#MASKING

Powder Coating

Axalta Becomes Sponsor of Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s Digital Platform

Agreement will encompass DaleJr.com; JRMracing.com; his podcast network, Dirty Mo Radio and all videos including the popular weekly series JRM 360.
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Parts Cleaning

Progressive Coating's Stephen Walters Elected CCAI-NI President

Progressive Coating has been a member of CCAI since 1998, and Walters has served on its local board since 2004.
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Powder Coating

CCAI Chicago Chapter Tours Gatto Industrial Platers

The objective was to educate, inform and create an open dialog between platers and coaters with the goal of achieving optimal results.
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Liquid Coating

Sherwin-Williams to Acquire Valspar for $11.3 Billion

Companies say they have highly complementary paints and coatings offerings, and transaction results in an exceptional, diversified array of strong brands and technologies.
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Anodizing

Top Shops: Electro-Spec is No. 1 in Rankings

Electro-Spec landed in the No. 1 spot in the Products Finishing Top Shops Benchmarking Survey for 2016.
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Electroplating

2016 Products Finishing Top Shops

The Products Finishing Top Shops for 2016 in alphabetical order, including both electroplating and liquid and powder coatings.
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Anodizing

Former U.S. Ambassador Jim Smith Headlines NASF Washington Forum

Smith to speak at the upcoming NASF Washington Forum, scheduled for April 19–20 at the Ritz Carlton-Pentagon City.
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Parts Cleaning

John Fletcher Stands Down as Chairman of ASTM D01 Paint Committee

Fletcher ill continue his role as Chairman of D01 Sub-committee D01.23: Physical Properties of Applied Paint Films.
#masking #measurement-testing #pollutioncontrol

Liquid Coating

Hentzen Coatings Awards Newest Approved Applicator, PTF Industrial Coatings

After line audit and physical testing to the AAMA 2605 specification, PTF Industrial Coatings in Hialeah, Florida, awarded Approved Applicator status.
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Powder Coating

Carlisle Acquires MS Oberflächentechnik AG

Swiss-based developer and manufacturer of powder coating systems and related components has annual sales of approximately $6 million.
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Electrocoating

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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Powder Coating

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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Anodizing

Dayton Mayor Visits Hohman Plating

Mayor Nan Whaley tours shop, meet with 50-year employee Delmas Stephens.
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Anodizing

A Tale of Two Shops: Machining and Plating

Seattle machine shop buys finishing operation to convert to Nadcap.
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Electrocoating

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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Electroplating

Perceptive Industries Partners With Ernst Reinhardt GmbH

German manufacturer of zinc flake coating systems, slush molding and industrial ovens, has formed a technical alliance with Perceptive Industries Inc. from Michigan.
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Electrocoating

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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Liquid Coating

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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Parts Cleaning

Crown Group earns John Deere Supplier of the Year and Partner-level Supplier

Crown Group is a supplier of coating services to John Deere’s Tractor Cab and Assembly Operations in Waterloo, Iowa.
#construction #masking #pollutioncontrol

Powder Coating

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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