Scott Francis

Scott Francis Editor-In-Chief

Liquid Coating

Axalta Introduces New Industrial Coatings

Axalta Coating Systems has launched its Strenex industrial product line for general industrial, construction and fabrication to the light and medium industrial markets throughout North America.

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Liquid Coating

GFS Introduces New High-Volume Paint Booth Filter Solution

GFS Poly filters from Global Finishing Solutions are designed to provide long-lasting performance, reduced long-term cost and increased paint shop productivity.

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Powder Coating

Axalta's Mike Withers Appointed to PCI Board of Directors

The Powder Coating Institute has appointed Mike Withers, architectural segment leader at Axalta Coating Systems to the 2020 Board of Directors.

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Liquid Coating

Orion Engineered Carbons Expands Germany-based Operations

Orion Engineered Carbons, a worldwide supplier of specialty and high-performance carbon black, a reinforcing filler and color pigment for industrial and automotive coatings, is building a new logistics center at its largest manufacturing plant in Cologne, Germany.

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Powder Coating

A Conversation with Kevin Coursin, Powder Coating Institute

Kevin Coursin, longtime member of the industrial finishing industry, was named executive director of the Powder Coating Institute (PCI) earlier this year.

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automotive

Joe Saad Retires from Acme Manufacturing Company

Highly recognized globally as an industry expert in metal finishing, Acme VP of Sales & Maketing Joe Saad has been instrumental in the development polishing automation solutions for automotive trim, truck bumpers, aluminum wheels, plumbing components, hand tools and builders' hardware during his career.

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Electrocoating

Patent-pending masking plug features one-way vent

Custom Fabricating & Supplies unveils a new two-piece, vented masking plug designed to allow air to escape while simultaneously preventing leaks.

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Electroplating

NASF Update: Paycheck Protection Program

The National Association for Surface Finishing (NASF) explains the latest details of the legislative package for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) that would reportedly allow more flexibility for surface finishers to spend forgivable loans for payrolls and expenses.

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Electroplating

Altana Names New Supervisory Board Chairman

The supervisory board of the specialty chemicals group Altana has elected Dr. Matthias L. Wolfgruber as its new chairman.

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Electroplating

Asterion Ultra Zinc-Nickel Systems Provide Corrosion Resistance

Asterion’s line of ultra alkaline and acid zinc-nickel plating systems produce a high nickel alloy of 12–16%.

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Powder Coating

Westside Finishing Keeps Moving Forward

Founded nearly 40 years, Westside Finishing, a perennial Products Finishing Top Shops award recipient, has grown into one of New England’s largest powder coating job shops.

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Electrocoating

Houston Plating & Coatings Adds Low-Weight Phosphate Line

The company’s new coating line provides low weight (150-500-mg/ft2) micro-crystalline zinc phosphate.

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