BASF Opens New Automotive Center in Houston
Center includes the latest in virtual and in-person training facilities, spray booths and market-leading application equipment.
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Electrocoating Q&A: Film Thickness Options
What type of epoxy ecoat do most automotive companies use for their steel parts?
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Electrocoating Q&A: Orange Peel Effects on Steel Parts
We are experiencing intermittent orange peel effects on steel parts that are zinc plated before phosphate and black epoxy ecoat paint.
Measure soluble salts on surfaces significantly faster with the new Elcometer 130 SSP Soluble Salt Profiler
Portable, hand-held gauge which accurately and reliably measures 4 Bresle equivalent readings in less than three minutes
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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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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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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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February’s Go-To Guy: Jose Lopez, Elite Finishing
Know a guy or gal in the industry who should be recognized? Email Jess Larkin at jlarkin@pfonline.com.
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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