PCI Releases Consumer Awareness and Certification Videos
Powder Coating: A Stronger Kind of Paint focuses on the durability and weatherability of powder coating when compared to liquid paint.
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High School Training Program Adds Powder Coating
According to the Kokomo Tribune, the new equipment includes a plasma table that cuts to precision as well as the recent addition of a powder coater.
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Miss a Finishing Webinar? You Can Watch Them Here
If you missed a webinar that Products Finishing presented along with industry leaders, you can still watch them at PFonline.com.
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Workforce Development in the Finishing Industry
The January issue of Products Finishing takes a look at an issue which is affecting every job shop and OEM: how to develop and retain a qualified workforce. I had the chance to talk with several shop owners about the importance of certification and training in retention of employees, and discovered a new program that helps veterans enter the liquid and powder coating industry. Check out the issue here.
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Developing a Finishing Workforce
How Industry Certifications Help Attract and Maintain a Team of Qualified Employees
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Elcometer Opens NA Headquarters, Training Center
The 22,000-square-foot facility not only provides office space for sales and technical support teams, but also accommodates their ISO 17025 test laboratory.
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MacDermid Enthone Academy Offers Training Program
Initially known as the Plating Academy, the training scheme was initiated in 2003 to provide a standard format for employee education in electroplating.
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Carlisle Fluid Technologies, Ohio College Team Up for Spray Finishing Training
A three-day intensive training program on spray finishing technology will be held March 6-8, 2019, at Owens Community College in Toledo, Ohio.
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Webinar: How XRF Can Help Grow a Finishing Business
Products Finishing and Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science will present this free webinar on November 1.
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MicroCare Achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification
The company says this certification indicates that its products are developed, engineered, manufactured and delivered using the latest and most advanced quality management processes.
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Asterion Receives ISO 9001:2015 Certification
The company says this certification denotes that it has demonstrated its ability to consistently provide products and services focused on enhancing customer satisfaction.
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Webinar: Improving Paint Finish Quality
Products Finishing and Global Finishing Solutions will host a free webinar on October 22 to discuss how shops can optimize their paint booth for superior paint finishes.
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Webinar Discusses Switch from Hexavalent to Trivalent
Columbia Chemical and Products Finishing will host a free webinar on October 18 that will address regulations, process differences, conversion details, cost factors and benefits.
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Arlington Plating Receives ISO 9001:2015 Certification
The company completed the registration process to the quality management system with zero infractions.
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Toledo's Owens Community College Offers Spray Finishing Training
The workshops, presented by Carlisle Fluid Technologies brands, are being held May 9-11,September 12-14 and November 7-9.
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Webinar Focuses on Cleaning and Pretreatment Technologies
Chris Berger, vice president and director of product development for Calvary Industries, will host “Emerging Technologies in Cleaning and Pretreatment: Where the Industry is Going in the Next 5 to 15 Years and Beyond” at 2 p.m. on May 8.
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Asterion to Host Certified Electroplater-Finisher Training
The course, to be presented by the AESF Foundation, will be held April 30-May 4, at the Drury Plaza Hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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No Building? No Problem for Protech Metal Finishing's Nadcap Certification
Although a fire completely destroyed its facilities, the company and its employees banded together to assemble a makeshift plating operation and prepare for the certification process, which Protech then passed.
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CCAI Accepting National Scholarship Applications
The objective of the scholarship program is to encourage advanced education in finishing technologies. The application deadline is April 2. Awards will be announced in June at CCAI’s annual meeting in Sarasota, Florida.
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RPW/Elite Holding Plating Classes
The classes are designed to help customer service, engineers, designers, salesmen, purchasers and product managers who need more information on how plating is done and what plating can do.
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