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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Prime Restoration Featured by Memphis Chamber
A full service commercial and industrial abrasive blasting, surface preparation, painting and powder coating firm is expanding.
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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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Steel Manufacturer Hannibal Ind. Opens Houston Plant, Powder Coat Facility
110,000-square-foot facility will house the company's new powder-coating production line, an environmental room and additional office space.
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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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Axalta Celebrates 150 Years in Coatings
First products developed in Germany in 1866, and since has grown into one of the world’s leading manufacturers of liquid and powder coatings.
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Powder Coating Q&A: Curing Powder and Liquid Paint in One Oven
What are the pros and cons of using a common curing oven for powder coatings and liquid painting?
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Magic Rack’s Hook Organizer, Transport and Burn-off System Streamlines Production
Racks organize part hooks securely for time and labor savings.
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BASF Wins 2015 Nissan Award
BASF received the Nissan “Spirit of Monozukuri” award at the annual conference in Tennessee.
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January's Go-To-Guy: Bill Lekki, Precious Plate
Bill Lekki, technical director of Precious Plate, began working for the company 35 years ago and is the Go-To-Guy. Also: Adrian “Sergio” Sanchez and Kally Powell from All-Color Powder Coating.
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Powder Coating Q&A: Powder Cure Temperatures
Is there a polyester powder or other powder chemistry that can be cured below 250°F?
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Lawrence Tech Students Share Designs Inspired by Axalta’s “Radiant Red”
LTU’s program established in 2007 at request of automotive industry manufacturers to help train and identify designers.
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Peer Group Reviews Micron Metal Finishing
Powder coating shop owners provide continuous improvement advice from among several companies in the industry.
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Wagner Purchases C.A. Technologies
CA has industry-leading products such as C14 Air-Assist-Airless Pump System and CAT-X Gravity Spray Gun.
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First-Ever, All-Black Yacht Made Possible by Automotive Coatings
BASF says that fashion house Hugo Boss was determined to turn heads with a state-of-the art yacht that perfectly embodied their brand.
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Aaron Kriegel joins Wagner Systems
Kriegel will be responsible for direct project sales as well as supporting the distribution channel in the Midwest Region
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Axalta Coating Systems, Hendrick Motorsports Extend Relationship
Axalta will become a primary sponsor of the No. 88 Chevrolet SS team of driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. for 13 Sprint Cup Series races annually, an increase of three per season.
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Protech/Oxyplast Acquires Powder Coating Business and Assets of Union City Industries
Michigan-based UCI is well recognized name in PVC powder coatings.
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