, moisture and chipping from kicked-up road debris can quickly degrade an automotive coating system.

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Electroplating

Court Upholds EPA Hex Chrome Rule

The 2012 EPA rule was challenged by the National Association for Surface Finishing, which sued the EPA.

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Powder Coating

Growing the MDF Powder Coating Market

Over the last 15 years, DVUV has overcome a number of challenges, including the variables inherent within the MDF substrate not typical of conductive metal substrates.

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Anodizing

Macdermid Parent Buys Enthone Group

Cash and stock transaction for approximately $2.1 billion; including net debt, the total transaction value is approximately $2.3 billion.

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Parts Cleaning

MetoKote Adds Powercron Advantage Electrocoat to Systems in Two Plants

Powercron AdvantEdge is a next-generation high-edge cationic-epoxy product formulated with a proprietary metal-free catalyst.

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Anodizing

MOCAP Acquires William Beckett Plastic Packaging

MOCAP’s customers will have access to new solutions including round, square and rectangular telescopic containers, boxes, inserts, multi-packs and cases.

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Products Finishing Top Shops Luncheon Honors Industry's Best

The Top Shops were awarded a celebratory bronze medallion and lunch provided by Products Finishing on Monday of the conference.

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Powder Coating

Quality Industries Adds New Powder Coating System

Improvements include Nordson ColorMax II spray booth and upgraded conveyor, with customized washing and oven systems.

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Parts Cleaning

Rack Builder Expands Powder Coating Operation

Construction underway to enlarge 110,000-square-foot facility to house a new state-of-the-art powder-coating production line.

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Mechanical Finishing

Raising the Bar on Polishing

Glastender builds bar equipment faster thanks to AM Machinery, Autopulit.

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Anodizing

Rebuilding the KEI Plating Giant

Oscar Kuntz’s grandsons have turned around the automotive plating firm from the brink to success again.

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Parts Cleaning

Stripmaster Celebrates 25 Years

Company specializes in plastic media blasting, sandblasting, painting and powder coating.

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Top Shops Spotlight: Allied Finishing

The company has been finishing for more than 30 years, specializing in high-volume decorative metal plating.

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Liquid Coating

Troubleshooting Bubbles in Powder Coating

How can I get rid of these bubbles in powder coating?

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Parts Cleaning

View the Sherwin-Williams Powder Coating Webinar

Webinar on a variety of different topics, including pretreatment, how to select the proper primer, application methods, cure issues and more.

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