Liquid Clinic: Justifying Liquid Automation
Q. I am trying to justify liquid automation for my plant, but am not sure how to develop a return on investment. What are some guidelines that would help?

Graco Sells Liquid Finishing Business Assets
Carlisle Companies buys Binks spray finishing equipment, DeVilbiss spray guns and accessories, Ransburg electrostatic equipment and accessories, and BGK curing technology.

Take the Paint Efficiency Audit
Achieve cost savings through more efficient finishing operations. As finishing operations look to stay competitive in an increasingly global economy, it’s no surprise that efficiency has become a popular topic.

FTC Requires Graco to Sell ITW Liquid Finishing Equipment Businesses
The Federal Trade Commission will require Graco to sell the worldwide liquid finishing business of Illinois Tool Works and ITW Finishing under a proposed order as part of a settlement. It will resolve charges that its $650 million acquisition of several ITW businesses would have been anticompetitive and led to higher prices and reduced innovation for the North American manufacturers who rely on this equipment.

Painting Proportioners Becoming Popular With Finishers
Offer high ratio accuracy, various flow rates

Graco, Gema Combine Pending FTC Review
Deal with FTC allows powder business closing despite investigation into liquid

FTC Says Graco-ITW Deal Violates Anti-Trust Laws
The FTC charges that if the proposed acquisition were completed, the combined firm would control a dominant share of all North American sales of industrial liquid finishing equipment and have a monopoly specifically in the market for circulation pumps used in paint systems in the automobile industry.

Spray Guns for Liquid Paint
Featuring air atomize, HVLP, Airless, Air Assisted Airless, electrostatic spray gun and more…

Improving Painting Efficiency and Quality
When using three-component paints, a proportioning system comes in quite handy. Ramsey Winch has found one that has made its operation more efficient and cost effective...

New Finishing System Gives Southworth a Lift
The company moved into a new facility and decided to install a new paint line as well...

Reducing Paint Use While Increasing Production
Trailboss has used electrostatic spray guns and a two-component coating to do just that...