ELECTROCOATING

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.
#masking #workforcedevelopment #pollutioncontrol

Liquid Coating

L.A. Law

Criminal action against California platers shows the heat is on.

Electrocoating

Electrocoating Q&A: Film Thickness Options

What type of epoxy ecoat do most automotive companies use for their steel parts?
#automotive

Electrocoating

Electrocoating Q&A: Orange Peel Effects on Steel Parts

We are experiencing intermittent orange peel effects on steel parts that are zinc plated before phosphate and black epoxy ecoat paint.

Parts Cleaning

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
#curing #masking #measurement-testing

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."
#masking #pollutioncontrol #curing

Liquid Coating

Akzo Nobel to buy BASF coatings

The transaction would include technologies, patents and trademarks, as well as securing supply to customers worldwide.
#masking #pollutioncontrol #curing

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

Electroplating

February’s Go-To Guy: Jose Lopez, Elite Finishing

Know a guy or gal in the industry who should be recognized? Email Jess Larkin at jlarkin@pfonline.com.

Liquid Coating

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.
#masking #aerospace #pollutioncontrol