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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Precision Coating Acquires Boyd Coatings Research
Precision Coating of Boston, MA, has acquired Boyd Coatings Research, a provider of coating application services based in Hudson, MA.
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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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Burton Metal Finishing Rebuilds After Fire
2013 fire took Burton almost two years to get things built back up.
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Poly-Plating’s Nickel Plating Process Earns Accepted Status from FDA
Device Master Files (MAFS) available for those seeking a Premarket Application (PMA) or 510(k) approval for medical devices with the Food and Drug Administration.
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Min Zou, Mechanical Engineer and Coating Specialist, Named Arkansas Research Alliance Fellow
Zou holds the fellow for research on nanoscale surfaces like anti-reflective coatings for solar panels, friction-reducing coatings in electronics and coatings.
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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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Bernard Mitchel Wins NASF California Bright Design
Annual program prompts students to develop “next generation” creative and engineering solutions utilizing surface technology.
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Professional Plating Expanding Brillion Plant
Three phases will be done concurrently; square footage additions will be over 60,000 square feet resulting in more than 210,000 square feet.
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Nanostructured Metal Coatings Let Light Through For Electronic Devices
New anti-reflection coating developed by engineers at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.
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Hubbard-Hall's Chuck Kellogg Receives Industry Lifetime Achievement Award
Kellogg is the 5th person to receive the NACD Lifetime Achievement award in its 44 year history
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Riley Surface World Announces Baker Technology New USA partner
BTA markets its products throughout the USA and Canada; primarily used manual and automatic electroplating lines, automated wet processing systems and DC rectifiers.
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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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MacDermid Parent Finalizes Enthone, OMG Purchase
It's Platform's third acquisition after its acquisitions of MacDermid in October 2013 and OM Group, Inc. in October 2015.
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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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MetoKote Acquires Malcolm Enamellers ACP Ltd.
Malcolms began in a small garage in 1946 and has grown by offering innovative solutions in the UK coatings industry.
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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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MetoKote Announces Changes And Appointments
Industry leader in coating technology names new Global Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
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