Finishers Report Slowing Decline in Business Conditions for First Time Since COVID-19
Index signals decelerating contraction as all components report improved readings.
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Finishing Index Contraction Accelerates As COVID-19 Disruption Continues
Index moves nearly 10-Points below prior low of 2012.
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ACA Releases Two Market Analyses for the Paint & Coatings Industry
Two paint and coatings industry market analyses are available from ACA and the ChemQuest group. They cover international markets and the future direction of the industry.
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Finishing Index Contracts as COVID-19 Disrupts Economy
Index falls to historic low as domestic and foreign orders activity weakens.
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2020 Top Shops Benchmarking Survey Results for Electroplating & Anodizing
North American Market Shows Mixed Results for the 2019 Reporting Year
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Finishing Index Reports Slowing Contraction
Contracting new orders and backlog activity suppress overall Index reading; impact of COVID-19 expected to have an adverse effect on the Finishing Index in the coming months.
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Atotech introduces new passivate for electroplating market
Atotech’s Tridur ZnNi H5.2-plated parts can be combined with aluminum alloys and used in the automotive industry to minimize contact corrosion.
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PCI Publishes Global Powder Coatings Market Report
The Powder Coating Institute’s 2019 market report contains data on the global paint and coatings market, end-use markets for the powder coating industry.
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Finishing Index Gains Due to Broad Activity Expansion
The Finishing Index is 47.5 as the ongoing slump in business conditions is not universal to the finishing industry. Firms with more than 250 employees have reported expanding conditions since June.
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VIDEO: A Look at the 2020 Automotive Finishing Market
Michael Guckes, chief economist for Gardner Intelligence, offers a lengthy discussion on what he sees ahead for the automotive sector in 2020 and beyond.
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Sea Glass is Axalta's Global Automotive Color of the Year
Axalta’s 2019 Global Automotive Color Popularity Report reported that blue vehicles are 7% of the global automotive market, fifth overall following white, black, gray and silver.
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Webinar Discusses Reducing Cleaning Costs by 35%
Webinar explains the economics that determine the optimal disposal point of a cleaner bath.
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Finishing Index Makes Progress Back Toward ‘50’
August Finishing Index is 48.2, indicating that overall business conditions contracted for a second month, but at a slower rate than previously recorded.
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Finishing Index Ends 30 Consecutive Months of Expansion
June Finishing Index is 47.5, over five points lower than the reading from the same month one year ago.
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Even in Good Economic Times, Are You Still Hungry?
Through the first half of 2019, the U.S. economy did quite well, but don’t be complacent.
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The Metalworking Economy: Expectations and Observations at Odds
Even though most economists are demonstrating that the global economy’s growth trends are leveling off, machine shop owners still seem to be showing signs of business optimism.
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Parker Ionics to Become Division of New Parker Engineering of America
The company says it is poised to leverage the more than 50 years experience of its parent organization, Parker Engineering Co. Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan, to become a leader in the North American paint finishing market.
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Is it Time to Revisit your Plastic Metallization Process?
The plating on plastics (POP) market has evolved to include an ever-broader range of substrates, huge increases in selective plating demand, using tools such as two-shot molding and laser ablation.
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Abtex Corp. Promotes Saner to President
Jason Saner joined Abtex in June 2013 as market development manager and was promoted to lead the Systems Group in 2014 and to vice president of sales and marketing in 2015.
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