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Episode 30: An Interview With Rhonda Dibachi, CEO, HeyScottie
Rhonda Dibachi, founder and CEO of HeyScottie, discusses her new automatic pricing engine designed to help manufacturers find finishing services and streamline the price quoting process.
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EPSI Acquires Custom Rack
EPSI is continuing to grow with the acquisition of Custom Rack, based in Euless, Texas.
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Finishing Activity Ended February Up 1.7 Points vs. January
The improved start to 2023 carried into February which closed at 51.3 compared to January’s index of 49.6.
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Sparktek Acquires Marca Coating Technologies
Two of North America's vacuum metallizing companies are coming together to provide domestic, high-volume vacuum metallizing services to multiple industries.
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January Finishing Activity Up 3.3 Points vs. December
Finishing Activity: January started the year on a relatively positive note with an index of 49.6 compared to ending 2022 with a December index of 46.3.
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Bryan Leiker, MFACA, Discusses CARB Public Hearing Over Calif. Hex Chrome Ban
Bryan Leiker, executive director, Metal Finishing Association of California, offers a recap of a January 27, 2023, public hearing conducted by the California Air Resources Board prior to an impending ruling on a proposed ban of hexavalent chromium use for finishing operations in the state.
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Color Consultant Joins ChemQuest Team
Montaha Hidefi joins the ChemQuest Group team in a color consultant role.
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Henry Ford Is Still Right When It Comes to Color
Who would have imagined that more than 100 years after his famous statement about any color as long as it’s black would still have relevance of a sort?
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Finishing Activity: December Index of 46.3 Ended 2022 With Entire Fourth Quarter in Contraction
Finishing activity was down 1.4 points vs. November.
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The Year Ahead of Us
Products Finishing looks ahead to a new year of reporting on the coating and finishing industries.
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