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- Waterborne painting process is a first at South Carolina BMW plant
- PPG launched the first use of waterborne compact paint technology in a U.S. automotive manufacturing plant at the BMW assembly plant in Spartanburg, S.C. This painting process has turned out to be a 2012 award winner and has opened up a new way for ...
Article Published: 1/1/2013
- DeFelsko Launches Cloud-Based Thickness Gages and Inspection Instruments
- New wireless features enable users to synchronize readings with its cloud-based website, download updates with the latest features and functionality, and wirelessly communicate any wireless-connected device.
Article Published: 11/1/2012
- Steamed Over Heating Costs? Try Gas For Your Finishing Shop
- The cost of natural gas in the U.S. is at record lows—about where the rates were in the mid-1970s—causing many in the plating industry who need to heat tanks to search for alternative avenues to curtail their rising energy costs.
Article Published: 11/1/2012
- The Call of Heavy Duty Coatings
- PPG renews its commitment to heavy-duty equipment coatings with Caterpillar as it is selected the company’s industrial coatings business as the sole heavy-duty equipment coatings supplier for a new motor grader assembly plant in North Little Rock, A...
Article Published: 11/1/2012
- A Perfect Case For Removing Sludge From Pretreatment
- Chemical change ends sludge buildup for CNH coating line in plant in Fargo, N.D. as the company re-engineered their paint line’s pretreatment system to improve its performance and reduce costs, a process that took nearly two years and numerous trial...
Article Published: 11/1/2012
- Stopping Paint Line Bottlenecks
- New Exel system on paint line improves efficiency by 95 percent
Article Published: 9/1/2012
- COATINGS 2012 Preview: Meet the Coaters in St. Louis
- COATING 2012 has unique activities to go along with 50+ technical sessions.
Article Published: 9/1/2012
- 2K Paint System Is A-OK
- Switching to a 2K system proves cost-effective for computer makes large, complex industrial compression equipment that requires a durable finish that is corrosion-proof and chemically resistant.
Article Published: 8/1/2012
- An Introduction to Cyclic Corrosion Testing
- CCT is intended to be a more realistic way to perform salt spray tests than traditional, steady-state exposures. Here's a more realistic way to perform salt spray tests traditional, steady-state exposures
Article Published: 7/1/2012
- President’s 2013 Budget Proposes Enhanced Tax Incentives
- Finishing shop owners will be able to take advantage of most, if not all, of these proposed enhanced tax incentives.
Article Published: 7/1/2012